Sam Witwer

For other uses, see Sam (disambiguation).

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Samuel Stewart "Sam" Witwer (born October 20, 1977^[1]) is an American actor.

Biography[]

When Amy Beth Christenson's original concept art of Galen Marek looked strikingly like Sam Witwer, the vice president at the time noted the resemblance due to recognizing Witwer from Battlestar Galactica, so he was contacted to audition.^[2]

Witwer was a friend of LucasArts sound director David W. Collins and wished to compete for the role. His audition included a scene where Marek/The Apprentice was assembling a lightsaber through telekinesis in a meditation chamber. Witwer employed his knowledge of Star Wars lore and Marek's backstory to portray the scene, as a character whose real challenge was not fighting, but finding peace in himself to concentrate, and contorted his features accordingly, as if struggling to remember something. Witwer filled the role within the initial auditions.^[3]

From there, he became the complete basis for the main character's voice and appearance in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. His likeness was created through motion capture for the game to build the character's appearance and range of facial expressions. Witwer's performance was recorded on HD cameras (as were all the actors who worked on the game). While the game was in production, Witwer only knew his character as "Starkiller."^[2] Witwer also voiced Galen Marek (known only as "The Apprentice") in Soulcalibur IV. Witwer returned to play Starkiller in the sequel Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. For this character, he served in the same capacity as before by providing his voice and likeness to the main character.^[4] Witwer also voiced Palpatine in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed,^[5] and gave his voice and likeness to the imperfect genetic replicas and the Dark Apprentice in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II.^[4]

Afterwards, Witwer appeared on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series as the voices of the Son and Maul.

Witwer took over voicing Palpatine from Tim Curry for the second season of Star Wars Rebels along with voicing W1-LE and an Imperial Technician.

He voiced Maul in the season 2 finale of Rebels, and a few episodes for the third season.

He returned in the fourth season where he voiced the Son, an Imperial Officer, an Imperial Technician, and a Scout trooper.

Witwer voiced various characters in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, including several stormtroopers, an announcer and a First Order officer.^[6]

Witwer also provided additional voices in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Witwer voiced the characters of Darth Maul and Emperor Palpatine in the game Star Wars Battlefront II.

Witwer provided the voice for Maul in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Witwer voiced the New Republic fighter pilot Hugh Sion for the premiere episode of Star Wars Resistance.

Witwer provided additional voices in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

Witwer expressed an interest in being in the live-action TV series, presumably reprising his role as Galen Marek.^[7]

On May 27, 2020, it was announced on StarWars.com and The Star Wars Show that Witwer would be portraying the voice of the dark side in the web game series Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge.^[8]^[9]

In addition to his work in Star Wars, he frequently competes in Star Wars trivia competitions.

Works[]

Gameography[]

Year	Title	Contribution(s)
2008	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	Galen Marek, Emperor Palpatine^[5]
2008	Soulcalibur IV	Starkiller^[10]
2010	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II	Starkiller, Aberrant Clones^[4]
2012	Kinect Star Wars	Emperor Palpatine^[11]
2022	LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Darth Maul, Darth Sidious^[12]

Discography[]

Year	Title	Contribution(s)	Notes
2018	Solo: A Star Wars Story Read-Along Storybook and CD	Maul	Voice clips from Solo: A Star Wars Story^[13]
2020	"Dark Vengeance: The True Story of Darth Maul and His Revenge Against the Jedi Known as Obi-Wan Kenobi"	Narrator	Published in The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark audiobook^[14]
2020	"Hunger"	Narrator	Published in From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back audiobook^[15]
2020	"The Truest Duty"	Narrator	Published in From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back audiobook^[16]
2020	"Disturbance"	Narrator	Published in From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back audiobook^[17]
2022	"The Ghosts of Maul"	Narrator	Published in Stories of Jedi and Sith audiobook^[18]
2022	Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter	Narrator	The Essential Legends Collection^[19]

Filmography[]

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Year	Title	Series	Contribution(s)	Notes
2018	"The Recruit"	Star Wars Resistance	Hugh Sion^[20]
2021	"Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land"	The Book of Boba Fett	Rodian Prisoner	Voice only, uncredited^[21]
2022	"Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm"	The Book of Boba Fett	Sous-chef droid	Uncredited^[22]
2022	"Announcement"	Andor	Shoretrooper	Voice only, uncredited^[23]
2023	"Part One: Master and Apprentice"	Ahsoka	Additional Voices^[24]
2023	"Part Two: Toil and Trouble"	Ahsoka	Additional Voices^[25]