--- description: Lupita (12 Years of Slave) and Christie (Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2) will join the previously announced cast title: Lupita Nyong'o, Gwendoline Christie Join New Star Wars Film Cast image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7debb6f77f35732e/698695db35ba6f5ee6c02632/diptych.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&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 # Lupita Nyong'o, Gwendoline Christie Join New _Star Wars_ Film Cast  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 2, 2014 4:35 PM CUT  Mike Marsland—WireImage/ Getty Images; Mark Cuthbert—UK Press/Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 2, 2014 4:35 PM CUT Lupita Nyong’o, the Oscar-winning breakout actress from _12 Years of Slave_, and _Game of Thrones’_ Gwendoline Christie have joined the cast of _Star Wars_: _Episode VII_, Lucasfilm[ announced on the _Star Wars_ website Monday](http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/star-wars-casting-announced/?utm%5Fcampaign=news "undefined"). “I could not be more excited about Lupita and Gwendoline joining the cast of Episode VII,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said in a statement. “It’s thrilling to see this extraordinarily talented ensemble taking shape.” Nyong’o has long been rumored to be joining the cast. Christie, in addition to starring as Brienne of Tarth in HBO’s _Game of Thrones_, will also star in the upcoming _The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2_. In April, [the movie cast was revealed](http://time.com/81273/star-wars-episode-vii-cast/ "undefined") to include a number of newcomers: Adam Driver (HBO’s _Girls_), John Boyega (_24: Live Another Day_), Oscar Isaac (_Inside Llewyn Davis_), Daisy Ridley (_Blue Season_), Andy Serkis (_Rise of the Planet of the Apes_), Max von Sydow (_Minority Report_) and Domhnall Gleeson (_Harry Potter_). Returning from the original trilogy are Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Kenny Baker (R2-D2) and Anthony Daniels (C-3PO). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2809562/lupita-nyongo-gwendoline-christie-star-wars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2809562/lupita-nyongo-gwendoline-christie-star-wars/"},"headline":"Lupita Nyong'o, Gwendoline Christie Join New Star Wars Film Cast","datePublished":"2014-06-02T16:35:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:10:01.409Z","description":"Nyong'o (12 Years of Slave) and Christie (Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2) will join the new and old faces of the previously announced cast","url":"https://time.com/2809562/lupita-nyongo-gwendoline-christie-star-wars/","keywords":["movies","Star Wars topic","Lupita Nyong'o"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7debb6f77f35732e/698695db35ba6f5ee6c02632/diptych.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7debb6f77f35732e/698695db35ba6f5ee6c02632/diptych.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"diptych","caption":"","creditText":"Mike Marsland—WireImage/ Getty Images; Mark Cuthbert—UK Press/Getty Images","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/2809562/lupita-nyongo-gwendoline-christie-star-wars/","name":"Lupita Nyong'o, Gwendoline Christie Join New Star Wars Film Cast"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Lupita Nyong'o: Behind the Scenes of TIME's Photo Shoot","description":"Lupita Nyong'o shot by photographer Sebastian Kim","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/PZRN3ILd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-02-20T22:03:13.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PZRN3ILd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/2809562/lupita-nyongo-gwendoline-christie-star-wars/","duration":"PT1M7S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/2809562/lupita-nyongo-gwendoline-christie-star-wars/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```