'Doctor Who's' Matt Smith Flying Out To A Galaxy Far, Far Away

​​​Star Wars picks up one of the biggest U.K. crossover fandoms by adding Doctor Who's Matt Smith to the Episode IX  cast.

Geronimo! From the TARDIS to the Palace to the Resistance, this week rocked the Whoniverse wth the news that the 55-year-old franchise would finally be directly crossing over with the 40-year-old Star Wars universe. Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith will reportedly play a "key role" in the final installment of the third Skywalker trilogy, currently known only as Episode IX. Smith heads there after a fantastic two-season turn in Netflix's The Crown as Prince Philip.

Filming for the movie began in August, with several new faces added to Star Wars roster, including Keri Russell (best known for FX drama The Americans,) Richard E. Grant (best known for roles in Downton Abbey, Gosford Park, &Withnail & I) and 2017's British Independent Film Award's most promising newcomer Naomi Ackie. They join the new trilogy's core cast of Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver, as well as holdovers from the original 1970s era films Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels. Plus, this final film will include Billy Dee Williams, reprising his role as Lando Calrissian for the first time since 1983's Return of the Jedi, and unused footage of the late Carrie Fisher left over from director J.J. Abrams' Episode VII installment, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be used to finish the story arc for Leia Organa.