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Star Wars Actors: Where Are They Now? [Photo Gallery]

abcnews.go.com — ABC News has a really neat gallery of what those famous actors who played some of the most memorable characters in Star Wars are doing now. Starts with Kenny Baker, the dwarf and former circus performer who played R2D2.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 14, 2008

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  • homah, on 07/14/2008, -0/+329I always wondered what happened to Harrison Ford.
  • CGorman68, on 07/14/2008, -1/+184Hamill looks like Palpatine
  • baltar2008, on 07/14/2008, -3/+179. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _________
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  • Rapter09, on 07/14/2008, -4/+152I have to give it to Mark Hamill; A lot of people say 'Man, that guy never did anything worthwhile since Luke Skywalker." and, yeah, maybe you're right in some ways. He's really the big "Where is he now? Not in a place like Harrison-fricking-Ford, that's for sure' kinda guy to pick on out of the Star Wars cast. Carrie gets off because she's a woman. But you know what? Hamill has done a heck of a lot of good voice acting, and it's a lot of really good roles in some of my favorite shows. So yeah, I think Hamill made it pretty good and I no longer really think of the guy as a loser when I think "Where are they now?"

    I'm sure he proved his acting chops on Broadway, but to me personally he's definitely going to go down in my own personal history as Luke Skywalker and Senator Stampingston.
  • TexasMd91, on 07/14/2008, -3/+130Finding out R2-D2 is actually human is like finding out clouds are actually bushes upside down

    :'-(
  • T8erT0T, on 07/14/2008, -1/+90"...he was made an officer of the British Empire"
    Peter Cushing, what an empire slut.
  • inactive, on 07/14/2008, -0/+88"The circle is now complete."
  • jrtcs, on 07/14/2008, -1/+68Last I heard, he was some kind of Archeologist who runs around with a whip.
  • zosoIV, on 07/14/2008, -1/+60Gotta give it up to Mark Hamill. He does voice-overs for Metalocalypse.
  • protogenxl, on 07/14/2008, -5/+58Hey Kids!
    It's Mark Hamill!
    [Applause]

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=P_7HVcYjM3Y
  • scarz0ftime, on 07/14/2008, -0/+52"Something something something dark side.

    Sometime something something complete."
  • TexasMd91, on 07/14/2008, -0/+46Holy *****! R2-D2 looks so realistic now!
  • LaughingMan11, on 07/14/2008, -0/+45Lots of respect for Mark from me, too. His version for Batman The Animated Series really stands out in my mind. I'd almost go as far as to say that he's the definitive Joker.
  • plbogen, on 07/14/2008, -1/+45Hi, I'm Harrison Ford, the only actor whose career will not be destroyed by this film.
  • REsplin, on 07/14/2008, -1/+41Is it just me, or is it a little weird to have entries for 'Where are They Now' when a few of the actors are dead?
  • borez, on 07/14/2008, -1/+33Dave Prowse used to own one of the very last old skool Gyms in South London, it's was one of those places where people actually went to work out with real Olympic weights, punch bags and sawdust on the floor, not one of these poxy generic 'look-at-me, I'm a complete fake tanned bubble armed tosser' gyms you see everywhere nowadays.

    I was gutted when it closed down + for all the geeks on Digg ( we'll for all of us really ) the great man himself once showed me his original George Lucas side noted Star Wars script that he had kept in absolutely mint condition... probably, for a collector, one of the Holy Grails of Star Wars memorabilia. He said he had been completely gutted when they didn't use his voice though.

    Giant of a man, proper gent.
  • XombieRobot, on 07/14/2008, -0/+31mmmm fried calamari....
  • MickJT, on 07/14/2008, -1/+31"Ford is set to reprise his other Lucas character Indiana Jones for an upcoming fourth installment, but it seems his Han Solo days are over."

    I can't see a date, how old is this article?

    There's also no mention that Frank Oz is still doing the voice of Yoda in the new animated movie & series.
  • ATLien74, on 07/14/2008, -1/+29Peter Mayhew and Howard Stern. Separated at birth?
  • inactive, on 07/14/2008, -1/+29Carrie Fisher is one of the top script doctors in Hollywood - the go-to girl for any director who needs to make their script's dialogue or pacing much, much better, and she's paid accordingly. Her novels aren't too shabby, either. She's an excellent writer and a good human being who has been thru hell, beaten addictions, and is probably a stronger and better human being than the majority of the internet ***** that post ***** about her. She doesn't need to be given any breaks, she's proven herself many times over.
  • tobtoh, on 07/14/2008, -0/+26Does anyone else think that the current Pope looks like Senator Palpatine?
  • TWiTsoldier, on 07/14/2008, -1/+27How come everyone gets the "I am your father" line wrong? The line is "No, I am your father," not "Luke, I am your father." Some Star Wars fans these people are.
  • inactive, on 07/14/2008, -20/+45These comments ***** suck.
  • nosecohn, on 07/14/2008, -0/+24"[Alec] Guinness was one of the few cast members to recognize the commercial appeal of the film from the beginning and negotiate a percentage of the gross..."

