Don't bother looking for Tom Hardy when watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi, as it's been confirmed that his much-mooted cameo as a stormtrooper was cut from the finished film.

The Taboo star was due to follow in the footsteps of actor Daniel Craig, who played a stormtrooper in 2015's The Force Awakens, but his scene has been left on the cutting room floor.

According to SlashFilm, the scene in question saw Hardy play a First Order stormtrooper with a thick southern accent (Hardy being true to form, then) who initially appears threatening, but is then revealed to be an old friend of John Boyega's Finn.

"I know who you are…. FN 2187!" Hardy's character says. "Damn boy, I never took you for officer material!"

The scene itself will reportedly be included on the DVD/Blu-Ray release of The Last Jedi, which is expected to hit stores in mid-2018.