Hiya Skeleton Crew,

I’m doin a Star Wars marathon at the ol’ Skeleplex today, in honor of the May 4th holiday. So let’s do a li’l Star Wars trivias!

Trivia 1

Ahmed Best’s best-known for doin the voice & motion capture for Jar Jar Binks. He first caught the eye of Phantom Menace castin director Robin Gurland as a member of what theater show where he was performin with a kitchin sink hangin from ’round his neck?

that describes itself as “a unique combination of percussion, dance and physical comedy”? It had its premiere back in ’91 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Trivia 2

It’s possible ya might not recognize the name Ian McDiarmid, but I’m sure ya’d know his face or his voice if ya saw it: he’s played Emperor Palpatine ever since 1983’s Return of the Jedi.

Like so many of these famous UK actors, Mr. McDiarmid got his start on the stage. If ya check out his Wikipedia article, that really looks to be his Main Thing – I mean, sure, he’s done plenty of stuff for screens big & small, but it’s pretty clear the theater’s where his heart’s really at.

For example, one of his more recent performances was playin the title role in a Bertolt Brecht play about what historical figure? The play’s mostly set in Padua & in a relatively early scene we see this fella discoverin the objects that’d come to be known as Callisto, Io, Ganymede, & Europa.