The real padawan

Quote of today

- It's time for you to leave, sir.
- And so it is.

A Clone Trooper ask Bail Organa to leave the Jedi Temple platform.
Revenge of the Sith

Did you know...
George Lucas' son Jett trained with Stunt Coordinator Nick Gillard to perfect his moves against the digital foes.

Jett Lucas played Zett Jukassa in both Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

Zett Jukassa is a young human Padawan. He studies in the Jedi Temple and we can see him in the Library with Jocasta Nu. He is killed by clone troopers during the assault on the Jedi Temple and Bail Organa witnessed the young Padawans last valiant defense.
During production, the character’s name change from “Titi Jukassa” to “Tado Jukassa” and then just “Tado” before finally becoming “Zett Jukassa”.
The young Padawan in the Jedi Library that Jocasta Nu tends to was first named Warpoc Skamini. Given the similarities between the two roles they are now combined into one character: Zett Jukassa.

One heiress

Quote of today

"What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we have been fighting to destroy?"

Padmé is losing her faith in the Republic
Revenge of the Sith

Did you know...
George Lucas daughter Katie is the writer of Clone Wars TV-serie, Season 1; Episode 14 "Jedi Crash".

Katie Lucas was born 1988 and adopted by George Lucas. She played Amee in The Phantom Menace credited as Jenna Green. She also played Lunae Minx in Attack of the Clones and Chi Eekway in Revenge of the Sith.

In the deleted scene when some senators meets in Padmés apartment Katie Lucas had a speaking part as Chi Eekway. She says to Padmé “Patience senator.”

Amee is one of Anakins childhood friends in the slave quarters of Mos Espa on Tatooine. She is about eight years old and at the time of the Pod Race she wore braces.

Lunae Minx is a purple-skinned female Twi’lek and a patron in the Outlander Club. Accourding to Wookiepedia was Lunae Minx in earlier sources called Nabrina Smoo.

Senator Chi Eekway is enveloped in heavy robes with only her blue-skinned face visible. She was a member of the inner circle of loyalists.

A female fighter

Quote of today

"Sir, they've gone up the ventilation shaft."

Tey How announce were the Jedi are.
The Phantom Menace

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George Lucas daughter Amanda was credited as Tyger in The Phantom Menace.

Amanda Lucas was born 1981 and was adopted by George Lucas and Marcia Griffin. She played Diva Funquita and did the voice of Tey How in The Phantom Menace. In Attack of the Clones she played Adnama and in Revenge of the Sith she played Terr Taneel.

In the deleted scene in Bail Organa’s office Amanda Lucas had a speaking part as Terr Taneel. She asks Bail “What are you suggesting?”.

Tey How is the Neimodian pilot with odd goggles seen in the Trade Federation droid control ship during the blockade of Naboo.

Diva Funquita is a red dotted woman with red pointed hair. She is a slave owned by Gardulla the Hutt and seen in Jabba the Hutt’s box during the Pod Race.

Adnama is one of the patrons in the Outlander Club.

Terr Taneel is a loyalist and one of the receiving Senators who waited on the Senate landing platform following Palpatine's rescue from General Grievous' clutches.

But Amanda Lucas also have a career as a fightergirl with the stage name "Powerhouse" in MMA. She made her mixed martial arts debut in Auckland New Zealand May 31st, 2008. 

Darling Panaka

Quote of today

”Your Highness, this is a battle I do not think we can win.”

Captain Panaka is lack of confidence.
The Phantom Menace

Today we celebrate...
Russell Darling at his 40th birthday (born 1970)

Russell E. Darling was born in Arizona, USA. After he graduated in Computer Science from the university he realized his life-long goal of working for ILM. Besides his work with digital technologies for The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones he played a Naboo Royal Security Guard in The Phantom Menace and a Coruscant Starfreighter Passenger in Attack of the Clones.

Naboo Royal Security Guard is for Naboo what militia and police forces are on other planets.

Coruscant Starfreighter Passenger, maybe a refugees with uncertain future, aboard the Jendirian Valley, the AA-9 freighter traveling from Coruscant to Naboo.

Family business

Quote of today

"That's no moon"

Ben Kenobi realize what he sees.
A New Hope

Today…
year 1969 was the marriage between George Lucas and Marcia Griffin.

Marcia Griffin was an editor for the Original Trilogy. For A New Hope she wins an Oscar for Best Film Editing 1978. George Lucas was nominated for Best Director and Best Writing at the same time.

Together they adopt Amanda (born 1981) but two years later they get a divorse. As a single father George Lucas then adopts Katie (born 1988) and Jett (born 1993). All his children have had smaller roles in the Prequel Trilogy.

The golden droid

Quote of today

"We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life."

C-3PO deplore to R2-D2.
A New Hope

Today we celebrate...
Anthony Daniels at his 64th birthday (born 1946)

Anthony Daniels was born in Salisbury, England, UK. He played C-3PO (See-threepio or just Threepio) in all six Star Wars movies and the voice in The Clone Wars. Beside C-3PO Anthony Daniels played CZ-3 in A New Hope and Lieutenant Danni Faytonni in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.
You can read more about him and his work at The Official Anthony Daniels Web Site.

