Our friends at the Star Wars Rebels Facebook page alerted us to the news that veteran actor Greg Ellis confirmed a role of his in Star Wars Rebels. Know for roles in Star Trek(2009) and Pirates Of The Caribbean(2003), Ellis has also had an extensive voice acting career, which includes voicing Turk Falso in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as well as providing his voice for video games such as Knights Of The Old Republic and The Old Republic. He confirmed on Twitter that his character appeared in the new Entanglement short:
My character's introduction to #StarWarsRebels in the #Entanglemet short @starwarsrebels@starwars@StarWarsUKhttp://t.co/JEhJeTeaaQ
— Greg Ellis (@ellisgreg) August 27, 2014It's unclear exactly which character is his, but we can assume he voiced the TIE Fighter pilot which features prominently in the short. IMDB claims that Ellis is voicing a character named "Baron Ruhdor" who is supposed to appear in the premiere episode Spark Of Rebellion.
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Source: Twitter, IMDB
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