You’ve probably already read the multiple articles that have been posted about all the visual cameos/references present in Rogue One. But not to be left out of the action, your ears were treated to several audible surprises as well, whether or not you actually knew what you were hearing. Check out this list of popular voices that were incorporated into Rogue One for various roles.
Following the release of The Force Awakens, we learned that a long list of actors had lent their voices to the movie. Some were faces we all know, while others were best known for their work in the animated realm. As a result, you probably won’t be too shocked to learn that this was also the case for Rogue One.
Rather than casting a bunch of unknowns to voice the various Rebels and Stormtroopers who needed to be heard throughout the movie, Disney and Lucasfilm turned to the likes of executive producer Dave Filoni, Steve Blum (Zeb), Vanessa Marshall (Hera), James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Sam Witwer (Darth Maul), and Tom Kane (Yoda). Michael Giacchino also lent his voice to the movie, as did both John and Tony Gilroy! That’s a pretty incredible list of talent for some simple ADR [automated dialogue replacement] work.
UPDATE: Lucas Siegel let me know via Twitter that his article posted up on Comicbook.com has a full list (copied below) of ADR work from Rogue One.
As always, Lucasfilm went to their pals and long-term voice actors for some ADR, adding in the voices of the stormtroopers and random members of the Rebel Alliance. That included David Collins, who has done both audio and voice work for Lucasfilm (and the former Lucas Arts) for years, Steve Blum, who currently voices Zeb on Star Wars Rebels (and does trooper and rebel voices there, as well), Dave Filoni, the showrunner of Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars: The Clone Wars before it, and Vanessa Marshall, who plays Hera on Rebels.
Clone Wars veterans Fred Tatasciore (Various monsters – you may know him best as the Hulk in several animated series, movies, and games, though), James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Sam Witwer (Darth Maul – also on Rebels of course), Matthew Wood (the Droids), and Tom Kane (Yoda) were all voices in the film, as well.
Tony Gilroy, brother of John Gilroy who edited Rogue One (and also did some ADR), and producer of Nightcrawler, a film starring Riz Ahmed, did some ADR work, too.
David Ankrum, an ADR voice actor from A New Hope, voiced the Yavin intercorm in the film. The rest of the full list, in alphabetical order:
David Acord, Steve Bardack, Verona Blue, Dave Boat, Eugene Byrd, David Cowgill, Jonathan Dixon, Michael Donovan, Terri Douglas, Robin Atkin Downes, Michael Giacchino (composer of the film), Tom Harrison-Read, Kevin Hickman, Karen Huie, Lex Lang, Vanessa Lengies, Yuri Lowenthal, Alexi Melvin, Flora Miller, William M. Patrick, Christopher Scarabosio, Orly Schuchmacher, Kat Sheridan, Christian Simpson, David Sobolov, Julian Stone, and John Swartz.
