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PETER MAYHEW

WHEN STAR WARS ERUPTED in 1977, it gave a shot of fame to everyone – not just the billboard-friendly faces but the unseen troupers too, the talent encased in gold plating or masked by the black visage of a Sith Lord. Anthony Daniels. Dave Prowse. Kenny Baker. Their modestly British names were enshrined on the backs of bubblegum cards and breathless pages in Star Wars, as synonymous with that galaxy far, far away as the topline players.

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