Cameos in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story have been a huge topic over the last year and most of those rumors have panned out so far. Everyone from Ponda Baba to Bail Organa has actually turned up on screen. In this article we will briefly discuss some of those rumors. French website tf1.fr has a video interview with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards. In the interview he’s asked if some classic characters are in the film such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and R2-D2. His answers are interesting.

He seems to not be able to answer the question about Leia with a clear yes or no. That portion of the interview is around 6:10. When asked about Leia, Edwards simply answers, “Don’t want to ruin it for people.” You may remember that we reported on Pinewood sources hearing about young Leia in Rogue One on “Now, This is Podcasting!” back in August.

Additionally, friends in merchandise have shown us listings for future products in Rogue One lines with Emperor Palpatine, R2-D2, C-3PO and Princess Leia mentioned on them. We don’t know if they are just producing Rogue One products with characters that were alive at the time, but it is interesting to say the least. We haven’t seen hard evidence other than rumors from people at the studio and this product list so unfortunately we cannot say that Leia is 100% confirmed in the film but there is smoke, so there may be fire. Though it should be noted that the sources that told us about Leia also told us about Tarkin the planet name of Jedha, which has already panned out, as well as Planet X (which we surmised was just a codename for the Death Star based on real-world conspiracy theories). Planet X has turned up on casting listings confirming that codename (Death Troopers were Planet X Aliens in listings).

There were a lot of rumors in the last year or so that the prequels are off the table, but we’ve already heard of some other potential Phantom Menace characters showing up in this movie. If that pans out, it’s going to break the Internet. We’ll see.

Now seems like a good time to introduce you guys to Making Star Wars France! Florian has taken the lead on bringing Making Star Wars to a bigger audience with his own version of Making Star Wars, and he has an incredible staff of talented writers. If you’d like to see the MakingStarWars.net content in French, go and check them out!

Thank you to Florian and to Galaxie Star Wars for the translated interview below: