Clive Revill, the New Zealand-born actor who voiced Emperor Palpatine in the original releases of The Empire Strikes Back, has passed away aged…
Category: NZ Celebrities
For the greater part of the Star Wars history, New Zealand has felt like the civilization farthest from the bright centre of the Universe. The dissemination of information via the internet started to change that, as did the tantalising proximity of The Phantom Menace’s Sydney production, but nothing compared to the revelation that New Zealanders would be included in the cast of The Attack of the Clones. Shortland Street stars as bounty hunters and galactic miscreants? The lead actor and actress of Once Were Warriors once again playing in the same scenes on the big screen?
The NZ connection lives on in Episode 3 and beyond, with the return of Bodie, Rena, Tem and Jay. And the connection goes beyond just our favourite actors: designers, artists, and even directors…
Young New Zealand actor Julian Dennison has joined the voice talent team of the animated Disney+ series The Bad Batch. Spoilers for season…
Keisha Castle-Hughes will be appearing as an in-person guest at the upcoming Winter Auckland Armageddon Expo event to be held June 3rd-5th at…
Did you know… Auckland-born Jay Laga’aia was a main-stage host at Celebration III in Indianapolis, in 2005. Amongst other activities that he was…
Recently, local artist MrG (Graham Hoete) was commissioned by Lucasfilm to create a carved wooden version of Boba Fett’s helmet, as a gift…
Kiwi actor Michelle Ang has confirmed that voice recording for season 2 of The Bad Batch is well under way. Michelle played lead…
Kiwi actor, comedian, and werewolf pack leader Rhys Darby is now a Star Wars voice actor. Rhys contributes the voice of IG-88, a…
By now all kiwi subscribers to the Disney+ streaming service who have watched Star Wars: The Bad Batch will have recognised that the…
Did you know… that the award winning cinematographer behind many episodes of The Mandalorian is a kiwi? Barry “Baz” Idoine is a New…
The main cast for the upcoming Disney+ streaming series Obi-Wan Kenobi has just been revealed on the official Star Wars site. It re-confirms…