And from scene to scene, Johnson gives veteran characters (Chewbacca and R2 - D2 especially) and those who debuted in «The Force Awakens» enough screen time to showcase them at their best while also introducing compelling new faces (including a heroic maintenance worker, Kelly Marie Tran's Rose Tico; a serene and
tough vice admiral in the Resistance, played by Laura Dern; a sort of «safecracker» character played by Benicio Del Toro).