You know there are other characters from the Original Trilogy that would have loved to be invited back to take part in THE FORCE AWAKENS. They didn’t want major roles. I’m sure they would have been happy to stand in the background, but screentime would have been everything to them. They want to know that fans haven’t forgotten them, that they’re still relevant, that they still matter.
Conan O’Brien gathered a number of them together to open his show last night, where he had the cast of STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS appearing, and in the segment, we got a bit of a taste of the conversations that go on among these very kinds of characters hanging around, hoping one day they’ll be called upon once more to serve a purpose in the quickly-expanding STAR WARS Galaxy.