Fatherless

Quote of today

"I am a person! And my name is Anakin."

Anakin Skywalker introduce him self to Padmé Naberrie.
The Phantom Menace

Today we celebrate...
Jake Lloyd at his 21th birthday (born 1989)

Jake Lloyd, birth name Jacob Christopher Flowers, was born in Colorado, USA. He played young Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace. For this role he won the Young Artist Award 2000 in the category Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor Age Ten or Under.
For the casting of young Anakin Casting Director Robin Gurland interviewed over 3000 children from around the English-speaking world.

Anakin Skywalker is a kind young boy, brave, thoughtful, and selfless. A boy with great potential and a destiny as yet undefined. A child born of prophecy, possibly conceived by the will of the Force itself.

Initial concept sketches of young Anakin had him be a bit older -- around 12 years old -- until Lucas revised the storyline to be set during Anakin's ninth year. The gravity of Anakin's departure from his mother is made all the more powerful by his young age.

Today…
year 1979 was the first day of principal photography in Finse, Norway for The Empire Strikes Back.
The crew endures the subzero temperatures, frostbite, heavy winds and avalanches to pull off the first shot within 65 minutes of set-up.