George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, has been revealed to be part of the voice cast of Minions and Monsters. Chris Meledandri, CEO of Illumination Entertainment, the banner behind the Minions franchise, revealed in an interview with Collider, that Lucas will voice himself in the upcoming film.

Meledandri revealed that after a chance meeting with Lucas, where the latter shared his admiration for the Despicable Me and Minions films, the idea to make him voice a character in the films, came up during a conversation with director Pierre Coffin. "An idea for a character came up out of the story, and so I said to Pierre, who co-wrote the movie with Brian Lynch, and Bill Ryan, who produces with me on the film, and I just said, 'Well, what if we could get George?' And they're like, 'Are you kidding me?' I had no idea, but I got such a fast yes," said Meledandri.

Minions and Monsters is third film in the Minions series, a spin-off of the Despicable Me film series, which is set to release theatrically on July 2. The upcoming film follows the Minions in their quest to make a monster movie, with real monsters, during the 1920s.

Director Coffin returns to voice the Minions alongside a voice cast that includes Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Zoey Deutch, Bobby Moynihan, Phil LaMarr, and South Park creator Trey Parker.

Meledandri serves as a producer on the upcoming film.