‘EPISODE VII’ Rumor: Simon Pegg has *omfg?* filmed a “Secret Role.”

GASP! GASPGASPCHOKEONDRINK. Simon Pegg has filmed a “Secret Role” in Episode 77: S7ar Wars: Solo In The Jungle Falcon, Watch Out For That Tree Door!. If this shit is true, I imagine it as nothing more than some sort of cameo giving a lifelong Star Wars fan a part as a hook-up.

According to IGN Middle East (via Bleeding Cool), “Shaun Of The Dead” and “Star Trek” star Simon Pegg has secretly filmed a role in “Star Wars: Episode VII,” which, as we all know, is helmed by Pegg’s ‘Trek’ and “Mission: Impossible” colleague J.J. Abrams. Supposedly, Pegg has already shot his part on the film’s Abu Dhabi set — which presumably makes sense of how this particular branch of IGN would get hold of the info.

Pegg has had a famously vocal and difficult relationship with the franchise: like many of his contemporaries, he grew up on the original films, but was left badly burnt by the prequels (Pegg’s surrogate Tim Bisley burnt his memorabilia post-“Phantom Menace” in the second season of “Spaced“). More recently, the actor has softened a bit, voicing a character called Dengar in the “Clone Wars” animated series, but only last year, he suggested that he didn’t want to be involved in the new series, telling The Independent “I don’t think it would be appropriate for me to be in it, to be honest. I think J.J. should cast new faces with no stunt casting. I wouldn’t want to be popped out of the film by a knowing cameo. I think it would be great to do it properly.”  [Play List]