10 Background Actors In Star Wars Who Got Themselves Noticed

These Star Wars extras caught everyone's attention.
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[@grotgrusson5124]

The best extra in my book is the Rebel Hoth soldier who walks between Han and Leia during their argument in the hallway... 🙂

[@JoshEssex]

There's a whole story about him in From a Certain Point of View: Empire Strikes Back

[@HandsomeDanVacationRentals]

@@JoshEssexthere’s a whole story about everyone in the novels that they now call legends. It’s beautiful

[@CDRhammond]

There was a KZbin video I saw a few years back about the person who played that extra. Apparently, the extra was an actual military officer in the Norwegian military. Many of the rebel extra's during the AT-AT attack were also Norwegian military too. If they are anything like the officers in the US military, we don't tend to walk around people in the middle of a conversation or wait till they are done talking in tight quarters like that, especially when we have someplace to be. Though I always said "make a hole" (military jargon for move aside and let me pass) before just walking in between people like that while on the carrier or other tight walkways.

[@michelmoerdyk7257]

Storm troomer who bonked his head

[@jetman80pops]

Bingo he should have been on this list

[@arssora1731]

His name is Wanten, and he lived for quite a long time, even serving the First Order. He's also the same stormtrooper that was mind tricked by Obi-wan

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

​@jetman80pops probably too obvious. We _all_ know him!

[@DM-rw6fq]

@@y_fam_goeglyd that's the point though, a background actor who 'got noticed'

[@victorvance2573]

I was absolutely expecting him!

[@forcesensitive6371]

Egbert Sen, a Pakistani actor, played Willrow Hood. He was only ever in 3 movies. Raiders of the Lost Ark, 007-Octopussy and Empire. He died in 2019.

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

R.i.p..

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

That's sad. My condolences to his family and friends. RIP Egbert 💔

[@Canucklover97]

That's the ice cream guy???

[@SeyernFR]

I see you watched *that* video

[@parkaller7959]

@@Canucklover97yes

[@SenecaRaccoon]

Platform shoes were a style in the 70s. its entirely possible, the shoes were simply mundane enough to have been not noticed, at that time.

[@tylerjwhitaker89]

also its a chance for it to be a women with small tots. that or luck of the draw to have to put them on.i

[@johncheetham4607]

Wonder how many are left that saw the original back in the 70's?

[@bobfolk]

I was thinking the exact same. I had a pair of shoes just like them and they were normal "Disco" shoes :D They probably told the extras to wear dress shoes and that's what he wore

[@lapisinfernalis9052]

I think the Stormtrooper who bumped his head needs a honourable mention.

[@johnharris6655]

He is in that scene because George was out of time and money and did not have enough of either for a re shoot.

[@lapisinfernalis9052]

@@johnharris6655 still

[@monkofbob]

Best guess for platform shoes, it was someone’s teenager. Nearly tall enough to be adult, but not enough to get taken out of the shot for being noticeably a different height. Just needed those extra few inches and are forever in Star Wars

[@auran_vesdranor]

Nah, if you pause, you can see that the person is larger than the person before them as well as behbind

[@monkofbob]

@@auran_vesdranor so, you’re agreeing with me?

[@auran_vesdranor]

@@monkofbob No. Why would that person need platform shoes to gain height if they then stand out even more? Without the extra centimeters they would've been only slightly bigger than the other ones.

[@christoffermonikander2200]

It more likely that the costume department planned to use platform shoes and such to keep the height of the extras uniform so the shot looked more impressive on film but then on the day of shooting, they just handed out the costumes on a first come first served basis due to stress and time constraints, so that tall people needed up with tall shoes unintended.

[@thedispatcher01]

a)I think it's a woman. The person in front of the subject appears to be female, and perhaps others wearing the same uniforms in that section are as well. Hard to tell but a lot of them have long hair, as does the subject with the platform shoes. I know that was the style at the time, but it is pretty long far Star Wars standards. b)I think that section is supposed to represent a group of female officers. Maybe they didn't have enough female extras and filled it out with dudes with long hair and one in platform shoes. It's meant to be subliminal.

[@michaeldequatro1012]

The funniest were the 2 stormtroopers who witnesses Ben Solo smashing his helmet then slowly walking away. I laugh every time.

[@mattstinnett5952]

I know he was crew, not cast, but pink shorts guy deserves an honorable mention.

[@Sephiroth144]

Once you're on camera, you're cast- you might be dual-classing cast & crew, but in front of the camera is cast EOS.

