--- description: Thanks to The Last Jedi panel at Star Wars Celebration, galaxy far, far away fans are sure to be on the lookout for the character of Rose. title: This Star Wars Character Will Play the 'Biggest New Part' in The Last Jedi image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9e2eb7d8e9d8ca1/6988c2e3196cf4e16303fadb/star-wars-last-jedi-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This _Star Wars_ Character Will Play the 'Biggest New Part' in _The Last Jedi_  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 14, 2017 9:23 PM CUT  Disney  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 14, 2017 9:23 PM CUT Thanks to Friday’s [_The Last Jedi_](http://time.com/4661969/star-wars-the-last-jedi-everything-we-know/ "undefined")panel at the [_Star Wars_ Celebration](http://time.com/4735331/star-wars-celebration-live-stream-how-to-watch/ "undefined"), galaxy far, far away fans are sure to be on the lookout for the character of Rose when [_Episode VIII_](http://time.com/4740413/star-wars-last-jedi-trailer-breakdown/ "undefined")hits theaters in December. Played by Kelly Marie Tran, the Resistance maintenance worker was described by director Rian Johnson as having a major role in the film. “\[She\] has the biggest new part in the movie and ironically is played by the smallest actor,” he said of Tran. “She’s not a soldier. She’s not looking to be a hero, and she gets pulled in a very big way into an adventure in this movie with Finn \[John Boyega\].” Tran also appeared onstage at the event to chat about the role, revealing she had to keep her involvement in the franchise secret from everyone, including her family. “They didn’t know for four months,” she said. “I told them I was doing an indie movie in Canada. At one point, I actually got some maple syrup so I could bring it back to them so they actually thought I was in Canada.” Tran has previously appeared in a series of [CollegeHumor Originals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEvS9RXN43Q "undefined"), as well as NBC’s sitcom adaptation of _About a Boy_. Watch the trailer for _The Last Jedi_ above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4740973/star-wars-last-jedi-rose-kelly-marie-tran/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4740973/star-wars-last-jedi-rose-kelly-marie-tran/"},"headline":"This Star Wars Character Will Play the 'Biggest New Part' in The Last Jedi","datePublished":"2017-04-14T21:23:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:25:40.765Z","description":"Meet your new favorite Resistance member","url":"https://time.com/4740973/star-wars-last-jedi-rose-kelly-marie-tran/","keywords":["movies","Star Wars topic","Star Wars: The Last Jedi","The Last Jedi"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9e2eb7d8e9d8ca1/6988c2e3196cf4e16303fadb/star-wars-last-jedi-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9e2eb7d8e9d8ca1/6988c2e3196cf4e16303fadb/star-wars-last-jedi-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"star-wars-last-jedi-poster","caption":"star-wars-last-jedi-poster","creditText":"Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4740973/star-wars-last-jedi-rose-kelly-marie-tran/","name":"This Star Wars Character Will Play the 'Biggest New Part' in The Last Jedi"}}]}] ```