Star Wars legend Mark Hamill will feature in a West End musical whch opens next week.

Hamill is providing the voice of Kevin the Robot in Eugenius! which will be on at The Other Palace.

The show, written by Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins, is a coming-of-age musical and follows sci-fi and fantasy enthusiast Eugene as he tries to create his own comic book movie.

It counts Hamill’s friend from a galaxy far, far away, Warwick Davis, among its producers.

Hamill said: “I am thrilled to be the voice of a character in this new British Musical, and to be supporting Warwick in his new venture. ‘Kevin The Robot’ is a small but important cameo in this nostalgic show which is currently taking London by storm.”