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Rest in peace Maria De Aragon, Greedo in A New Hope

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold
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Sad news as another member of the original Star Wars family has left us. Canadian actress Maria De Aragon, who filmed the California reshoots of the Mos Eisley cantina scenes in A New Hope – sharing the role of Greedo with Paul Blake who filmed at Elstree in the UK back in 1976 – passed away in late April aged 81 after living at the CHSLD Nicolet nursing home in her native Montreal and leaves behind family, friends and a thankful fandom who have enjoyed her work for almost fifty years.

SourceDerek Maki
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it 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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Sad news as another member of the original Star Wars family has left us. Canadian actress Maria De Aragon, who filmed the California reshoots of the Mos Eisley cantina scenes in A New Hope – sharing the role of Greedo with Paul Blake who filmed at Elstree in the UK back in 1976 – passed away in late April aged 81 after living at the CHSLD Nicolet nursing home in her native Montreal and leaves behind family, friends and a thankful fandom who have enjoyed her work for almost fifty years.

SourceDerek Maki
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it 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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