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

June 2, 2024

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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

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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