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What actors / actresses from the original "Star Wars" have passed away besides Alec Guinness? I could look this up on www.imdb.com but that wouldn't be any fun.

 

Marc Hamill was looking old last time I saw him on TV.

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Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin) bit it, sometime in the nineties I think. Cancer. Michael Sheard, who played Admiral Ozzel, died in 2005. Sad, but those are the only two I can think of, and I had to look on Wiki to get Sheard's name. SW actors seem to have a good track record as far as not dying goes.

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Uh.. it's considerably more than two. I'm afraid Star Wars actors & actresses have a bad rate of dying as much as any other film of that era:

 

All :( (Credited actors only)

 

Star Wars

Alec Guinness

Don Henderson

Phil Brown

Peter Cushing

Shelagh Fraser

Alex McCrindle

Eddie Byrne

Jack Purvis

William Hootkins

Jeremy Sinden

 

Empire Strikes Back

Alec Guinness

John Hollis

Jack Purvis

Michael Sheard

Des Webb

Bruce Boa

Richard Marquand (Director)

 

Return of the Jedi

Richard Marquand (Director)

Sebastian Shaw

Alec Guinness

Claire Davenport

Jack Purvis

 

 

There are probably numerous others I've missed, but those are some of the main ones.

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Schoolboy error: Irvin Kershner directed TESB!

 

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Holy crap! Jack Purrvis died thrice?

Alec Guinness too, although dying in Stars Wars didn't stop him appearing in the next two episodes so maybe thats fair

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This is very helpful, as it lists who's alive and who's dead without even having to click on the person - Star Wars Actors Database

 

Everyone from Obi-Wan to the voice of a random Stormtrooper, it would seem.

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This is very helpful, as it lists who's alive and who's dead without even having to click on the person - Star Wars Actors Database

 

Everyone from Obi-Wan to the voice of a random Stormtrooper, it would seem.

 

Hmm.. very good.

 

Reading that made me forget that the guy who played Dengar the Bounty Hunter had also gone.

Didn't know the Mos Eisley bartender in A New Hope was dead though. :crossbone:

 

I suppose when you look at the sheer amount of names there, and the numbers that are yellow (dead) compared to red (alive), then they haven't done badly, but three of the movies are very recent, and a large amount of the older films had younger actors, I suppose.

 

One to watch then I would say is:- Jason Wingreen, voice of Boba Fett, 88 later this year & frequent film & TV actor. He should get some mention state-wise when he goes, which means the Guardian will pick it up & hey presto, UK Obit!

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One to watch then I would say is:- Jason Wingreen, voice of Boba Fett, 88 later this year & frequent film & TV actor. He should get some mention state-wise when he goes, which means the Guardian will pick it up & hey presto, UK Obit!

 

As usual, you read my mind. No recent news and IMDB says his last work was in 1994, though I know that he also did the Boba Fett voice for the special edition in 1997. And apparently, he's still signing autographs.

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This is very helpful, as it lists who's alive and who's dead without even having to click on the person - Star Wars Actors Database

 

Everyone from Obi-Wan to the voice of a random Stormtrooper, it would seem.

 

 

Makes mistakes though. Gilda Cohen was not a Transylvanian in Rocky Horror, she wasn't in the film at all. I've seen this mistake made before. I imgine she's being confused with Sadie Corre, who was an Ewok and a Transie. Sadie is now in her late 80s and might just scrape an obit so she might be one to consider.

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As usual, you read my mind. No recent news and IMDB says his last work was in 1994, though I know that he also did the Boba Fett voice for the special edition in 1997. And apparently, he's still signing autographs.

 

Indeedy so, as I've just checked him for my (now reduced & revised) list, there was also a recent photo of him. I can't seem to find it at present, but he looked healthy enough, about 10 years younger than he is.

 

With your new avatar, CP, whilst the choice is good, maybe you could lighten it up a little? It looks a bit dark so you can't really make it out?

 

Try here or here

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With your new avatar, CP, whilst the choice is good, maybe you could lighten it up a little? It looks a bit dark so you can't really make it out?

 

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Hmmm....

 

I think I prefer the version that can't be seen!

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With your new avatar, CP, whilst the choice is good, maybe you could lighten it up a little? It looks a bit dark so you can't really make it out?

 

It's on my to-do list. I forgot to install Photoshop on my new computer. Hopefully I'll get to it later today and I can play around with it. For now I'll try out Captain Oates - the man lives on Tatooine, I'm sure it's not totally out of the realm of possibility that he could be glowing.

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It's a shame that Harrison Ford went on to live on to make films such as What Lies Beneath which has him with his old man's chest out. Put it away

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It's a shame that Harrison Ford went on to live on to make films such as What Lies Beneath which has him with his old man's chest out. Put it away

I find Mr.Ford to be a very good actor.

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It's a shame that Harrison Ford went on to live on to make films such as What Lies Beneath which has him with his old man's chest out. Put it away

I find Mr.Ford to be a very good actor.

 

hmmm, those last two ip adresses would appear to match up with those of a couple of long-standing DL members. Gents, care to hold your hands up, or are you going to retain aliases within a website in which everyone already has an adopted persona? It's kinda like double-bagging.

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It's a shame that Harrison Ford went on to live on to make films such as What Lies Beneath which has him with his old man's chest out. Put it away

I find Mr.Ford to be a very good actor.

 

hmmm, those last two ip adresses would appear to match up with those of a couple of long-standing DL members. Gents, care to hold your hands up, or are you going to retain aliases within a website in which everyone already has an adopted persona? It's kinda like double-bagging.

 

More like, being inside a casket that is inside a casket :crossbone:

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As the 2010 thread has been closed...

 

Grant McCune, the Oscar winning chief model maker for Star Wars died on December 27 aged 67.

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Ralph McQuarrie, whose concept artworks were one of the reasons Fox agreed to greenlight the original film, has died, aged 82.

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Can't believe that the world's most famous studio for children's films are taking control of a franchise of films aimed at children.

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Possably the only people who could shamlessly milk a franchise for every cent better than George . . . they should be great together!

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Fans are in a flummox about the Disney takeover of the franchise.

 

disneysstarwars1.jpg

 

disneysstarwars2.jpg

 

Judging by Minnie and Pluto's expressions, Lucas and Mickey had to wipe the 'brown stuff' off their Sabres before the photo...

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Fans are in a flummox about the Disney takeover of the franchise.

 

disneysstarwars1.jpg

 

disneysstarwars2.jpg

 

Judging by Minnie and Pluto's expressions, Lucas and Mickey had to wipe the 'brown stuff' off their Sabres before the photo...

 

That's Goofy, dude.

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