<P> Maz Kanata is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise . Introduced in the 2015 film Star Wars : The Force Awakens , she is a CGI character voiced and performed through motion capture by Lupita Nyong'o . Maz , a former pirate and smuggler , is more than 1,000 years old and manages an interstellar tavern in a castle on the fictional planet Takodana . </P>
who does the voice of maz in star wars
Lupita Nyong'o