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The Welsh language version of the classic 1977 film will feature Matthew Rhys as Han Solo.
Star Wars: A New Hope has been dubbed into Welsh for the first time, with Matthew Rhys voicing Han Solo. The Welsh-language version also features Rhys Ifans, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Mark Lewis Jones, and is set for broadcast on S4C.
BBC News – UK The Welsh language version of the classic 1977 film will feature Matthew Rhys as Han Solo.
BBC News – UK The Welsh language version of the classic 1977 film will feature Matthew Rhys as Han Solo.
Sky News – UK Star Wars: A New Hope, the first film released in the popular franchise, has been dubbed into the Welsh language for the first time.
Rhys Ifans, Matthew Rhys, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Mark Lewis Jones among actors voicing characters from 1977 blockbuster There are a few links between the Star Wars franchise and Wales, including the secretive building of the Millennium Falcon in an old hangar in the far south-west of the Celtic nation. But until now speakers of Welsh – Cymraeg – have not been able to hear the words of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and P…
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