[@rayphoenix7296]

I think one of the coolest background characters is that young Jedi from Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith that was supposedly played by George Lucas' son.

[@hollywoodghostbusters9869]

Yeah, his son Jett

[@TheMimiSard]

On Nonluiski Papanoida's appearance, not only is Chi Eekway Katie Lucas, but the human woman dressed in black with a creasent headdress talking to a man in olive is played by Amanda Lucas, George's elder daughter. On top of that, on the Clone Wars episode where the Papanoida family featured, all three children of Notluiski are based on George's kids. Che Amanwe is based on Amanda, and son Ion is based on Jett Lucas, who did have his own movie cameo as a Jedi padawan. Also, Notluiski is a dab hand with blasters.

[@danrduggan]

I cosplayed Willrow and joined in a running of the hoods, what a fun time!

[@Mann_mit_Kaffee]

How is this even possible? They don't have a list of all backround actor in movies?

[@urshitheads]

No. Usually the extras are hired by a separate company, so the company gets credited. But the extras get paid & fed. I was an extra on Forrest Gump, Contact, & a few other lesser known movies.

[@Jack_Stafford]

There was a great extra in a New Hope when they were taking chewey on the elevator and an imperial officer tries to get on and on waves him away and so he kind of nervously looks around and looks up as if actually looking for the next elevator, really good acting for an extra! Another similar one is in The empire strikes back right after Vader chokes Captain Needa and storms down the hallway past a couple of officers looking down pretending to be busy, after Vader glides past, one imperial officer looks up from his clipboard to nervously look at Vader's back as he thankfully moves further away from him . Just really good reactions from both of those extras that could have just stood there and did nothing but added real human reactions to the scene .

[@theintdesigner]

Surprised there was no mention of the Stormtrooper who bonked his head in "A New hope"! 🤣

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

In a few later formats of A New Hope, they added a sound effect, ADR. A quick boink noise.

[@odstshark1312]

Or the “Rex” guy

[@Jack_Stafford]

An extra is a background character who doesn't have a speaking part. That trooper both made a noise when he hit his head and also had lines with the other troopers so he is not a background extra.

[@WaylandersWandering]

Platform shoes guy... it's really quite simple, Star Wars was made in the mid 70s You had to be there to understand

[@richardhart9204]

… never noticed the platform shoes guy before. However, that style was very popular during the 1970s, when Star Wars was shot. I used to own an almost identical pair between 1978 and 1980. Wardrobe likely asked everyone to wear their own, plain black shoes, and those were all he had.

[@zerobatsu]

This is my guess as well

[@Ahdtsjjjtdyhjryik]

Return of the Jedi: rebel trooper (in a group of captured rebels) wearing a nearly full suit of Imperial scout armor, sans helmet.

[@Jack_Stafford]

Rex

[@daffydwagstaff4627]

Oh yes! I thought I was going crazy when nobody else seemed to notice him or mention him!

[@Jack_Stafford]

I have always noticed lieutenant Lepira sitting in front of luke, with a scowl funny big 70s hair, oddly in frame, and when attack of the clones came out 15 years later and I saw Hayden Christensen I immediately thought that was an amazing resemblance and coincidence! But it took Reddit 35 years to make the same observation lol

[@severindrax]

naboo celebrations scene, cameos for rick mccallum and ben burtt, and the "not mace windu" extra

[@markabele8794]

I probably wouldn't have noticed any of these extras as there's so much going on in every movie.

[@ruatrainman2]

Treat Williams and Scott Bakula, both had extra rolls, Scott having one line and Treat none at all. Treat was already a top named actor at the time.

[@DuckReach432]

A speaking part, so not entirely background: the stormtroopers Obi Wan hid from on the Death Star. Specifically, the one saying, "probably another drill."

[@lordx4549]

Prune face is my favorite background character

[@classicalricky]

You forgot John Williams playing oma tres

[@g.h.milanboseblut5616]

Wo, I forgot about that one too. It's not about cameos, there's a lot of them, there's that guy that plays Scotty in the Star Trek, there's that guy who plays Mad Max, and many others, including the Matrix girl altogether with some Matrix moves. This is about UNKNOWN actors who appeared briefly, but made an impact

[@VisualGourmet]

Koyi Mateil, huh? Angels need no names.

[@TheKnightsShield]

The guy in the throne room scene must have had a bet going with Peter Mayhew that he could appear taller than Chewbacca. Safe to say, he lost.

