With the launch of the first full trailer for Star Wars Resistance earlier today, set to arrive on 7th October on Disney Channel in the States, news comes via Heroic Hollywood that the key character of General Leia Organa will be a part of the show, alongside other established characters BB-8, Poe Dameron and Captain Phasma.
Leia will be voiced by Rachel Butera of Rocky & Bullwinkle and Family Guy fame, alongside Oscar Isaac and Gwendoline Christie reprising their roles of Poe Dameron and Captain Phasma, Christopher Sean (Days of Our Lives), Suzie McGrath (EastEnders), Scott Lawrence (Legion), Myrna Velasco (Elena of Avalor), Josh Brener (Silicon Valley), Donald Faison (Scrubs), Bobby Moynihan (DuckTales) and Jim Rash (Community).
Great news that Leia will be a part of this important era leading up to The Force Awakens, filling that three decade gap between Return of the Jedi and episode 7. While we no longer have Carrie to continue in the role, it’s heartening to know that the character will live on, here and in Episode IX via unused footage from The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi and some ILM ingenuity.
