Academy Award - winner Emma Thompson reveals that she once tried to bring together theStar Warsuniverse but was stunningly severalise no . TheStar Warsfranchise may be see as rollicking lightweight Zea mays everta entertainment by many people , but the series has nevertheless attracted its clean share of serious acting gift over the years , even snagging a handful of Oscar nominees and winner for role big and modest .

The originalStar Warsof course boasted a major cast penis with world - class   certification in Alec Guinness , an Oscar - winner for 1957’sThe Bridge on The River Kwai .   after when George Lucas fail to mould on his prequels , he was able to bring aboard Liam Neeson , an Oscar candidate in 1994 forSchindler ’s List . J.J. Abrams’Star war : The Force Awakensreeled in12 Years a SlaveOscar - achiever Lupita Nyong’o , whoperformed her Maz Kanata rolebehind a CGI camouflage , as well as a two - timenominee in Max Von Sydow . Star warfare : The Last Jedialso boasted a two - time Oscar nominee in Laura Dern , who took on thepivotal role of Admiral Holdo .

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If five - sentence Oscar campaigner and two - time winner Thompson had her way , she would also be on that telling inclination of award - winningStar Warsactors , but alas   the   star was deny the opportunity . As   Thompson let out in a recentWiredauto - gross interviewpromoting her fresh movieLate Night , she indeed station out feelers to Lucasfilm and Disney about join theStar Warsuniverse but was told no . Thompson read :

My federal agent in reality said to the last hoi polloi who were create the last Star Wars … She’d be really concerned in being in the next Star Wars . I in reality really like Star Wars . And they said ‘ no . ’ I ’m not in Star Wars because they do n’t require me to be in Star Wars .

Mindy Kaling , seated beside Thompson for theWiredinterview , expressed disheartenment at   herLate Nightco - star being denied her luck to appear inStar Warsand imagined a use Thompson would be able to nail : a kind of Yoda figure . “ You hump the young Jedi that has lost their will to live and ends up in the forest somewhere and someone appears to them to learn them ? ” Kaling said . “ You would be not bad at that . ” Thompson herself had a dissimilar idea however , order , “ Or I could be Jabba the Hutt ’s handmaiden . I could squeeze those batrachian for him . ”

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Thompson ’s reference to Jabba the Hutt ’s toad frog shows that she indeed possesses deep noesis ofStar Warsand is a genuine rooter , which makes it all the sadder that she was rejected by Lucasfilm andDisney . Given that everyone from Daniel Craig to Princes William and Harry to Tom Hardyhave received lowly cameos , it ’s reasonable to inquire why Thompson was n’t at least   offered a probability to   be out herStar Warsdream via a pass - on as a Stormtrooper . Lucasfilm and Disney surely owe the world an explanation   as to why   they ferment down the chance to have the honour - win Thompson grace their dealership with her talent .

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