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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Sat Oct 26, 2013, 06:36 AM Oct 2013

Star Wars baddy Jabba the Hut working in Welsh library

I think GD needs a tad of levity

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/438925/Star-Wars-baddy-Jabba-the-Hut-working-in-Welsh-library



The movie puppeteer who operated alien villain Jabba in Return of the Jedi has given up a life of intergalactic crime to start a new life in the hushed corridors of a library.

Toby Philpott, 67, climbed inside Jabba the Hutt to work his left arm, head and slimy flicking tongue in the sci-fi classic.

But 30 years after working on the third Star Wars film, he is leading computer courses in Cardiff Central Library.

Toby said: "It feels like I almost lead a double life.

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Star Wars baddy Jabba the Hut working in Welsh library (Original Post) steve2470 Oct 2013 OP
Always interesting to see where people move on to muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #1
"You rang?" - Jabba the Huffer (R) Berlum Oct 2013 #2

muriel_volestrangler

(101,355 posts)
1. Always interesting to see where people move on to
Sat Oct 26, 2013, 07:20 AM
Oct 2013

The man in the insect suit in this Doctor Who clip taught me maths a couple of decades later:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011l06h

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