Something most Star Wars fans have in common is a love of background characters. Sure, fans want to know everything…
Day 511 – Gragra
Gragra worked in a Mos Espa marketplace in The Phantom Menace. Gragra gave Jar Jar Binks a hard time for…
Day 392 – Ellen Moon Lee
Ellen Moon Lee was a concept model maker on The Phantom Menace and designed the iconic teaser poster for the…
Day 389 – Vicki Dobbs Beck
Vicki Dobbs Beck is the Executive in Charge at ILMxLAB. She is one of the many women I’ve profiled on…
Day 381 – Jean Bolte
Jean Bolte was the viewpaint supervisor at ILM for The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Bolte started off…
Day 373 – Sofia Coppola
Writer, director, producer Sofia Coppola played Saché, one of Queen Amidala’s handmaidens, in The Phantom Menace. She ended up with…
Day 372 – Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley played Sabé one of Padmé Amidala’s handmaidens, in The Phantom Menace. During most of the film Knightley’s role…
Day 345 – Jane Bay
Jane Bay was George Lucas’s executive assistant for over three decades – from The Empire Strikes Back to The Clone…
Day 289 – Ann and Tann Gella
The Gella sisters, Ann and Tenn Gella, worked as slaves for the podracer Sebulba in The Phantom Menace. They also appeared…
Day 207 – Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman played Padmé Amidala in The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. She won…