- "Is he bringing additional warriors?"
"He didn't say." - ―Lampay Fay and Tion Medon
Lampay Fay was a Pau'an Male who served as aide-de-camp to Port Administrator Tion Medon of Pau City on the planet Utapau. After the planet was occupied by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars in 19 BBY, Fay accompanied Medon to meet with the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi when Kenobi arrived on Utapau in search of Separatist General Grievous. Medon covertly informed the Jedi of Grievous's presence, and after the Jedi told the administrator to prepare their warriors, Fay asked if Kenobi had mentioned bringing additional forces. Republic clone forces then arrived and fought alongside the Pau'ans to defeat the Separatists.
Biography[]
Lampay Fay was a Pau'an male[2] who hailed from an eminent lineage on the planet Utapau, the patriach of which was among the first to encourage trade between the world's natives and other planets. During the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems, Fay served as the aide-de-camp to Tion Medon, Port Administrator[3] and Prime Minister of Pau City on Utapau.[2] Although Utapau remained neutral during the war, it was occupied by the Separatists in the final days of the conflict when General Grievous selected it as a hiding place for the Executive Separatist Council.[4] Pau City's occupants were then held hostage by the occupiers.[1]
When the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi arrived in Pau City[1] in 19 BBY[5] while searching the Outer Rim Territories for Grievous, the Separatists remained out of view while Medon, Fay, and a number of other Pau'ans approached Kenobi's ship on a landing pad. Fay hung back while Medon spoke with Kenobi, with the Prime Minister initially claiming the war had not reached Utapau when Kenobi asked for fuel and to use the planet as a base during his search; however, once a group of Utai began the refueling process, Medon stepped closer to Kenobi and revealed the presence of Grievous and the size of his forces to the Jedi in hushed tones. Kenobi warned Medon to have his people take shelter and prepare any warriors they had then returned to his starfighter.[1]
Medon returned to Fay and the other Pau'ans and as they left the landing pad, Fay asked Medon whether Kenobi had said he would bring additional warriors. Medon informed the aide-de-camp that the Jedi had not clarified, although Kenobi had in fact already contacted his clone forces to inform them about Grievous. Kenobi then sought out Grievous and confronted him, with the clone forces arriving as the two fought. Pau'an Warriors then fought alongside the clones against the Separatists, succeeding in defeating the occupiers, killing the general, and reclaiming the world.[1]
Personality and traits[]
Lampay Fay had black eyes and gray, bloodless skin with scarlet offsets. The skin's color was the result of underground living and a raw meat diet.[3]
Equipment[]
Behind the scenes[]
- "I turned up and sat around with six other tall people. Waiting our turn to be escorted to the creature shop. As we left another six tall men arrived and as we entered the creature shop another six tall men exited. The aim was to find people who resembled Bruce Spence's physique. I was one of the lucky two."
- ―Goran Kleut
Lampay Fay was portrayed by Goran Kleut[6] in the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith,[1] which was released on May 19, 2005.[7] Kleut was one of many tall actors who auditioned for the roles of the two Pau'ans that accompany Medon in the film, as Lucasfilm wanted people who matched the physique of Medon's actor, Bruce Spence. After Kleut was chosen, he had to regularly visit the film's creature shop in order to test parts of the costume or the mask. Kleut's platform scene was then filmed on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 on Stage 1 at Fox Studios, Sydney.[8]
Kleut also filmed an additional scene as Fay during pick-ups that would have acted as an alternative to the platform scene, but was not ultimately used. Involving a close-up of Fay that required the character to have a detailed mask, the scene was set in a golden room and was filmed against green screen on a sound stage. It took several takes before director George Lucas was satisfied, with Lucas asking that the scene be faster. Fay's dialogue in the final release of the film was actually recorded for the cut scene and later dubbed over the platform version.[6]
In the current Star Wars canon, Lampay Fay's name was first used in the mobile card game Star Wars: Force Collection,[2] which initially launched in 2013. Although the launch of Force Collection predates[9] the Star Wars canon reset of 2014,[10] Lucasfilm Story Group member Leland Chee confirmed that the game was kept updated to fit with canon.[11] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Lampay Fay was mentioned prior to the release of the film in the reference book Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary, which was written by James Luceno[12] and released on April 2, 2005.[13]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)
- Force Collector (Voice only) (Vision to Karr Nuq Sin)
- Force Collector audiobook (Voice only) (Vision to Karr Nuq Sin)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Lampay Fay (★)) (First identified as Lampay Fay)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 25 (Highlights of the Saga: Intrigue on Utapau) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 25 (Weapons & Uniforms: The Utapauns) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars Day-at-a-Time Calendar 2021 (Picture only)
- Star Wars Bust Collection 68 (Behind the Cameras: Tion Medon Deleted Scene)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Lampay Fay (★))
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith to 19 BBY.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Goran Kleut (Lampa Fay) by Dennis Pellegrom on Star Wars Interviews (September, 2010) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on September 30, 2022)
- ↑ Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition
- ↑ The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Announcing Star Wars: Force Collection on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Legendary Star Wars Expanded Universe Turns a New Page on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Leland Chee (@holocronkeeper) on Twitter: "I'm not gonna go through the trouble of changing them and I don't have any reason to believe currently that anyone would. […] On the off-chance that we DID have a current need to change any of these, we would have for Force Collection." (backup link) — Leland Chee of the Lucasfilm Story Group has confirmed that in-universe information from Star Wars: Force Collection conforms with Star Wars canon.
- ↑ Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary on Amazon.com (backup link)