10 Major Cameos To Expect In Star Wars: The Force Awakens

4. Admiral Akbar

Probability? 9/10 Well, he's listed on the IMDB cast list, and the teaser material released before the third trailer (no longer suited to be called the "final trailer" of course) showed off the unmistakable face of a Mon Calamari. So the possibility of the good Admiral appearing is probably unquestionable. Of course there's always the possibility So what qualifies his appearance as a cameo? Well, as with everything in Star Wars, it's all a matter of balance. The whole point of The Force Awakens is to pass the torch, so having anything other than a passing cameo for the legendary military figure would be counter to that agenda. It would compromise the dynamic heaping importance on the new characters, and that just won't fly. Unless of course he's going to die, in which case the slightly expanded screen time would be entirely justified.