Named after the apperances

Quote of today

"We don't serve their kind here!"

The bartender sort out the visitors
A New Hope

Today we celebrate...
Ted Burnett at his birthday (born 1926, died 1 October 2001)
Phil Fondacaro at his 51st birthday (born 1958)

Ted Burnett was born in England, United Kingdom and played Wuher in A New Hope.

Phil Fondacaro was born in Louisiana, USA and played a ewok in Return of the Jedi, the only ewok who died on screen.
Phil started his career off in 1980 when they put a call out to all little people to be in a film (Under the Rainbow), he and his brother Sal tried out and got parts in the film with Carrie Fisher.

Wuher is Mos Eisley Cantina's gruff bartender.
Until 1993 he was just known as the "bartender" but a roleplaying game supplement identified him as Wuher. Prior to that, a 1989 boxed set of metal miniatures called him "Cedo Partu", but that name just never stuck.

The only ewok who died on screen was shot and killed by a laser blast from an AT-ST. An ewok named Romba, who had been fighting alongside this ewok, stayed behind and wept over his fallen comrade.
This unidentified Ewok is often referred to by fans as "Corpsey".Author Ben Harper attempted to assign the name Lana to this Ewok because he thinks it sounds like that's what the other Ewok is saying as he prods the body to see if he's okay.

Today...

year 2004 was the release of the teasertrailer for Revenge of the Sith.