Christian J Simpson
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- "...you stare at a Yoda puppet for 2 hours. I swear he winked at me at one point ... Yoda's line of 'Try not! Do, or do not. There is no try' is what made me determined to get a part on a Star Wars film. How ironic is it that I succeed, and end up staring him in the face?"
- ―Christian J Simpson[src]
Christian J Simpson portrayed fighter pilot Bravo 6 - Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999).
As one of only a handful of pilots to survive, his character took the lead role in the Battle for Naboo (2001) video game, Simpson's likeness was also immortalized as a promoted Captain Sykes in the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies (2003 - ).
In Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Simpson became Darth Vader's right-hand man, being Hayden Christensen's stand-in for Anakin Skywalker, as well as playing the actions of the female BD-3000 Luxury Droid.
Simpson has also worked on Harry Potter as Old Fred Weasley, Eastenders, Family Affairs, Casualty, Spooks, and several other top productions.
[edit] Trivia
Actor Jake Lloyd (Anakin Skywalker) was given his pilot helmet by actor Christian J Simpson (Lieutenant Sykes) for his cockpit scenes in Episode I. Similar names aside Hayden Christensen's shoes were later filled by Christian J Simpson as UK Episode III Stand-in for Anakin Skywalker himself. It was later discovered Simpson was not only born on the same date George Lucas began writing A New Hope, but that the last ever day of Star Wars movie filming fell on his birthday in 2005.
[edit] External links
"The Fan to the Man" - "Blog", Christian J Simpson's StarWars.com Blog
- Official Website and Links
- Official Facebook Fan Page
[edit] Sources
- StarWars.com 'Caught on the Cam' interview
- Star Wars Insider December 2007 Issue
