Filming on the next Star Wars series will begin in April.
The film ended with the famous Jedi taking newborn twins Luke Skywalker and Lea Organa into hiding.
This casting also suggests we might be meeting a young, 10-year-old Luke at some point in the series.

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(That rules out Sebastian Stan for the part.)
The cast announcement heralds the start of productionthisApril.
Chow, McGregor, Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, and writer Joby Harold will executive produce the series.