| NYONGO | Lupita, Kenyan-Mexican actress who played Maz Kanata in the Star Wars series (6) |
| LUPITA | With 42-Across actress who played Maz Kanata from the planet Takodana in 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
| LUPITANYONGO | "12 Years a Slave" actress debuting as pirate Maz Kanata in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens": 2 wds. |
| EMPIRE | The ___ Strikes Back: 1980 film, the second to be released in the Star Wars series (6) |
| ATTACK | ___ of the Clones, fifth film in the Star Wars series (6) |
| MENACE | Fourth film in the Star Wars series, The Phantom ___ (6) |
| HAMILL | Mark ___, Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars series (6) |
| ROSITA | Bilingual turquiose Sesame Street character performed by Mexican actress Carmen Osbahr, introduced in 1991 (6) |
| DELRIO | Dolores ___, Mexican actress whose films include Flying Down to Rio (3,3) |
| KENYAN | "well, obviously, a copy of his ___ birth certificate" (maz jobrani, on what will make headlines when president obama presidential library opens) |
| DOLORES | Miss Del Rio, Mexican actress who appeared with Henry Fonda in the 1947 film The Fugitive (7) |
| SALMAHAYEK | Mexican actress who starred in the 2002 film Frida (5,5) |
| JUNGLE | The ___ Book Oscar-winning 2016 film where Lupita Nyong'o voiced Raksha |
| HAYEK | Salma ___, US-Mexican actress who starred in 2002's Frida (5) |
| SALMA | Mexican actress who appears in an episode of Black Mirror, _ Hayek (5) |
| LITTLE | ___ Monsters 2019 comedy film starring Lupita Nyong'o and Alexander England |
| YEARSA | Biopic with Lupita Nyong'o, 12 ... Slave (5,1) |
| YALIES | Lupita Nyong'o and Meryl Streep, for two |
| RETURNOFTHEJEDI | 1983 space opera, third film in the Star Wars series (6,2,3,4) |
| THEEMPIRE | ___ ___ Strikes Back: second in the Star Wars series (3,6) |