C-3PO is the golden protocol droid for human cyber relationship we follow through out the whole saga.

CZ-3 is a white sun-addled humanoid droid found in the streets of Mos Eisley. Similary CZ units can be seen in the sandcrawler and in Jabba’s palace.
Early sketches by John Mollo, indicate that some of CZ’s surface details were originally intended for Darth Vader’s armor.

Lieutenant Danni Faytonni is one of the patrons in the Outlander Club and also seen in the Opera House.

Today…
year 1997 did Special Edition of The Empire Strikes Back have premiere in USA.

She sells pallies

Quote of today

"Gracious, my bones are aching... storm's coming on, Annie. You'd better get home quick."

Jira gives Anakin a piece of advice.
The Phantom Menace

Did you know...
Jira appeard in the revised rough draft of The Phantom Menace, and survived through all the subsequent rewrites.

Margaret Towner was born during year 1925 and didn’t begin acting until 1993, at 68 years of age. She played Jira in The Phantom Menace.

Jira is the poor but kind, old woman who rans a food stand in the Mos Espa marketplace on Tatooine. She sells tasty pallies and other treats to variety of patrons. The exchange between her and Anakin was longer in the script than the final edited version that appears in the film:

After being freed by Qui-Gon, Anakin follows the Jedi Master as they leave Mos Espa. The young lad stops for one last goodbye. He visits Jira, the jolly old fruit vendor. Anakin spares a few of his winning truguts so that Jira can purchase a new cooling unit, and the two share a tender farewell.

The red-helmet Rebel pilot

Quote of today

"I'm hit!"

The last (and only) words of John "D".
A New Hope

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He never reports in as Two, Three, Five, Six, Seven, Nine, Ten and Eleven does.

Jack Klaff was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and he played Red Four (John D.) in A New Hope.
 
John D. Branon aka Red Four is one of the Rebel pilots to attack the first Death Star. He is the first victim to be shot down by a TIE fighter in the battle. John D's surname first appearance was in the game Star Wars: Empire at War.

John D. has been known as "Fake Wedge" among some Star Wars community, because of the belief that Jack Klaff played the character of Wedge in the Rebel briefing room scene. Pablo Hidalgo has since revealed that "Fake Wedge" was actually portrayed by actor Colin Higgins.

Jabba's tail

Quote of today

"Jabba! This is your last chance. Free us or die."

Luke has confidence in his new power.
Return of the Jedi

Did you know...
Mike Edmonds played Logray and an ugnaught beside controlling Jabbas tail in Return of the Jedi.

Mike Edmonds was born in Essex, UK and is an actor with dwarfism.

Logray is the Ewok medicine man of Chief Chirpa's tribe. He is a tan-striped Ewok, who wears the half skull of a bird atop his head, decorated with feathers and beads.

Ugnaughts are porcine humanoids with slightly upturned noses who live and work on Bespin's Cloud City.

Interestingly enough, one Ugnaught concept sketch was labeled as "Boba Fett's gang," suggesting that the Ugnaughts that oversaw the carbon-freezing chamber originally came with Fett. This was changed before production to have the Ugnaughts be part of Cloud City's workforce.

Jabba's right arm

Quote of today

"You will know. When you are calm, at peace. Passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack."

Yoda explains how to know the good side from the bad.
The Empire Strikes Back

Did you know...
David Alan Barclay was hired by Stuart Freeborn to sculpting 6 different top lip appliances for Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back.

David Alan Barclay was then drafted in as puppeteer for Yoda's eyes when Wendy Midener-Froud became allergic to some thing on set, and a puppeteer replacement was needed for her. For the last week of Yoda filming in The Empire Strikes Back he replace Frank Oz as chief Puppeteer in parts of the training sequence including where Luke is doing a handstand, with Yoda standing on his feet.

David Barclay return as chief puppeteer for Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi.For the death scene on the barge, Dave and Toby were joined inside by Mike Quinn who operated Jabba's eye bulge.

Read more about David Barclay's work at his official website.

Yoda is the Jedi Master who lived his final years hiding on the swamp planet of Dagobah.

Jabba the Hutt is the preeminent kingpin of crime in the Outer Rim Territories.

A flag bearer and a bounty hunter

Quote of today

"Put Captain Solo on the cargo hold."

That is Jeremy Bullochs favorite line as Boba Fett. He said that at a Star Wars Convention in Guatemala July 27-28, 2002. He also confessed that the first time he said that line, it come out: "Put Captain CARGO on the SOLO hold."

The Empire Strikes Back

Today we celebrate...
Doug Chiang at his 48th birthday (born 1962)
Jeremy Bulloch at his 65nd birthday (born (1945)

Today we remember...

