Who Provided The Voiceover In The STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Trailer?

Shortly after the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer debuted people online began debating which actor provided the voiceover. Steven Weintraub from Collider and Drew McWeeny of Hit Fix have spoken to their sources and now know who it was. Come see.

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By nailbiter111 - Nov 29, 2014 01:11 AM EST

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Yesterday, when the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer opened with, "There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?" and concluded with “the Dark Side … and the light,” people immediately began wondering which actor spoke the dialogue. Many believed the voice belonged to Benedict Cumberbatch ("Sherlock"). That seemed like a fair guess as the voice does sound a bit like Cumberbatch's 'Smaug' voice in The Hobbit films and the speech pattern resembles the way he spoke as 'Khan' in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness. Some thought it might be Adam Driver. Thought that seemed like a bit of a stretch as the Girls actor has a very distinct voice, which sounds nothing like what we heard. Another actor that was suggested as often as Cumberbatch was Andy Serkis ("Avengers: Age of Ultron"). If that's who you thought it was, I have good news for you. it was! Drew McWeeny of Hit Fix and Steven Weintraub of Collider have both verified that the ominous voiceover heard in the trailer dripped from the tongue of Andy Serkis.

"For the record, that is Andy Serkis you hear in the trailer. I was able to verify this, although I was not able to uncover any further information about the role he plays. Here's what I do know, though. He's playing a pivotal role in the film, although he will not have a lot of screen time." - Drew McWeeny

The voice in the new STAR WARS trailer is Andy Serkis.
— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) November 28, 2014

Forgive me for pointing this out, but the actor on the right of the screen is Andy Serkis. The modern day Lon Chaney is best known for donning a motion-capture costume, and by the time we see Serkis on the big screen he's a digital creature. You'd recognize him as 'Gollum' in Peter Jackson's The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogies and 'Caesar' in Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Next summer, audiences will become very familiar with Andy Serkis' real mug as he has a non-motion-capture role in Joss Whedon's Avengers: Age of Ultron. There's also a chance Serkis will get some much deserved attention even earlier as 20th Century Fox is pushing ahead with a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar campaign based on Andy's work in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. If Serkis gets nominated, and if he wins, his face will get a lot of exposure.

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legopieface - 11/29/2014, 1:41 AM

But why doesn't he sound like an ape?

wallhead - 11/29/2014, 1:46 AM

@legopieface

cuz APE NOT WANT WAR....STAR WAR

BobStreet73 - 11/29/2014, 1:51 AM

Quality!! I wonder if he's human looking or going all Mo-cap

ZeoTV - 11/29/2014, 1:53 AM

andy serkis is in everything now

MightyZeus - 11/29/2014, 1:57 AM

Andy Serkis is awesome.

Surprised that was his voice work, he is incredibly talented if he can change his voice so well that everyone has to wonder and ask who did the voice over.

PJMaher - 11/29/2014, 1:57 AM

I am telling you all that the voice we hear in the trailer belongs to ADAM DRIVER. The guy with the excalibur-like light saber is also ADAM DRIVER. He plays a villain the likes of Darth Vader.

Kyos - 11/29/2014, 1:58 AM

I'm still not convinced both parts were the same voice, but okay.

Kurne - 11/29/2014, 2:03 AM

The "and the light......" had me convinced it was Cucumberbatch, but yeah, I can see Serkis too.

Kyos - 11/29/2014, 2:05 AM

I thought the "There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?" sounded quite Cumberbatchy, the “the Dark Side... and the light" not that much.

staypuffed - 11/29/2014, 2:09 AM

I thought @McGee provided the voice...

Floke - 11/29/2014, 2:16 AM

I actually thought Max von Awesome would provide the voice for the teaser but this was just as good.

TheSoulEater - 11/29/2014, 2:24 AM

See more on Know Your Meme

Kurne - 11/29/2014, 2:28 AM

@Kyos well it sounded Khan-y for me :P

Floke - 11/29/2014, 2:29 AM

Totally o.t. but wow I never knew Max did the voice of Vigo in GhostbustersII! How could I have missed that?

pepe - 11/29/2014, 2:34 AM

Does Sith had to stamp for da lightsable to work???
Best thing about le trailer: John Williams!!!!

NeoBaggins - 11/29/2014, 2:42 AM

Thank the maker it wasn't Cumberbatch!

RamonSuarez - 11/29/2014, 2:53 AM

Bullshit. Its Cumberbatch. This is just a clever ruse to throw fans off their scent.

kong - 11/29/2014, 2:58 AM

Called it snitches!!!!!

Tempo - 11/29/2014, 3:10 AM

Azazel1 - 11/29/2014, 3:10 AM

It sounds so much like Cumberbatch like almost exactly...

Crazy

Loving Serkis ....I still think Cumberbatch is in the film if rumours are true cameo style in 7, bigger role in 8 and 9

loki668 - 11/29/2014, 3:28 AM

Khanlark - 11/29/2014, 3:42 AM

Said this like 9 times...

HawkeyeFangirl - 11/29/2014, 3:49 AM

Serkis is a sweetheart too, very gentle, fun and friendly to his fans. Came out at SDCC at 4 am when we camped for Hall H to take selfies.

Floke - 11/29/2014, 3:51 AM

It would be awesome if we get to see Max von Sydow play Dejarik with a white faced figure in black.

MileHighRonin - 11/29/2014, 4:28 AM

Serkis will finally get the love he deserves once this film hits. We know and love him but no a bigger audience will finally see how great he is.

DEVWoulf - 11/29/2014, 4:30 AM

I am glad to see Andy getting all the success he deserves. He was one of the highlights of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Remember him jumping in the extremely cold water trying to catch the fish, take after take?). The Prestige showed he was a good live-screen actor as well. Very likable guy.

tokens - 11/29/2014, 4:32 AM

...son of a gun is such a good actor, he had all yous guys believin he was cucumberquittichpatch

ThedamnBatman - 11/29/2014, 4:33 AM

Serkis is playing Yoda's long lost son, you heard it here first!

Darkjedi41 - 11/29/2014, 4:34 AM

This is out there, and I know it- what if he is playing The Son from that clone wars story line. And that is the ancient evil.

Bigred20 - 11/29/2014, 4:47 AM

why will he not have alot of screen time?
hes obviously the main villian

Timerider84 - 11/29/2014, 5:05 AM

What IF, he's the voice of the villain, and Adam Driver is the villain, only not his voice.

Space - 11/29/2014, 5:17 AM

I knew it!

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Who Provided The Voiceover In The STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Trailer?

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