    Holy cow! A percentage of the gross on Star Wars?! That's got to be an insane amount of money.
  • mediaspree, on 07/14/2008, -1/+24"Mayhew now lives in Texas, visiting science fiction expositions across the company,"

    Spell check has failed you, abcnews.
  • blackinthmiddle, on 07/14/2008, -1/+23Last time I checked, James Earl Jones has made a decent living for himself after Star Wars.
  • Thundercat1971, on 07/14/2008, -0/+21This list is incomplete without the true hero of the rebellion, Porkins!

    /yes, I know, he's dead.
  • jbmcb, on 07/14/2008, -0/+21Carrie Fischer has been a "ghost-fixer" for screenplays for quite a while - since the 80's I think, but she doesn't get credit. They bring her in to fix problems with scripts - I think she's been doing it before her official novel-writing career.
  • Grimdotdotdot, on 07/14/2008, -0/+21It's sad that in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back they had to literally flash his name up on screen, as none of the test audiences knew who he was.
  • IphtashuFitz, on 07/14/2008, -1/+21Is it just me or does the picture of Peter Mayhew look a bit like he wanted to become a Wookie himself? He could use a bit of help with his hair styling...
  • shauntacular, on 07/14/2008, -1/+20I knew I saw Luke in a soft porn movie!

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101464/
  • BoneheadFarker, on 07/14/2008, -0/+18I'm sorry, but no. Williams played the role of the person who backstabs his own friend for his own gain, only to find his conscience and join the rebellion. Jar-Jar, and pretty much the entire Gungan race, was there for comic relief and that's about it. Please don't insult Billie Dee like that...
  • SilentRamble42, on 07/14/2008, -0/+17And a refrigerator.
  • MOJIRA, on 07/14/2008, -1/+17Looks like good old Alec Guinness was the smartest one; he had the foresight to negotiate for a percentage of the film's earnings before anyone knew it would be a mega hit.
  • kevyn, on 07/14/2008, -1/+17Do those light sabers give off radiation? Luke looks kinda ill...
  • vichussmith, on 07/14/2008, -0/+16Damn, Alec Guiness didn't look very Obi-Wanish later in life. :(

    This is a no duh list for SW fans, but the pictures are alright.
  • nbcaffeine, on 07/14/2008, -0/+15Luke be a Jedi toniiight! Just be a Jedi toniiight"
  • breakdancecrew, on 07/14/2008, -0/+14You mean he became one with the Force in 2000.
  • BoneheadFarker, on 07/14/2008, -4/+18Carrie Fisher gets off because she's also ***** ***** insane. Manic depression can take a huge toll on your career, especially in severe cases like her. Though it seems to be a major trait in Hollywood...
  • MOJIRA, on 07/14/2008, -2/+15We'll do it live?
  • Gauthic, on 07/14/2008, -0/+13Welcome to the cool side of the pillow.
  • inactive, on 07/14/2008, -0/+13Alright! Thats enough! Cut his mic!
  • MiDri, on 07/14/2008, -0/+12You have to remember that George kept giving Ford more roles too, he kinda ignored Hamill.
  • inactive, on 07/14/2008, -0/+12He only got a fraction of a point - which worked out to be about 6 million bucks in 1978.
  • inactive, on 07/14/2008, -0/+12...the ***** are you doing?
  • pos3000, on 07/14/2008, -0/+11Didn't cracked do this a while ago?

    http://www.cracked.com/article_15624_post-star-war ...
  • WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -0/+11It was a motorcycle accident, and that was actually before Return of the Jedi was filmed: that's why Luke looks so much older in that one than in the previous two. As far as I know, Hamill's face had to pretty much be reconstructed - but that still doesn't explain why he looks like the Emperor in the recent pic, since any accident-related disfigurement would have shown up long before now (one would think).
  • dopste, on 07/14/2008, -4/+15I agree his Joker is brilliant......I'll wait 'til I've seen Mr. Ledger first tho
  • junkstuff1, on 07/14/2008, -1/+12I'd like to read this, but I have a condition that forces me to bury anything that's spread over 10 pages.
  • GalacticCmdr, on 07/14/2008, -0/+10A very nasty car accident - see the wiki
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