YoungWillz 19,054 Posted May 4, 2017 Margaret Towner, who appeared as Jira in The Phantom Menace, dead at 96. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/05/04/margaret-towner-veteran-actress-appeared-star-wars-franchise/ IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870026/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted June 12, 2017 Gordon “Drewe” Henley, 75, had a long acting career, but was well-known for his role as X-Wing Squadron Red Leader Garven Dreis in “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope,” according to the Daily Mail. Parts of the film that featured Henley were also used in the most recent film in the franchise, “Rogue One.” “Episode IV” was the last film Henley, who was previously married to English actress Felicity Kendal, appeared in. He was diagnosed with manic depression after filming completed and he then retired from acting. In 2013, Henley was diagnosed with vascular dementia and may have had drug-related Parkinsonism due to long-term use of antipsychotic medication. He was admitted to the Franklyn Hospital's mental health unit six times between September 2015 and his death. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,762 Posted June 12, 2017 He died about a year and a half ago. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted June 12, 2017 3 hours ago, msc said: He died about a year and a half ago. That's what I get for trusting our trusty search engine. My bad. Though it DID elude to his death being some time previous, and so I fired it in the trusty search engine first My day is miserable now, like all the others. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 17, 2017 Cause of death: sleep apnoea and... lots of drugs: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-17/star-wars-actress-carrie-fisher-died-of-sleep-apnoea-and-other/8627476 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 778 Posted June 17, 2017 14 minutes ago, Davey Jones' Locker said: Cause of death: sleep apnoea and... lots of drugs: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-17/star-wars-actress-carrie-fisher-died-of-sleep-apnoea-and-other/8627476 A force choke perhaps? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 17, 2017 It has now been confirmed that the idea was that Star Wars 7 would be Han-centric, 8 will be Luke-centric and 9 was to have been Leia-centric. Well, thank goodness Carrie died then. Leia was by far the least compelling character in the original SW trilogy (she was just a one-dimensional, "feisty" feminist at a time when traditional damsel in distress female characters were starting to fall out of fashion. There is no more depth to the character than that. So there you go, a character cynically designed by Mr Lucas to cash in on the feminist fad so that all the naive little late 1970s/early 1980s tomboys would buy his Leia dolls.) Furthermore, Carrie was nowhere near good enough an actress, with or without drug and pychiatric problems, to be front and centre in a film. It is harsh but fair to say that rewriting Ep 9 to compensate for the lack of the dreadful Leia character will lead to a strong film. http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-05-25/star-wars-episode-ix-was-supposed-to-be-about-carrie-fishers-general-leia http://www.avclub.com/article/disney-started-over-star-wars-episode-ix-after-car-254835 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,091 Posted June 17, 2017 Your opinion is shit therefore it should be hidden. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 19, 2017 On 17/06/2017 at 17:13, Davey Jones' Locker said: Cause of death: sleep apnoea and... lots of drugs: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-17/star-wars-actress-carrie-fisher-died-of-sleep-apnoea-and-other/8627476 Cocaine, heroin and ecstasy, to be precise: http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/19/carrie-fisher-had-cocaine-heroin-and-ecstasy-in-her-system-when-she-died-6720186/ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-20/carrie-fisher-autopsy-heroin-cocaine-ecstasty-in-system/8634386 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 1,989 Posted August 30, 2017 On 6/17/2017 at 21:07, Davey Jones' Locker said: It has now been confirmed that the idea was that Star Wars 7 would be Han-centric, 8 will be Luke-centric and 9 was to have been Leia-centric. Well, thank goodness Carrie died then. Leia was by far the least compelling character in the original SW trilogy (she was just a one-dimensional, "feisty" feminist at a time when traditional damsel in distress female characters were starting to fall out of fashion. There is no more depth to the character than that. So there you go, a character cynically designed by Mr Lucas to cash in on the feminist fad so that all the naive little late 1970s/early 1980s tomboys would buy his Leia dolls.) Furthermore, Carrie was nowhere near good enough an actress, with or without drug and pychiatric problems, to be front and centre in a film. It is harsh but fair to say that rewriting Ep 9 to compensate for the lack of the dreadful Leia character will lead to a strong film. http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-05-25/star-wars-episode-ix-was-supposed-to-be-about-carrie-fishers-general-leia http://www.avclub.com/article/disney-started-over-star-wars-episode-ix-after-car-254835 Excellent posting! Also I just heard that episode 8 will open 1 day earlier here in Norway then in the USA. Same happened with Rogue 1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,054 Posted August 30, 2017 9 minutes ago, theoldlady said: Excellent posting! Also I just heard that episode 8 will open 1 day earlier here in Norway then in the USA. Same happened with Rouge 1. Best Hair and Make Up.... 1 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,054 Posted September 22, 2017 Ian McDiarmid doesn't know whether he'll play Palpatine again. