Christian J Simpson

Christian Simpson portrayed Fighter Pilot Bravo 6 - Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999). Partnered with R2-C4, Simpson's character was responsible for single-handedly knocking out the Droid Control Ship's Shield Generator, a victory which allowed young Anakin Skywalker to destroy the ship from within and ultimately begin his fateful journey down the path to the dark side.

As one of only a handful of pilots to survive, his character took the lead role in the Battle for Naboo (2001) video game, Simpson's likeness also now immortilised as a promoted Captain Sykes in Star Wars: Galaxies (2003 - ).

In Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith he went on to become Darth Vader's right-hand man being Hayden Christensen's Stand-in for Anakin Skywalker, & played the actions of the female BD-3000 Luxury Droid.

He has also been lucky enough to work on Harry Potter as Old Fred Weasley, Eastenders, Family Affairs, Casualty, Spooks, and several other top productions.

"...you stare at a Yoda puppet for 2 hours. I swear he winked at me at one point ... Yoda's line of 'Try not! Do, or do not. There is no try' is what made me determined to get a part on a Star Wars film. How ironic is it that I succeed, and end up staring him in the face?"

- Christian Simpson

Trivia
There is a saying, "If the hat fits, wear it". Actor Jake Lloyd (Anakin Skywalker) was given his Pilot Helmet by actor Christian Simpson (Lieutenant Sykes) for his cockpit scenes in Episode I. At the time, the intrinsic role Sykes would play in Anakin's victory had not been revealed. Similar names aside Hayden Christensen's shoes were later filled by Christian Simpson as UK Episode III Stand-in for Anakin Skywalker himself. It was later discovered Simpson was not only born on the same date George Lucas began writing A New Hope, but that the last ever day of Star Wars movie filming fell on his birthday in 2005.