pokes head in
Forrest Whittiker’s character is someone we will recognize, revealed in two hours.
Who the f could it even be? Cannot think of anyone from the films. An EU character?
Most definitely an EU character. Closest I can think of is Kyle Katarn. It fits the clues EW posted:
??? (Forest Whitaker)
This character has a past that Star Wars completists will recognize immediately when they see his name, even if he looks very different than the way they’ve seen him elsewhere. (He even looks different from when we saw him in the teaser trailer.) There’s so much to say about this character, we’re going to save his revelation for later today. Check back to EW.com around 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT for a deeper exploration of this shadowy figure …