List of Star Wars cast members

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This is a list of Star Wars cast members who voiced or portrayed characters appearing in the film series. The list is sorted by film and character, as some of the characters were portrayed by multiple actors.

As the franchise is composed of multiple films (including spin-offs and anthologies) there are multiple lead actors. In the primary series, dubbed the "Skywalker saga", Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher starred as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia respectively in the original films Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983) and reprised the roles in the sequel trilogy films Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). James Earl Jones, David Prowse and Sebastian Shaw collectively portrayed Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader, and Alec Guinness portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original films. Jake Lloyd and Hayden Christensen portray a younger version of Anakin in the first and next two installments of the prequels and Ewan McGregor stars in all three, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) as a younger Obi-Wan Kenobi, being top billed in the later two films. Daisy Ridley plays Rey and Adam Driver plays Kylo Ren in the sequel films (2015—19).

Also starring in the franchise include, Felicity Jones who plays Jyn Erso in Rogue One (2016) and Alden Ehrenheich as Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Solo served as a lead and supporting character in the original (1977—83) and sequel (2015—19) films respectively, played by Harrison Ford.

Also recurring throughout the franchise include, Frank Oz, Samuel L. Jackson, Jimmy Smits, Natalie Portman, Pernilla August, Liam Neeson, Christopher Lee, Billy Dee Williams, Joel Edgerton, Peter Mayhew, Joonas Suotamo, Emilia Clarke, Ray Park, Andy Serkis, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Warwick Davis, Oscar Isaac, Kelly Marie Tran, John Boyega, Gwendoline Christie, Domnhall Gleeson, Temuera Morrison, Jeremy Bulloch, Matthew Wood and Ian McDiarmid.

With the release of Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, Daniels is credited with the most acting appearances as the same character, having played C-3PO in all nine films of the Skywalker Saga, as well as the anthology film Rogue One, The Clone Wars film and TV series in 2008 and 2003, and a guest appearance in the first season of Rebels. He also appeared in Solo, but as a different character named "Tak", as well as a character named "Dannl Faytonni" in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, the latter being alongside C-3PO.

Indicators only apply for characters portrayed within multiple categories. All characters without indicators were introduced within the category they are listed on. The cast is divided in six categories: main saga (M), anthology series (A), animated series and Star Wars: The Clone Wars film (S), books (B), comic books (C), and the non-canonical Legends series (L).

List indicators:

• ^M denotes the character was introduced within the main saga.
• ^A denotes the character was introduced within the anthology series.
• ^S denotes the character was introduced within an animated series or The Clone Wars film.
  • ^LS denotes the character originated within a non-canonical Star Wars Legends animated series of film before being introduced into the Star Wars canon.
• ^B denotes the character was introduced within a novel.
  • ^LB denotes the character originated within a non-canonical Star Wars Legends novel before being introduced into the Star Wars canon.
• ^C denotes the character was introduced within a comic book or graphic novel.
  • ^LC denotes the character originated within a non-canonical Star Wars Legends comic book or graphic novel before being introduced into the Star Wars canon.
• ^+ denotes the character introduced within the current category, but also has an extended plot-line within another category. (Example: ^+A would denote the character was introduced within the current category but has an extended plot-line in the anthology series, alternatively ^+S would denote an extended plot-line in the animated series, and ^+AS would denote extended plot-lines on both categories.)

The Skywalker Saga[]

Anthology series[]

A series of stand-alone films was announced in 2013: Rogue One was released in 2016, Solo was released in 2018, and another film is planned with an unknown title or release. The films do contain some characters and cast from the main series, along with new characters.

Animated series and Star Wars: The Clone Wars film[]

In 2008, the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars was released. It was followed by a television series of the same name within the same year. Four other series entitled Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Forces of Destiny, Star Wars Resistance, and Star Wars: The Bad Batch premiered soon after.