Disney’s Sequel Trilogy has become known for its secret cameos. The Force Awakens featured Simon Pegg and Daniel Craig in uncredited roles , The Last Jedi saw Princes William and Harry, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Edgar Wright and Gareth Edwards pop up in the movie and in deleted scenes, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has now continued the pace, popping in Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Williams and Ed Sheeran. But there’s one cameo that the person involved is over the moon about: Kevin Smith finally making an on-screen appearance in a Star Wars movie. The actor, writer, director and King of Geeks did actually appear in The Force Awakens , but only as a voice. Now, in The Rise of Skywalker , he plays an inhabitant of the planet of Kijimi and can briefly be seen as Oscar Isaac’s Poe sneaks by him. If you’re at all familiar with Smith, you can guess how pleased this made him, with the filmmaker saying: “Congrats to J.J. Abrams on the #1 opening and for closing out the Star
