Adding to our previous report about new cast additions and directions Heroes will be taking next season, we’ve also learned that The Force will be strong with Heroes as well.

British actor and all around bad ass Ray Park, whose role as Darth Maul in ‘Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace’ and as Snake Eyes in the upcoming ‘G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra’ makes him somewhat of a Fanboy favorite is in talks to join the cast for a sizeable arc.

Also, “Days of Our Lives” co-star Rachel Melvin has been tapped to guest star and potentially recur on “Heroes” next season, playing Annie, who also will share sleeping quarters (and maybe more) with Claire.

Finally (at least for now), Deanne Bray (Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, The L Word) is nearing a deal to come on board for multiple episodes.

Little is known about Park’s role, except that he would be playing one of the colorful characters at the center of the show’s Carnivale-esque storyline.

Bray, meanwhile, would play a deaf love interest for one of the main Heroes.

[Source] EW