- "The interesting thing about the experience was that, even though I was a fan of the films, I found that there were a lot of people who were true aficionados, who knew everything down to the most minute detail. When I mentioned to some people that I was playing this character, they rattled off who Bail Organa is and who he is related to and the history of each of those people. I had to go to the Star Wars Encyclopedia to figure it all out."
- ―Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits (born July 9, 1955[1]) is an American actor who portrayed Senator Bail Organa in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith as well as in the Legends video game The Force Unleashed.[3] He also reprised his role as Senator Organa in the Anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story[4] and in the limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi.[5]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Series | Contribution(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones | Bail Organa | |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith | Bail Organa | |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Bail Organa | |
| 2022 | "Part I" | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Bail Organa[5] |
| 2022 | "Part V" | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Bail Organa |
| 2022 | "Part VI" | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Bail Organa |
Gameography[]
| Year | Title | Contribution(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | Bail Organa |
Sources[]
Jimmy Smits on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)- Casting Update: Jimmy Smits on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Scrapbook
- Voices of the Senate on Hyperspace (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- Star Wars in 100 Scenes
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - The Official Mission Debrief
- Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – The Official Collector's Edition
- Unidos: Celebrating LatinX Representation in the Galaxy Far, Far Away on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
This Week! in Star Wars Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising Excerpt, the Sounds of Ben Burtt, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Mythmaking: Behind the Scenes of Attack of the Clones
- ↑ Jimmy Smitts In The Force Unleashed! on www.theforce.net (May 20, 2008) (archived from the original on April 14, 2016)
- ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: Jimmy Smits confirms he has a cameo by Robinson, Will on Entertainment Weekly (August 5, 2016) (archived from the original on December 7, 2019)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I"
