Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope Gets Welsh Language Dub

Ahead of the film’s 50th day adjacent year, Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope is being translated into the Welsh language.

StarWars.com announced Tuesday that Lucasfilm and Disney are producing the dub of A New Hope with S4C and the Welsh Government via Creative Wales.

Titled Star Wars: Gobaith Newydd, the Welsh connection dub volition beryllium broadcast connected S4C and its platforms connected December 25, 2026.

The Welsh dub dependable formed includes Osian Morgan arsenic Luke Skywalker, Matthew Rhys (Widow’s Bay) arsenic Han Solo, Rhys Ifans (House of the Dragon) arsenic Obi-Wan Kenobi, Aimee-Ffion Edwards arsenic Princess Leia, Mark Lewis Jones arsenic Darth Vader, Llyr Ifans arsenic C-3PO, Nia Roberts arsenic Aunt Beru, Richard Harrington arsenic Grand Moff Tarkin, The Ring of Power’s Owain Arthur arsenic Red Leader, and Rhodri Meilir arsenic Gold Leader.

Star Wars: Gobaith Newydd is directed by Ellyn Stern and produced by Lucasfilm Director of Distribution Operations Michael Kohn.

“We're truly excited astir this task for galore reasons,” Kohn said successful the property release.

“I've been progressive successful a fewer Indigenous dubs of Star Wars implicit the years that purpose to sphere and revitalize involvement successful learning the language. They person been tremendously palmy not lone successful their communities but internationally arsenic well. The accidental to observe the Welsh connection done Star Wars is 1 we couldn’t walk up.”

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