- "...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.
Biography[]
Christian Simpson portrayed several characters including starfighter pilot Bravo Six, Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes, in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[2][3] Simpson's likeness was reused for Sykes in the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided 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,[4][5] as well as playing the actions of the female BD-3000 luxury droid.
In Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens Simpson voiced aliens and stormtroopers,[6][7] as well as co-producing Nien Nunb's dialogue with Matthew Wood.[8][9]
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.[10][11]
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.[12]
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.[13]
In 2014 Simpson also became a contributor for StarWars.com.[14]
Outside of Star Wars Christian also runs the YouTube channel Retro Recipes along side Orly Schuchmacher.
Sources[]
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 (backup link)
- 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)
Notes and references[]
External links[]
- Official website
- Christian Simpson (Lt. Gavyn Sykes) by Dennis Pellegrom on Star Wars Interviews (February, 2010) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on December 9, 2022)