- "...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
Christian Simpson (born January 31, 1973) is a British actor, writer, and composer who portrayed several characters including starfighter pilot Bravo Six, Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes, in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[7][8] Simpson's likeness was reused for Sykes in the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies and the game Battle For Naboo.
Simpson served as Hayden Christensen's stand-in during the filming of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith,[9][10] as well as playing the actions of the female BD-3000 luxury droid.[1]
In Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens Simpson voiced aliens and stormtroopers,[11][12] as well as co-producing Nien Nunb's dialogue with Matthew Wood.[13][14]
Christian Simpson is the voice of Resistance X-Wing pilot C'ai Threnalli, whose appearances include LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Force Awakens.[1][15][16]
He also voices the member of Saw Gerrera's Rebels reclaiming Jedha Kyber crystals, as well as Death Star Imperials, in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.[17]
In Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker he co-scripted & directed Nien Nunb's dialogue, performed by Simpson's client and Nunb voice actor since 1983, Kipsang Rotich.[18][19][20]
In 2014 Simpson also became a contributor for StarWars.com.[21]
Simpson is also the host of a popular retrogaming YouTube channel,[22] and a writer of award-winning stories and screenplays.[23] His time travel novel The Chrononaut was developed for TV with Superman Returns Executive Producer Gil Adler attached.[23]
Since 2005 he has appeared as a guest at a number of autograph signing conventions for entertainment fans in Japan, Germany,[24] Canada, Great Britain,[25] and most recently at San Diego Comic Con in the USA.[26]
Bibliography
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- Christian Simpson on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Caught on the Cam: Christian Simpson on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars Insider 97
- The Fan to the Man (archived), Christian Simpson's StarWars.com Blog (content now obsolete; archived from the original)
- Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection #62
- From Fandom to Phantom: When Star Wars Dreams Become Reality on StarWars.com (backup link)
- From Fandom to Phantom: Making the Force That Binds Us on StarWars.com (backup link)
- From Fandom to Phantom: Dominate Your Destiny, Yoda Quotes Can on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Road to Rotich: Finding Nien Nunb, Part 1 on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Road to Rotich: Finding Nien Nunb, Part 2 on StarWars.com (backup link)
- For Those Who Become One with the Force on StarWars.com (backup link)
