With Star Wars: Episode VII filming now and set to premiere late next year, casting news has been a bit slow for the highly-anticipated sequel. Yesterday, the Star Wars Facebook page released the above video to announce that Warwick Davis would be going back to the franchise that helped kick off his career.Davis played the Ewok named Wicket who befriended Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, but he also had several roles in the prequel trilogy: W. Wald, Weazel, walking roles for Yoda, and as an extra in Mos Espa.

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