Daisy Ridley and John Boyega show off their rap skills on Star Wars: The Force Awakens set

Skills: John Boyega and Daisy Ridley show off their rap skills
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Jennifer Ruby5 April 2016
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Daisy Ridley and John Boyega might be the film world’s fastest rising stars, but they’ve also got some pretty amazing musical talents.

The Star Wars actors show off their rap skills in a newly-released behind-the-scenes video from the set of The Force Awakens.

Proving that they’ve got many strings to their bows, the British stars created an on-set song about their Star Wars experience.

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Boyega says: “I’ve got good eye for talent and Daisy was doing a rap one day and I said ‘I can make you a big star’ so we decided to collaborate on a song together.”

The star then provides a beat while Ridley raps a number of lyrics, including: “We all up in the desert and we’re filming Star Wars, because of our diet we can eat no Mars Bars.”

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The clip, which features as a bonus feature on the DVD, also shows the wider cast dancing around to the song in full costume.

Boyega and Ridley are now back on set together and filming for Star Wars: Episode 8, which is slated for release next year.

Returning cast, including Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Oscar Isaac are all staying tight-lipped about plot details.

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