Lucasfilm takes out Matt Smith from the cast list of ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’

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Doctor Who star Matt Smith might be out of the upcoming Star Wars film, The Rise of Skywalker. Or is he? Well, for now, he has been taken out by Lucasfilm from the cast list on the film’s international website. We’ve seen most of the new cast in a recent feature on Vanity Fair but Smith was nowhere to be found. But since rumours of the actor being involved in the film surfaced about a year ago, he has remained coy about his involvement in the film. Some fans are speculating that his role might involve the return of Emperor Palpatine. It came as a shock when the villain showed up in the first trailer for the film, but director J.J. Abrams confirmed that we will be seeing him in this film. Now, as for Smith, at this point, we’re going to have to wait and see if he does indeed show up.