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Kenneth Colley (Admiral Piett in Star Wars) Gone at 87

Posted by Susan Macdonald | Jul 5, 2025 | Obituaries |

Iconic actor British Kenneth Colley, best known in our circles as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars movies, has died at the age of 87.

Clive Revill, the New Zealand-born actor whose career took him from Shakespeare to Star Wars, has died at the age of 94.

Award-winning American actor James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films, has died at the age of 93.

Join us this Saturday, March 23, when hosts Susan Fox and Gene Turnbow welcome visual effects artist and film editor Bill Kimberlin, of Lucasfilm.

“Sometimes I wish I wasn’t so dang sweet, so dang sweet, so dang sweet..”