Squadron 42 is Cloud Imperium Games’ story-driven single-player game set in the Star Citizen universe. A published cast selection includes Gary Oldman, Mark Hamill, Gillian Anderson, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, Sophie Wu and Ben Mendelsohn. The available sources identify character roles for only three of those actors, so this is a selected guide, not a complete cast list.
Actors with identified character roles
PC Gamer’s March 25, 2026 overview identifies the following roles. These mappings are attributed to that publication.
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Gary Oldman as Admiral Ernst Bishop
Oldman plays Admiral Ernst Bishop, according to PC Gamer’s Squadron 42 overview. Oldman is also named in the official cast-related material.
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Anderson plays ship captain Rachel MacLaren, as identified by PC Gamer. She is also among the actors named in the official cast material.
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Mark Hamill as Steve “Old Man” Colton
Hamill plays flying instructor Steve “Old Man” Colton, according to PC Gamer. The official cast-related post also names Hamill.
Other actors named in official cast material
A January 22, 2016 post from Roberts Space Industries / Cloud Imperium Games names the following actors in cast-related tags. The accessible post does not map them to characters, so no role is assigned here.
- John Rhys-Davies
- Andy Serkis
- Liam Cunningham
- Mark Strong
- Sophie Wu
- Ben Mendelsohn
The same official post names Oldman, Hamill and Anderson, whose roles are described above. Its tags are not a structured cast-and-character list.
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What is established about the cast list
The studio describes Squadron 42 as a story-driven single-player game in the same universe as Star Citizen. See Cloud Imperium Games’ press page and official homepage.
The official cast-related post, “This video game has the greatest cast imaginable,” supplies actor names but not a full roster or actor-to-character mappings. PC Gamer’s overview adds the three role descriptions above; the consulted sources do not establish a complete, current character roster. Treat the names here as a sourced selection, not the entire cast.
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