In speaking with Digital Spy, actor Karl Urban revealed that he had a cameo in director J.J. Abrams’ The Rise of Skywalker. Urban played a First Order Stormtrooper in Episode IX and had a specific line of dialogue that can be heard in the film.
“Here’s the process,” he said. “I had the good fortune to go and visit JJ Abrams [the film’s director] while he was shooting The Rise of Skywalker. While I was there, he put me in a stormtrooper uniform and we had a really fun day on set.
“It’s been one of my life-long goals to be a stormtrooper, so I can tick that off now.”
He also pinpointed the moment in which he is seen (or rather, his stormtrooper costume is) and heard, which is during a scene set on Kylo Ren’s (Adam Driver) spaceship.
“What is in the cut is my voice saying ‘Knights of Ren’ as Kylo Ren walks down a hallway past two stormtroopers. I am one of those stormtroopers,” he said.
Urban joins Sally Guinness (granddaughter of Alec Guinness) and composer Michael Giacchino as notable members of the entertainment world who helped play a small part in the conclusion to the Skywalker saga.