[@thedispatcher01]

"Several fighters have broken off from the main group. Come with me." I always notice the 2nd of the two tie fighter pilots who follow Vader, the one with the jaunty strut. I like to think his was the tie-fighter that collided with Vader's, sending him spinning into space, but accidentally saving him as well.

[@j.lietka9406]

I thought the reason the first pilot, Boshek, Obi Wan spoke to about a ship for hire but turned Ben down was because his ship may not have had the room. His flight suit made me think his ship was a relatively small one.

[@AmperSand666]

I agree, Koyi Mateil (no 2) is something 🤩 May the force be with you! 😁

[@johnharris6655]

If you can find it, there is a documentary called Elstree 76, and it is about all the extras in the first Star Wars movie.

[@stevenreckling203]

With that last one, they could say he was an intelligence agent for the Rebel Alliance and stored spy equipment in his shoes.

[@TheSpiritOf97]

Having done research into casting and credits for STAR WARS it really is amazing how many mysterious unknown and uncredited places there are in the vast lineup. The Original Wulff Yularin is a mystery as are a few other imperial big-wigs on site.

[@snyper5150]

The guy with the platform shoes was also in peewees big adventure as the bartender. That’s the same actor in the same platform shoes.

[@ilikethathat2964]

My favorite background character is featured a lot in this video. Bob Hudsol, or as I like to call him Beardy McManface, is one of the Rebel generals in A New Hope. You see him standing behind R2D2 in the closing shot of the ceremony. I don't know how you miss a guy with facial hair like that.

[@wilfstor3078]

Surprised the old man with a beard on Endor wasn't mentioned, since similarly to Sing and Voss, was later fleshed out into a full character, when they retconed him to actually being an elderly Captain Rex from the Clone Wars series

[@Trebor74]

The characters name was nic sant. Or,in military parlance Sant,nic. He was so traumatised by endor he started making toys and delivered them to good boys and girls on Dec 25th.

[@STRELOK474]

5:41 He passed away at the age of 66. Coincidence?

[@JediHangout]

The Maestro composer of Star Wars himself had a cameo in The Rise of Skywalker. This one really put a smile on my face as he is my hero.

[@classicalricky]

Mine too

[@susandunn7207]

I can’t believe they totally ignored the stormtrooper who hit his head on the archway in A New Hope. George Lucas even added a sound to it years later after people had noticed it

[@Nonakame]

I like to imagine that Willrow Hood runs incognito with all the cosplayers at the SW celebrations.

[@potatoheadpokemario1931]

What was vos doing on tattoorine?

[@WinstonSmith19847]

You can get the Crimson Corsair armor on Star Wars: The Old Republic now.

[@darrencole97]

You can look it up on here they found Wiltow Hood.

[@darrencole97]

I saw it on a KZbin video

[@ds_the_rn]

Holy crap! Lt Lupita REALLY does look like Hayden/Natalie offspring.

[@galexeqe]

1:58 I was always thought Alfalfa, sitting next to him, stuck out more I mean dude, that hair

[@thesquire6352]

These people were probably travelling backpackers making $50 to be an extra in a new film and then this happened.

[@ultimateninjaboi]

Its still crazy to me that one of my favorite Star Wars races began as a cameo of George and Katie Lucas.

[@Vortagh]

Missed your chance to mention Christian Simpson, who played Gavin Sykes of the Naboo pilots, amongst others, was in Star Wars Galaxies and Battle for Naboo and is now known for his retro channel here on KZbin.

[@chrisrobson8540]

shhhhh he doesnt like to mention it! 🤣🤣🤣

[@ShawnPhoenix]

The best part about the Ice cream maker retcon is the fact that it's called a "camtono".. there is a video of a little girl named "Delta" who for some reason calls "ice cream" "camtono" I'm sure it's still up on KZbin.. so even though it's been retconned, and renamed.. it is still technically referencing an ice cream maker.

[@trig1900]

Fan fanatics are a community apart. I saw all those films and the people involved without once giving thought to the ones highlighted by this video. I'm astounded that some of them have achieved character status in the Star Wars Lore from the lowly filler bits they originally played. Such is the will of the FANDOM, forever praise their zeal....

[@CardShopReality]

#7 is my fav.

[@philminkeesickquayash8988]

Storm Trooper bumping his head is pretty funny as well...

[@Jack_Stafford]

An extra is a background character who doesn't have a speaking part. That trooper both made a noise when he hit his head and also had lines with the other troopers so he is not a background extra.

