Spooks actor David Oyelowo is rumoured to have signed up for Star Wars Episode 7 (Picture: Getty)

David Oyelowo has reportedly become the first actor to be signed up for Star Wars Episode 7.

The Spooks actor has been rumoured heavily for the past few days but now Jedi News is claiming that Oyelowo has been cast.

A source known as Jedi Master SQL told the site: ‘Just confirmed the first signed and sealed casting. He’s British, and Jedi News have already reported it twice! And no, it’s not Sherlock [Benedict Cumberbatch]…

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Star Wars Episode 7 will be shot in the UK (Picture: Lucasfilm)

‘The actor is BBC Spooks star David Oyelowo… Really good actor and a brilliant choice. Hope he has a great role.’



The insider explained the Brit star would be part of Episode 7 and upcoming TV series Star Wars Rebels.

‘I am being told that not only will he be in Episode 7 but the plan is for him to also be in Rebels playing a character that sets up his Episode VII character! All part of the major co-ordinated push being pulled together by Simon Kinberg and the first major sign that Rebels will be the vehicle to setup the masses for Episode VII.’

Oyelowo has starred in a previous Lucasfilm production Red Tails and had a role in Lincoln, which was produced by Star Wars Episode 7’s Kathleen Kennedy.

Star Wars Episode 7 is due out in 2015.