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41345887 Been Hitler in the past and currently being Enoch Powell... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted September 22, 2017 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: Ian McDiarmid doesn't know whether he'll play Palpatine again. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41345887 Been Hitler in the past and currently being Enoch Powell... Wait, does that hint in potentially more Star Wars prequels? NOOOOOO.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted October 27, 2017 Twitter says John Mollo, the Oscar winning costume designer for Star Wars (and Gandhi) has died: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mollo Edit: Unbelievably not a DDP pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 475 Posted October 28, 2017 4 hours ago, gcreptile said: Twitter says John Mollo, the Oscar winning costume designer for Star Wars (and Gandhi) has died: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/obituary-john-mollo-z8p8xk6kv Obit + confirmation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted December 16, 2017 Once again, a terminally ill Star Wars fan wants to see the movie before he dies: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5183809/Dying-mans-wish-new-Star-Wars-movie-coming-true.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathbysnoosnoo 28 Posted December 16, 2017 And he'll never know how it ends either Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 778 Posted December 16, 2017 19 hours ago, gcreptile said: Once again, a terminally ill Star Wars fan wants to see the movie before he dies: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5183809/Dying-mans-wish-new-Star-Wars-movie-coming-true.html Sounds like the kind of guy that will hate what they did in this new episode tbh. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,933 Posted December 16, 2017 1 hour ago, ObakeFilter said: Sounds like the kind of guy that will hate what they did in this new episode tbh. I think the general consensus is that it's not as good as Empire Strikes Back but it's certainly better than Phantom of the Menace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,762 Posted December 16, 2017 In fairness, Stage IV cancer has a better reputation than Phantom of the Menace. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,247 Posted December 17, 2017 On 17/06/2017 at 08:13, Davey Jones' Locker said: Cause of death: sleep apnoea and... lots of drugs: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-17/star-wars-actress-carrie-fisher-died-of-sleep-apnoea-and-other/8627476 so basically she died of over-snoring ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 309 Posted December 18, 2017 On 12/15/2017 at 16:19, gcreptile said: Once again, a terminally ill Star Wars fan wants to see the movie before he dies: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5183809/Dying-mans-wish-new-Star-Wars-movie-coming-true.html Does this mean that we'll be getting a "Fanboys 2"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 778 Posted December 21, 2017 Here is a list I made of surviving cast members of A New Hope, I will expand it further whenever I will have time for that (unlike George Lucas, I will not do it only for some quick grab...) 20/10/1923 Patrick Jordan 28/05/1929 Shane Rimmer RIP March 29, 2019 28/07/1930 Alfie Curtis RIP 27.12.2017 17/01/1931 James Earl Jones 25/05/1935 George Roubicek 01/07/1935 David Prowse RIP 28.11.2020 30/07/1938 Michael Bell 12/12/1938 Leslie Schofield 27/09/1939 Garrick Hagon 26/04/1940 Harry Fielder 11/05/1942 Terence McGovern 13/07/1942 Harrison Ford 26/12/1942 Maria De Aragon 14/05/1944 George Lucas 19/05/1944 Peter Mayhew RIP 02/05/2019 07/09/1944 Andy Bradford 11/11/1944 Martyn Read 21/02/1946 Anthony Daniels 02/05/1947 David Ankrum 25/05/1947 Colin Michael Kitchens 27/09/1947 Denis Lawson 27/10/1947 Angus MacInnes 30/10/1948 Rusty Goffe 06/08/1951 Jack Klaff 25/09/1951 Mark Hamill 06/05/1952 Stephen Calcutt 12/05/1955 John Chapman 25/09/1958 Derek Lyons Empire Strikes Back 18/04/1930 Clive Revill 17/01/1931 James Earl Jones 27/03/1935 Julian Glover 01/07/1935 David Prowse RIP 28.11.2020 06/04/1937 Billy Dee Williams 07/12/1937 Kenneth Colley 13/05/1938 Milton Johns 16/06/1938 Michael Culver 10/02/1940 Kathryn Mullen 13/07/1942 Harrison Ford 13/01/1944 Mike Edmonds 19/05/1944 Peter Mayhew RIP 02/05/2019 25/05/1944 Frank Oz 11/08/1944 Ian McDiarmid 03/10/1944 Michael Santiago 16/02/1945 Jeremy Bulloch 21/02/1946 Anthony Daniels 26/03/1947 John Morton 06/04/1947 John Ratzenberger 23/07/1947 John Dicks 27/09/1947 Denis Lawson 18/11/1948 Paul Jerricho 18/06/1949 Mac McDonald 22/03/1950 Steve Meek 13/05/1950 Joe Johnston 19/07/1951 Mark Capri 25/09/1951 Mark Hamill 01/12/1951 Treat Williams 06/05/1952 Stephen Calcutt 01/06/1955 Ralph Morse 01/12/1957 Deep Roy 26/12/1960 Temuera Morrison Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,762 Posted December 21, 2017 It's always a surprise, imo, to find out Denis Lawson is that young. He always seemed like a man pushing 70 in things for a decade or two! He was very good in an episode of Inside No 9 recently, much recommended. Leslie Schofield has the Star Wars/Blakes 7/Doctor Who hat trick to his name. Been in shitloads but not seen him in anything new in a while. Shane Rimmer was one of the Thunderbirds and wrote a number of Captain Scarlet episodes too. Still does a fair bit of voice acting. I know Harry Fielder (extra but his CV will get an obit) was ill a while ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,099 Posted December 22, 2017 If he’s eligible to line up for the starter in 2018, Shane Rimmer would make an excellent Deathlist choice. As well as Star Wars and Thunderbirds, he also played a psychopathic conman researching his family tree in an episode of Tales of the Unexpected. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
