--- title: Star Wars Cast Gets Destroyed in Trivia by 7-Year-Old description: Even the cast of The Force Awakens didn't have a chance against Arden Hayes in a game of Star Wars trivia canonical: https://time.com/4125648/the-force-awakens-cast-7-year-old-superfan-star-wars-trivia/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-24T15:41:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:27:08.506Z og:title: 'Star Wars' Cast Gets Destroyed in Trivia by 7-Year-Old Superfan og:description: The cast of "The Force Awakens" was beat handily by the kid fan og:url: https://time.com/4125648/the-force-awakens-cast-7-year-old-superfan-star-wars-trivia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb1d91dc6151984f/69887293cf40a879a6c40cf8/the-force-awakens-cast-star-wars-trivia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" - Season 13 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Star Wars' Cast Gets Destroyed in Trivia by 7-Year-Old Superfan twitter:description: The cast of "The Force Awakens" was beat handily by the kid fan twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb1d91dc6151984f/69887293cf40a879a6c40cf8/the-force-awakens-cast-star-wars-trivia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Star Wars_ Cast Gets Destroyed in Trivia by 7-Year-Old Superfan ## Video: Star Wars- The Force Awakens Trailer (Official) [Watch (HLS stream): Star Wars- The Force Awakens Trailer (Official)](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/t3MjF3mv.m3u8) (2:35)  _Published 2015-10-20. Star Wars- The Force Awakens Trailer (Official)_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 24, 2015 3:41 PM UTC  Emmy Award-nominated 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' airs every weeknight (11:35 p.m. - 12:41 a.m., ET), packed with hilarious comedy bits and features a diverse lineup of guests including celebrities, athletes, musicians, comedians and humorous human interest subjects. The guests for MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 included director J.J. Abrams & cast Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega & Carrie Fisher ('Star Wars: The Force Awakens'). Emmy Award-nominated 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' airs every weeknight (11:35 p.m. - 12:41 a.m., ET), packed with hilarious comedy bits and features a diverse lineup of guests including celebrities, athletes, musicians, comedians and humorous human interest subjects. The guests for MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 included director J.J. Abrams & cast Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega & Carrie Fisher ('Star Wars: The Force Awakens').Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 24, 2015 3:41 PM UTC Even the cast of _The Force Awakens_ didn’t have a chance against Arden Hayes in a game of _Star Wars_ _trivia_. The 7-year-old whiz kid made an appearance on Monday’s [special _Star Wars_ edition](http://time.com/4125577/jj-abrams-star-wars-force-awakens-first-word/) of _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ to show off his knowledge of the iconic sci-fi franchise. Hayes faced off against John Boyega, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley in a quiz game hosted by director J.J. Abrams, and thoroughly defeated the cast. In fact, the boy genius answered all but one question correctly. Ridley even admitted that she wanted to have a chance at winning. “I studied for this,” she said. 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