Interview with Warren Duxbury Posted By Joshua on July 9, 2002
Late last month Joshua Griffin got a chance to conduct an interview with Warrn Duxbury. The name isn't familiar to you? He's one lucky Australian, he got to work on Attack of the Clones in more ways then one. Behind the camera in the creatures department, and in front of the camera as an extra. Here's a clip from the experience:
Tell us about your cameo. I was lucky enough to play two characters. One made it into the film... while the other became an action figure. I played the Quarren Senator's Aide and can be clearly seen clapping after the Supreme Chancellor is given Emergency Powers in the Senate. More was shot involving that character so hopefully the DVD will include those scenes. The other character was a Paccithip (I think that is the right spelling) Space Miner who has a bit of a tussle and acknowledgment from Obi-Wan as he enters Dex's Diner. To my surprise, when I saw Episode II, this was replaced by a digital aerial shot and digital characters were used instead ...but I was scanned in that costume by the new 3D Laser Toy Scanning Technique and was released as the Action Figure Ketwol. Unfortunately they allude to the Episode IV Cantina Scene on the packaging and not the Episode II deleted scene.
What was your biggest accomplishment on Episode II? We got word that the skeletal C-3PO (as he appeared in Episode I) was required on set early the next morning in a scene where a key character places Threepio's coverings over his wire frame thus "completing" him. Working closely with Don Bies, into the early hours of the morning, we downsized the puppets hands by two thirds so that it was in proportion to the coverings that were to be added, as the hands were way too big. We were mentally and physically exhausted when we finally wheeled the newly manicured "See-through-pio" to the Lars garage set at three in the morning ready for the shoot. It was a little sad for me to see Threepio already covered when Anakin and Padme arrived at the Lars homestead in the finished film.