Overview
- Disney, Lucasfilm, Welsh broadcaster S4C and Creative Wales announced Wednesday that they will release the first official Welsh-language redub of Star Wars: A New Hope titled Star Wars: Gobaith Newydd.
- The project will premiere on S4C and its streaming platforms on December 25, 2026, and features Aimee‑Ffion Edwards as the Welsh voice of Princess Leia alongside Matthew Rhys, Rhys Ifans and Osian Morgan.
- Officials and coverage stress this casting is for a language-specific redub of the 1977 film and does not replace Carrie Fisher’s original live-action performance in other franchise media.
- Production teams say translating dialogue into Welsh requires longer lines and different cadences, creating timing and technical constraints that the release will help evaluate.
- Lucasfilm has framed the release as part of broader minority- and indigenous-language dubbing efforts, and future additional dubs will depend on the technical results and audience response to this release.