The Archduke of Geonosis

Quote of today

"Let the executions begin!"

Poggle the Lesser want to see some dead jedis.
Attack of the Clones

Today we celebrate...
Marton Csokas at his 45th birthday (born 1966)

Marton Csokas is the voice of Poggle the Lesser in Attack of the Clones. He was born in Aotearoa, New Zeeland to a Hungarian father and an Irish/Danish mother.

Poggle the Lesser is the Archduke of Geonosis, he was the leader of the Geonosians. Apart from the other Geonosians Poggle wears the insectoid equivalent of a long beard.

The Geonosians was computer-generated characters. Their voices was developed very late in production. Sound Designer Ben Burtt delivered a suitably bizarre mix of guttural speech and clicking insect sounds.

Today we remember...
Luis De Jesus at his birthday (born 1952 - dead 27 July 1988)

Luis De Jesus was born in New York, US and played one of the ewoks in Return of the Jedi. He died of a heart attack only 36 years old.

Ewoks are sentient furred bipeds native to the moon of Endor. Initially, the Endor moon was going to be shown as having two indigenous species -- the Ewoks and the Yuzzums. The Yuzzum ended up as a rifle-toting background character in Jabba's palace.

Today...
year 2003 was the first day of principal photography for Revenge of the Sith.