Like the position of the moon influences the tides, the proximity of the Dec. 18 release date for Star Wars: The Force Awakens seems to be affecting the amount of speculation surrounding the highly anticipated blockbuster, giving fans a collective itch they can’t help but scratch.

While some have been trying to determine if Andy Serkis truly is portraying a darkly reimagined Jar Jar Binks, other fans finally might have figured out what character British comedic actor Simon Pegg will be making a cameo as in the J.J. Abrams-directed film. And it’s all thanks to a behind-the-scenes promotional featurette that’s been running on the Disney Channel.

The fact that Pegg, a huge Star Wars fan in his own right, would be making an appearance in The Force Awakens had been confirmed by the secretive Abrams, who also directed Pegg in Mission: Impossible 3, as well as the recent Star Trek films. But how Pegg would be appearing onscreen was still a mystery.

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In a post in the Star Wars community, Reddit user TX-Snakebyte, however, was able to draw a visual connection between a Force Awakens set photo of an umasked, in-costume Pegg and an alien that pops up in the Disney Channel promo.

So is that Pegg behind those sunken sockets and unfortunate proboscis? Maybe. While there’s been no confirmation—and, really, any actor could be beneath that creature mask in this particular scene—it’s probably a safe bet that Pegg will be playing a similar looking alien in the movie, even if that’s not specifically him in this particular shot. As for the identity of this jowly extra-terrestrial? That’s still open to discussion, so hypothesize away.

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Of course, Abrams could be pulling off a particularly brilliant piece of misdirection in order to surprise audiences with the fact that Pegg—and joined by frequent co-star and collaborator Nick Frost—will be portraying one of the only characters to appear in all of the Star Wars films.