Denis Lawson talks returning as Wedge Antilles: “It was nice to step back on, it really was”

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Tonights episode of Making Tracks – the 116th episode of which lands at 8.30pm tonight UK time – sees Fantha Tracks out on the road once again, this time bringing audio from Croydon Star Wars Charity Day as we caught up with Brian Muir and over to Wales Comic Con and a rare few minutes with the man behind Wedge Antilles, Denis Lawson who discussed his return as Wedge in The Rise of Skywalker.

“J.J. Abrams got in touch with me directly, which is very unusual, they don’t do that. They wanted me to do five days on the movie, but I was in a play and then directing a play, so I was just out of it, and he said I don’t think we can make this woorrk, and I said ‘Come on, we can do this!’ So, instead of five days I just managed one, but it was lovely to get back on the set. It was nice to step back on, it really was.”

The nugget here is that they hoped to use Denis for five days, so clearly there were plans for more Wedge involvement in the final saga instalment. Check out the episode here on the site at 8.30pm for those interviews with Denis and Brian as well as the latest news and more on Making Tracks #116.

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Tonights episode of Making Tracks – the 116th episode of which lands at 8.30pm tonight UK time – sees Fantha Tracks out on the road once again, this time bringing audio from Croydon Star Wars Charity Day as we caught up with Brian Muir and over to Wales Comic Con and a rare few minutes with the man behind Wedge Antilles, Denis Lawson who discussed his return as Wedge in The Rise of Skywalker.

“J.J. Abrams got in touch with me directly, which is very unusual, they don’t do that. They wanted me to do five days on the movie, but I was in a play and then directing a play, so I was just out of it, and he said I don’t think we can make this woorrk, and I said ‘Come on, we can do this!’ So, instead of five days I just managed one, but it was lovely to get back on the set. It was nice to step back on, it really was.”

The nugget here is that they hoped to use Denis for five days, so clearly there were plans for more Wedge involvement in the final saga instalment. Check out the episode here on the site at 8.30pm for those interviews with Denis and Brian as well as the latest news and more on Making Tracks #116.

Sale
Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith
  • Hardcover Book
  • Christopher, Adam (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 496 Pages - 06/28/2022 (Publication Date) - Random House Worlds (Publisher)
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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