Just to the Left of Mike Edmonds was the actor who portraid one
of the most iconic and memorable characters in I loved Star Wars so much that I spoke of Star Wars ALL THE TIME! Enough so, that my mother grounded
me from all things, objects or speach about Star Wars for an entire year. She took all of my toys, cards, posters, models and newspaper cutouts and hid them somewhere secret and forbade a single word from my mouth about this terrible obsession for literally a full year. Consequence? If I forgot my punishment and spoke about the film, the year of punishment would restart as of the date of the slip up.
A true rebellion against the evil empire of my household began when my closest friend and fellow 12 year old Jedi (Sean Mullenix), secreted to me bootlegged cassette recordings of the movie played at a Drive-In Theatre in Boise Idaho.
That saved me while the solitude of my convictions of Star Wars were persecuted in a prison of Silence.
These tapes made the images come alive in my mind. I witnessed the entire film over and over again accurately with my imagination. The film became vivid and even more grandiose (proof was when I saw
the film again four years after it’s original release and was shocked at how small it seemed at times)
However, to make a small story longer, I memorised the entire film. Music voices, sounds.. everything.
And the part I loved to play over and over until I had it perfect was the speach of Greedo.
“Oouh d’ha t’hue, Th’ohlo?”
“As a matter of fact Greedo, I was just gonna see your boss. Tell Jabba, I’ve got his money.”
“Sthoh, Beet’ah lay. Imah-nha trahk m’ha ga jeesah. Javvah vwah nee-chi coke, Vhi vish-Aye Nhi Khai-stahnni why-ah ouzka.”
I introduced myself to Paul and explained a paraphrased version of this epic and repeated the speach for him. He said that he’s had two or three people perform that but never heard it so well.
Considering that everything he did on set was in english, I’m sure he’s greatful to be back home and far,
far away ... from the likes of me. :o)
I personally think that he was being polite to a 40 year old kid that never grew up and probably thought
I should get a life!!! But, it was fun and the audience was a chance in a life time encounter .