[@titanx161]

In the Mandalorian season 2 you can see a person's leg in the background

[@jamesporter1123]

the thing I found odd at the end of the original star wars is where did all those rebel fighter pilots come from when leia was giving Luke and Han their medals, did nearly all of the die in the attack on the death star?

[@Jack_Stafford]

They only had so many ships, yes most of them died, and most of those troops at the ceremony were not pilots but other kinds of technicians spies troops computer control security and people like the guy standing on the tall pole with the binoculars guiding people in for landings. Not to mention Droid repair people, janitors and plumbers...

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Constable Zuvio is in a older Funny or Die video with actor Jason Alexander.

[@fedos]

"Oh, I missed what he said about Boshek, let me rewind 10 seconds." "…the Golden State Killer…" Definitely missed something.

[@robrubio7583]

Quinlon-vos, very important, so is aura-sing. Love her.

[@nathanoutdoors7981]

WOW 🤩 I didn’t know that

[@mindcorpservers876]

Before Aurra sing was shown in the clone wars she was shown and playable in the ever popular sw demolition ps game in nov 2000.

[@Texgenwayne]

I hate to be the one to tell you but the guy in the red suit is actually the clone trooper and the guy that he was talking to is actually the pirate that rescued him

[@tangofett4065]

You guys forgot the lady with the “see through” orange dress in the cantina scene in Episode Two. It’s pretty cool…..

[@kokopelli_002]

I wouldn't say any of these background actors were actively trying to get noticed. The characters themselves just looked interesting.

[@mrcydonia]

What is that scene from? 05:32

[@DDB-np1jp]

What, no mention of the Storm Trooper that bangs his head on the sliding door on the very first movie ever (later on renamed Episode IV A New Hope)?? That is the best one!!

[@Jack_Stafford]

An extra is someone who doesn't have a speaking part. This trooper makes a noise when he hits his head and also talks to the other troopers.

[@Sephiroth144]

Correction: The role of an extra is twofold; 1) to add to the world and ambiances and 2) to absolutely stand out enough to get noticed without taking TOO MUCH of the focus from the main(er) characters in scene. If you can land that second one, you might be bumped up to a bit player or even noticed by the right people... But- and I can't stress this enough- it has to be organic and fit. (Some BG actors do what other actors do, and work out some level of backstory for their characters, even if its just "Imperial Officer who walks over here" or "you're gonna run around this corner carrying this ice cream maker", and expand it a bit- even if its just for them.)

[@Jay-ku3ur]

Platform Shoes was Robert De Niro 😂

[@deepvoicedude4749]

There's a pretty solid chance the platform shoe guy has passed away, the movie was filmed 48-49 years ago.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Star Wars A New Hope turns 50 in 2027! 🎬

[@shawnharrington9548]

I would have worn an old pair of Keds to be in that scene. I was 9 back then, Keds were akin to living in a trailer park.

[@frankharr9466]

It IS fun to do.

[@kensweeney9057]

I'm surprised the Death Star Storm Trooper who hit his head on the door above the hanger bay didn't get a mention. Probably the most mentioned extra who got accidentally noticed.

[@Jack_Stafford]

An extra is a background character who doesn't have a speaking part. That trooper both made a noise when he hit his head and also had lines with the other troopers so he is not a background extra.

[@kensweeney9057]

@@Jack_Stafford Good point, however arguable.

[@debelmeis2311]

Crimson corsair employes kid as well

[@deusimpeditioesuritorinull7079]

Platform shoes were in stile back then

[@benharris4788]

Notluwiski……golden

[@evilskwerl]

What was up with those hotdog fingers on Aurra sings cosplay?! 😅

[@CDRhammond]

Surprised the stormtrooper that bumped into the security door and almost knocks down the stormtrooper behind him was not #1 on this list. Just like with the "no I am your father" line the stormtrooper has also made a number of other cameos in various other shows.

[@Jack_Stafford]

An extra is someone who doesn't have a speaking part. This trooper makes a noise when he hits his head and also talks to the other troopers.

[@CDRhammond]

@@Jack_Stafford That trooper giving the orders was not the trooper that hit his head or told 3PO it was ok to go to maintenance.

[@JenniferX-]

#1 is the tit slip of Oola in return of the jedi.

[@user-qo9jq7ed2l]

Seriously I think some of the fans need to go outside occasionally 😂

[@Sftd1973]

Lieutenant Lepira looks like he could be Angus Young or Malcolm Young from AC/DC.....

[@DanielThureskog]

Also a mix of a young John Francis Daley (Freaks and Geeks)/Johnny Depp.

