The Official Star
Wars Site has announced two more online chats for tonight and
tomorrow. First, joining the next Hyperspace online chat is Droid
Unit Supervisor Don Bies.Don worked on the Star Wars Special
Edition trilogy, including playing the parts of Barquin D'an and
Boba Fett in Return of the Jedi. For Episode I, he supervised
the creation of the new C-3PO puppet and a new and improved R2-D2,
and worked in the ILM modelshop during post production. He has
returned as the head of the Droid Unit for both Episodes I and II.
The chat is scheduled for Tuesday, July 29, 5:00 pm US Pacific time
(8:00 pm US Eastern time, or Wednesday, July 30, 10:00 am Sydney
time).
Next, joining the Hyperspace online chat is one of the founding
members of the Star Wars family, Anthony Daniels.
Anthony is one of the few actors to have been in every episode of
the Star Wars saga, and has played the beloved protocol droid
C-3PO in a number of spin-off products as well, most notably the
animated Droids television series in the mid-1980s.
Daniels once again dons Threepio's golden outfit for the final Star
Wars installment. He is well known to fans throughout the world,
for his appearances at major conventions and recently, his extremely
popular role as MC of Star Wars Celebration II.
The chat is scheduled for Wednesday, July 30, 5:00 pm US Pacific
time (8:00 pm US Eastern time, or Thursday, July 31, 10:00 am Sydney
time).