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News in 2015 that a woman could be cast in a predominantly male role rocked the Star Wars fandom after it was apparently revealed The Force Awakens film could include a female storm trooper.

BBC entertainment journalist Lizo Mzimba seemingly broke the news on Twitter that unknown English actress Amybeth Hargreaves had been cast as one of the elite soldiers in the Disney reboot.

The presenter tweeted: "Bit of @StarWars news from @SpotlightUK. Amybeth Hargreaves plays female Stormtrooper in The Force Awakens.

Followed by: "Wonder if Stormtrooper in own right, or perhaps filming a double if, as rumoured, @loveGwendoline plays a stormtrooper in Ep VII."

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It has not been confirmed whether the actress will indeed play a credited female storm trooper or whether she could be playing a stunt double of cast member Gwendoline Christie.

On Amybeth's Spotlight CV it has a list of credits attached which according to Yahoo! Movies included "2014, Film, Stormtrooper, STAR WARS, Disney, J.J Abrams", it appears that has now being removed.

Game of Thrones star Gwendoline has been attached to the latest Star Wars movie for some time but there has been no confirmation for what part she would play apart from that she could play an important soldier of some sort.

The news of the first female stormtrooper comes not long after the trailer for The Force Awakens was released with John Boyega as the empire's first black soldier.

The 22-year-old actor was met with criticism from hardcore fans who believe that his casting did not fit with the Star Wars empire, to which he hit back with: "To whom it may concern... Get used to it."

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