Larry Ward who died today 1985 (born 3th October 1924)

Doug Chiang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He was the Design Director for The Phantom Menace and Concept Design Supervisor for Attack of the Clones. We can see him in The Phantom Menace as one of the flag bearer on the grid in the Pod Race. More about him and his work can you read about in A Talk with Doug Chiang at starwars.com and at Doug Chiang Studio website.

Jeremy Bulloch was born in Leicestershire, England, UK. Back in 1979 he got a question if he wanted a small part in The Empire Strikes Back, and since "there is no such thing as a small part" he accepts to play the character Boba Fett. He also played an Imperial Officer in Cloud City in the same movie. In Return of the Jedi he reprise his role as Boba Fett and more than twenty years later we see him as Captain Colton in Revenge of the Sith. He has a blog and a website if you want to know more.

But Jeremy Bulloch is not the only one who has played Boba Fett. Despite that it is one of the minor rols in the movies there is eight people who more or less have played Boba Fett.

John Fass Morton played Boba Fett in one scene where Boba Fett is with Lando Calrissian and Darth Vader after Han Solo's been arrested, or imprisoned, where they're talking about Jabba the Hutt walking around the corridor into an elevator where Darth Vader disappears and Boba Fett is left with Billy Dee Williams.

Mark Austin  played Boba Fett in the additional scene with Jabba the Hutt in Docking Bay 94.

Nelson Hall played Boba Fett when he walks behind Jabba the Hutt during the dance number in Return of the Jedi, Special Edition.

Don Bies suited up for the additions of Boba Fett mingling with two of Jabba's dancers in Return of the Jedi, Special Edition. 

Then we have Daniel Logan as the young Boba Fett and Temuera Morisson who dubbed all Boba Fett’s lines in all the Classic Trilogy, Special Edition. Before that it was Jason Wingreen who gave Boba Fett his voice.

Larry Ward was born in Ohio, USA and did the voice of Greedo in A New Hope and Jabba’s voice in Return of the Jedi. Together with Ben Burtt he also invented the Huttese language for A New Hope.

Boba Fett is the bounty hunter who helped Darth Vader to find the Millenium Falcon. You find a lot of stuff about him at The Boba Fett Fan Club.

Jabba's left arm

Quote of today

"I will not give up my favorite decoration. I like Captain Solo where he is." (Huttese subtitled)

Jabba don’t want to lose his best smuggler.

Return of the Jedi

Today we celebrate...
Toby Philpott at his 64th birthday (born 1946)

Jabba the Hutt is computer generated in all the Star Wars episodes except for Return of the Jedi where three puppeteers control his movements. It is Toby Philpott (left arm, head and tongue), David Barclay (right arm and jaw) and Mike Edmonds (tail and body). Jabbas eyes were remote controlled by John Coppinger and his voice is made by Larry Ward.

Toby Philpott was born in London, England, UK. He started his career as a comedy juggler, acrobat and magician before he became an animatronic puppeteer. Read more about him and his work on his own website.

Jabba the Hutt is the pre-eminent kingpin of crime in the outer rim territories. He is a worm-like slug with a wide drooling toothless grin and two yellow-red reptilian eyes.

The early script for Star Wars (A New Hope) establishes Jabba to be just a “Hut”. He is described as a large, repulsive, fat, slug-like creature with eyes on extended feelers and a huge ugly mouth.

Two Star Wars women but three actresses

Quote of today

"There was no father... I carried him, I gave birth, I raised him... I can't explain what happened."

Shmi Skywalker describes Anakins father.
The Phantom Menace

Today we celebrate...
Pernilla Augusti at her 52nd birthday (born 1958)
Caroline Blakiston at her 77th birthday (born 1933)

(Mia) Pernilla August was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She played Shmi Skywalker in The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Beside her role as Shmi Skywalker she has portrait Mary of Nazareth (mother of Jesus Christ). Both are women who claim their sons were the product of a virgin birth. In real life Pernilla August has three children and a father to them all.  ;)

More about this skilled and (in Sweden very) famous actress can you read in Pernilla August: Mother of the Force at starwars.com.

Caroline Blakiston was born in London, England, UK. She played Mon Mothma in Return of the Jedi.

Genevieve O’Reilly was born sometime during 1977 and she played senator Mon Mothma in Revenge of the Sith. Most of the footage of her did not appear in the theatrical release of the film, although they are included in the Deleted Scenes of the Revenge of the Sith DVD. However, she was seen briefly near the beginning of the film awaiting the Chancellor along with other Senators.

Both Genevieve O’Reilly and Caroline Blakiston are blondes in real life, even though the character has red/auburn hair.

Shmi Skywalker is Anakin’s soft-spoken mother. She and her son were slaves owned by junkdealer Watto. Subsequently is Shmi sold to the moister farmer Cliegg Lars.

In the revised rough draft, Anakin's mother is known as "Shmi Warka" and is described as a "warm, friendly woman of about fifty."

Mon Mothma was a senator in the Galactic Republic before it became an Empire. After that she helped forge the Rebel Alliance to fight for freedom in the galaxy.