Denis Lawson
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Denis Lawson (born September 27, 1947) is a Scottish actor who portrayed Wedge Antilles in all three movies of the original trilogy. Coincidentally, he is the uncle of Ewan McGregor, who portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequel trilogy.
He was also early drama school castmate of Ian McDiarmid.
In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope his voice was dubbed by David Ankrum. He reprised the role, in voice-over form, in the Nintendo GameCube game Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader. Lawson's voice also provided the narration for the audio book of Heir to the Empire.
Lawson turned down Lucas's proposal to make a cameo as Raymus Antilles in Revenge of the Sith. Also, Ewan McGregor, in the August 2005 issue of Playboy magazine, said that Lawson advised him to turn down the role of Obi-Wan.
[edit] External links
Biography on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
Denis Lawson on Wikipedia
Denis Lawson at the Internet Movie Database
