Known for:	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, It Happened Here, U-Boat 29
Birth name:	Sebastian Lewis Shaw
Birthday:	29 May 1905, Holt, Norfolk, England, UK
Height:	6' 2" 1.88 m

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. Was the author of the 1969 play 'The Cliff Walk' and the 1975 novel 'The Christening'. The eight year old Shaw made his first stage appearance on January 1 1914, as one of the 'Juvenile Band', in 'The Cockyolly Bird'. In a 1987 interview, he revealed that, while under consideration for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), he was not informed about the role of "Anakin Skywalker" until the producers were certain that he would be playing the character. Because the role was being kept a secret during production of the movie, he was under contract not to disclose it to anyone. He honored that deal, and after the film's release, he was finally permitted to talk about his role. Step-father of John Peel. Had worked on stage, and was very good friends with fellow Star Wars cast member Ian McDiarmid. He was also very unfamiliar with Star Wars when he was cast, and was not aware that his friend McDiarmid had been cast. When they ran into each other while doing their respective make-up tests, McDiarmid asked what he was doing there, to which Shaw replied, "I don't know, Ian. I think it's something to do with science fiction.".

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