Directed by J.J. Abrams, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” premiered in Sydney on Wednesday. Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o is one of the new additions to the cast of the epic space opera film franchise.

During her appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Tuesday, Nyong’o talked about her “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” character Maz Kanata. She said her CGI character, who is a pirate, has lived more than a thousand years.

“She’s had this watering hole for about a century,” Entertainment Weekly quoted Nyong’o as saying. “And it’s like another bar that you'd find in a corner of the ‘Star Wars’ universe.”

Nyong’o also shared some details about her audition for the movie. She told DeGeneres that she did not really know what she was auditioning for, and she just knew she was going in for Abrams.

For Nyong’o, the process of her “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is a complete mystery as she had to read from a substitute script instead of the one from the actual movie. Her audition took place on the same week she won her first Best Supporting Actress award from the Academy Awards in 2014 for her performance in “12 Years a Slave.”

Nyong'o's other “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” cast members are Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher will reprise their roles as Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia, respectively. Also in the cast are Andy Serkis, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley, among others.

After “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Nyong’o will star in the 2016 films “The Jungle Book” and “Queen of Katwe.” In “The Jungle Book,” Nyong’o will join “Ghostbuster” star Bill Murray, “Captain America: Civil War” actress Scarlett Johansson and “Star Trek Beyond” star Idris Elba.

Meanwhile, Elba’s “Star Trek Beyond” character has recently been revealed to be a new new villain named Krall. Director Justin Lin told Slash Film that he likes Elba’s character because he is “really challenging the way of the Federation’s philosophy.”

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