Children in Need joins forces with Lucasfilm for new Star Wars sketch

Children in Need joins forces with Lucasfilm for new Star Wars sketch

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Thursday, 29th October 2015
Lord Sugar (Credit: BBC)
Lord Sugar (Credit: BBC)

The BBC has announced that it is teaming up with Disney and Lucasfilm for an exclusive sketch, as part of this year's Children in Need appeal

The BBC has revealed that R2-D2 and C-3PO will be joined by Warwick Davis (who played the Ewok Wicket in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi) for a special, one-off sketch.

The telethon, which has been running since 1980, will air its appeal show on Friday 13 November from 7.30pm on BBC One.

Details about the Star Wars segment are scarce, but the BBC has said that the characters will join Davis and the three will "attempt to find a worthy winner to help trigger the first BBC Children in Need totaliser of the night."

 

 

The event is to be hosted by Sir Terry Wogan, with help from Nick Grimshaw, Dermot O'Leary, Rochelle Humes and Tess Daly. Musical guests lined up to take part include Ellie Goulding, Selena Gomez, Rod Stewart and Years and Years, while the BBC promises comedy from Harry Hill, a special Call the Midwife-themed edition of Strictly Come Dancing, with both Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly at the helm, as well as features from the cast of EastEnders and the West End musicals Beautiful, Kinky Boots and Bend It Like Beckham.

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The BBC has announced that it is teaming up with Disney and Lucasfilm for an exclusive sketch, as part of this year's Children in Need appeal