[@mrcydonia]

All but #2 and #1 have been made into action figures.

[@chirho100]

The lesbian kissing rebels sure got noticed and that scene was removed from certain nations.

[@monomarino5349]

I want my 11 minutes back.

[@6thwilbury2331]

I'm only partway through this video, but these strike me as extras rather than actors.

[@abanana5779]

An extra is a background actor

[@6thwilbury2331]

@@abanana5779 Oh wow, I totally stand corrected. In my head, there was a distinction between extra and actor because an extra doesn't get eligibility for SAG. However, in looking at the SAG-AFTRA website, I see that's actually wrong - an extra can and does get SAG benefits. My bad!

[@jaredhartley]

Bosheck is wearing the bossk/ dr. Who outfit

[@davidioanhedges]

Which is a recycled High-Altitude Windak Pressure Suit, a suit used by the British Royal Air Force in the 1960s.

[@jaredhartley]

@@davidioanhedgesoh that’s cool!!

[@davidioanhedges]

@@jaredhartley It's fundamental design that allowed high altitude jet crew to not boil or freeze was incorporated into the Apollo space suits - which was apparently mentioned frequently in the UK Apollo moon landing coverage

[@shallariasunwolf5479]

JOHN RATSONBURGER

[@fjpeloso]

Elan Sleazebaggano

[@jetman80pops]

Seriously in a video like this you don't bring up the stormtrooper who bonked his head? Yet you brought up the Twilick from revenge of the sith? I mean that stormtrooper about his head was in comic books in the 90s.

[@LukasPlayzOffical]

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[@Jack_Stafford]

An extra is a background character who doesn't have a speaking part. That trooper both made a noise when he hit his head and also had lines with the other troopers so he is not a background extra.

[@AtomicTankGirl]

You know, I swear ya'll released this video years ago...

[@joshdoldersum9132]

I mean, does Boba Fett count as a background character?

[@Jack_Stafford]

An extra is a background character who doesn't have a speaking part.

[@joshdoldersum9132]

@@Jack_Stafford Except the title doesn't state extras is states background characters, which are not the

[@TheChurchof4]

If he evacuated himself then he took a shit. Does anyone actually review the scripts for these videos?

[@johns3544]

You never been in WWII serving in the Navy or you would under stand why he saved the Ice Cream maker... 😂😂😂😂 3 things you dont do. 1 Tax our Tea. 2. DONT TUCH OUR BOATS!! 3. DONT YOU DARE DESTROY OUR ICE CREAM BARDGE!!! 4. YOU MESS WITH OUR COFFIE THER WONT BE A WORLD LEFT THEM NUKES COME OUT!!!

[@timrobinson513]

What about the hot girl in guardians of the galaxy?

[@whatsgoingon71]

Disney star wars main characters are so forgettable, that the fans rather chose to latch on to throwaway background filling characters. 😂

[@DuraheLL]

Jesus christ Lucas's daughter look like a...

[@Buddha_the_Pug]

reupload

[@AlMcpherson79]

Disney Lucasfilm: Fans are Toxic. the fans in 1:00 onward:

[@jased8727]

traitor lol.

[@ttaibe]

background artist. Artist, that word has no meaning anymore, same as art.

[@mischief.brewed]

Is every brushstroke on a painting not vital?

[@ronfehr7899]

It's a shame when people devote so much time to minor things like this that don't even matter.

[@geoffreysmith3941]

And more so to comment on it...

[@richardhart9204]

… lighten up, Francis.

[@Tony32]

"Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?" - Obi-Wan Kenobi

[@captainpoppleton]

Yeah they could be doing much more important stuff like acting superior in KZbin comments

[@ronfehr7899]

​@@captainpoppletonI'm not totally against it. I just think that people sometimes carry it too far.

[@g.h.milanboseblut5616]

Crimson Corsair is of very interesting race with rubbery black skin

[@user-tf1rq9vg1j]

Never noticed Quinlan Vos.

[@instahawk8422]

The death sticks guy from the nightclub in episode 2

[@barrettdecutler8979]

That's not an extra. He has two lines.

[@rau1488]

​@@barrettdecutler8979 Some of the characters mentioned in this video have like 2 lines

[@Jack_Stafford]

​​@@rau1488no, none of the characters mentioned in the video have any lines, they are background extras, they are not allowed to speak lines because then they are covered under different rules when it comes to the screen actors guild sometimes they will mouth lines to the person they're standing next to but they cannot have actual scripted lines that are heard in the final product.