<P> Gwendoline Christie portrays Captain Phasma, the commander of the First Order's legions of stormtroopers . Dave Chapman and Brian Herring served as puppeteers for BB - 8, with Bill Hader and Ben Schwartz credited as "Vocal Consultants". Ken Leung appears as Statura, an admiral in the Resistance . Simon Pegg appears as Unkar Plutt, the Junkyard dealer on Jakku . Greg Grunberg plays Temmin "Snap" Wexley, an X-wing pilot . Kiran Shah plays Teedo, a scavenger on Jakku who rides a semi-mechanical Luggabeast . Jessica Henwick appears as Jess "Testor" Pava or Jess Testor, an X-wing pilot . Brian Vernel appears as Bala - Tik, the leader of the Guavian Death Gang . Yayan Ruhian, Iko Uwais, and Cecep Arif Rahman appear as Tasu Leech, Razoo Qin - Fee, and Crokind Shand, members of the Kanjiklub Gang, a criminal organization . Warwick Davis appears as Wollivan, a tavern - dweller in Maz Kanata's castle . Anna Brewster appears as Bazine Netal, a First Order spy, also at Maz Kanata's castle . Thomas Brodie - Sangster and Kate Fleetwood play First Order Petty Officers, Thanisson and Unamo, respectively . Billie Lourd, daughter of Carrie Fisher, appears as Connix, a lieutenant in the Resistance . Members of the Resistance include Emun Elliott as Brance and Maisie Richardson - Sellers as Korr Sella while Harriet Walter appears as Kalonia, the doctor who tends to Chewbacca . Mark Stanley appears as a Knight of Ren . Sebastian Armesto portrays Lieutenant Mitaka and Pip Torrens portrays Colonel Caplan, both serving the First Order . </P> <P> Daniel Craig, Michael Giacchino and Nigel Godrich cameo as stormtroopers . Abrams' assistant, Morgan Dameron, appears as a Resistance officer, while his father, Gerald W. Abrams, appears as Captain Cypress . The film's dialect coach, Andrew Jack, appears as Major Ematt of the Resistance . Additionally, Crystal Clarke, Pip Andersen, Christina Chong, Miltos Yerolemou, Amybeth Hargreaves, Leanne Best, Judah Friedlander, and Kevin Smith were cast in minor roles . Abrams has a vocal cameo, singing with Lin - Manuel Miranda on two songs, "Jabba Flow" and "Dobra Doompa", performed by Shag Kava, consisting of Abrams, Miranda and musicians . Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels cast members Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter, Tom Kane, Catherine Taber, Matthew Wood, Sam Witwer, Meredith Salenger, James Arnold Taylor, show runner Dave Filoni, Michael Donovan, Devon Libran, Elle Newlands, Terri Douglas, Robert Stambler, Verona Blue, TJ Falls, Michelle Rejwan, Eugene Byrd, Fred Tatasciore, David Collins, Amanda Foreman, Christopher Scarabosio, Patrick Correll, Karen Huie, Orly Schuchmacher, Emily Towers, Jonathan Dixon, Kat Sheridan, Salacious Crumb actor Mark Dodson, and Gavyn Sykes actor Christian Simpson were the additional voices used in the film . Riot control stormtrooper FN - 2199, who calls Finn a traitor during the battle on Takodana, was portrayed by stunt performer Liang Yang and voiced by sound editor David Acord . </P> <P> Star Wars creator George Lucas discussed ideas for a sequel trilogy several times after the conclusion of the original trilogy, but denied any intent to make it . In October 2012, he sold his production company Lucasfilm, and with it the Star Wars franchise, to The Walt Disney Company . Speaking alongside Lucasfilm's new president, Kathleen Kennedy, Lucas said: "I always said I wasn't going to do any more and that's true, because I'm not going to do any more, but that doesn't mean I'm unwilling to turn it over to Kathy to do more ." </P> <P> As creative consultant on the film, Lucas attended early story meetings and advised on the details of the Star Wars universe . Among the materials he turned over to the production team were his rough story treatments for Episodes VII--IX, which Lucas requested be read only by Kennedy, Bob Iger, Alan Horn, and Kevin Mayer . Lucas later said Disney had discarded his story ideas and that he had no further involvement with the film . Lucas's son Jett told The Guardian that his father was "very torn" about having sold the rights to the franchise, despite having picked Abrams to direct, and that his father was "there to guide" but that "he wants to let it go and become its new generation". </P>

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