Star Wars Bits: 'Star Trek' Actor Joins 'Star Wars;' Plus 'Battlefront,' Han Solo And Carrie Fisher

Star Wars Bits: ‘Star Trek’ Actor Joins ‘Star Wars;’ Plus ‘Battlefront,’ Han Solo And Carrie Fisher

Beer and parties are two of the things in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Yes, for real. There’s alsoEpisode VII speculation and all of the following:

J.J. Abramsmade the jump fromStar TrektoStar Warsand now another Trekkie has joined him.Brent Spiner, best known as Data onStar Trek: The Next Generation, will lend his voice toStar Wars Rebelsas a Senator named Gall Trayvis.Star Wars Underworldhas some spoilery details about the character.

We know performance capture will be used inStar Wars Episode VII. What we don’t know is who is using it and what those people are. Well, a new rumor states the performance capture being used byAndy Serkis' Imaginarium is not like we know it. Instead, it’s human movement controlling a droid, which exists in reality. Head toSW Underworldfor more information on this potentially cool technological development.

As we all wait for the newStar Wars Battlefrontto come out late 2015, some footage leaked of a cancelled version of the game from 2007. Then calledStar Wars Battlefront III,the footage is from an XBox 360. Read more about the game and see another video atStar Wars 7 News.

We’re not going to run these every week but we hadn’t yet and figured it was worth mentioning. Every week after the newStar Wars Rebels, the official Star Wars website/YouTubeuploadsRebels Recon, a short kind of wrap-up show. Here’s the latest one for the episode “Fighter Flight.”

SW 7 Newsposted a bunch of photos from outside a London venue where the cast and crew ofStar Wars Episode VIIwere celebratingCarrie Fisher’s recent birthday. Among the guests were J.J. Abrams, Daisy Ridley, Harrison Ford and, of course, Fisher herself.

One thing that wasn’t served at that party was the new beer by Syracuse’s Empire Brewing Co. Lucasfilm is considering legal action against the small brewery because they have a beer called “Strikes Bock.” It’s Empire’s Strikes Bock. So yeah, that doesn’t fly. However, Empire is fighting it.Read more here.

A few months back, former unknown actressDaisy Ridleygot courted and signed by the popular United Talent Agency. Now, months later, she’s already changed, moving to Creative Artists Agency. Why did this happen when she has been in London filming the whole time? Who knows. ButDeadlinehas the story.

Possible, minor spoilers from here on out.Several sitesare reporting the same rumor that, much likeA New Hope, Han Solo will somehow need to put on a Stormtrooper costume inEpisode VII. In factMaking Star Warshas some exclusive photos from the set of Stormtroopers filming a scene that may or may not be the scene in question. This goes against the news we’d heard that Harrison Ford had completed filming, however, so again – all rumors. But those photos are kind of cool.

Speaking of rumors, another possible description of a scene in the filmhas been posted. It describes an image ofHan SoloandChewbaccablasting their way out of a large, hexagonal hole in the ground. We’ve heard Han and Chewie do have to go on some missions in this movie so them fighting is pretty inevitable. But as for what the described forest like area is? We have no idea. Click the link to read more.