(AP) - Jake Struhs , center, gets help from Wampa , left, and Legoà† builder Eric Varszegi as the trio placed the last piece into the Legoà† puzzle in the Legoà† booth at Star Wars fan celebration V in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (Reinhold Matay/AP Images for LEGO Systems Inc.)
(AP) - Cole Morgan from Tampa Fla. (age 5), left, builds a LEGO® tower with his father Jerry Morgan in the LEGO® booth at Star Wars fan celebration V in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (Reinhold Matay/AP Images for LEGO Systems Inc.)
(AP) - The finished product is on display after hundreds of children assembled piece of the LEGO® puzzle in the Lego® booth at Star Wars fan celebration V in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (Reinhold Matay/AP Images for LEGO Systems Inc.)
(AP) - LEGO® Builder Eric Varszegi demonstrates how he builds a Boba Fett helmet in the LEGO® booth at Star Wars fan celebration V in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (Reinhold Matay/AP Images for LEGO Systems Inc.)
(AP) - Austin Lewis, age 6 from Atlanta Ga. builds a platform out of LEGO® blocks with his friend Marah Brayla, age 8 in Princess Leia Organa costume, left, in the LEGO® booth at Star Wars fan celebration V in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (Reinhold Matay/AP Images for LEGO Systems Inc.)
(AP) - George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, stopped by the LEGO booth at Star Wars Fan Celebration V in Orlando, Florida Friday, August 13, 2010 to add a brick to an 8-foot tall by 15-foot wide LEGO mural. The image was constructed over three days at the fan event, and for every piece that fans added to the mural, LEGO Systems is donating 330 LEGO bricks to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, for a total of 1.5 million bricks. (PRNewsFoto/LEGO Systems, Inc.)
(AP) - ** COMMERCIAL IMAGE ** In this photograph taken by AP Images for LEGO Systems Inc., Jake Struhs , right, celebrates with Wampa after the pair placed the last piece into the LEGO puzzle in the LEGO booth at Star Wars fan celebration V in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (Reinhold Matay/AP Images for LEGO Systems Inc.)
(AP) - ** COMMERCIAL IMAGE ** In this photograph taken by AP Images for LEGO Systems Inc., Cole Morgan from Tampa Fla., age 5, in Luke Skywalker costume, left, builds a LEGO tower with his mother, Kelly Morgan who is dressed as Princess Leia Organa, right, and his father Jerry Morgan in the LEGO booth at Star Wars fan celebration V in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (Reinhold Matay/AP Images for LEGO Systems Inc.)
(AP) - In this photo provided by Disney, 'Star Wars' creator and filmmaker George Lucas meets a group of 'Star Wars'-inspired Disney characters Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010 at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Lucas is in central Florida for 'Star Wars Celebration V,' the official Lucasfilm fan event that is taking place this week at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. He visited Walt Disney World Resort tonight to attend Disney's 'Last Tour to Endor' special event. (AP Photo/Disney, Todd Anderson)
(AP) - In this photo provided by Disney, 'Star Wars' creator and filmmaker George Lucas meets a group of 'Star Wars'-inspired Disney characters Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010 at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Lucas is in central Florida for 'Star Wars Celebration V,' the official Lucasfilm fan event that is taking place this week at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Disney, Todd Anderson)
(AP) - In this photo provided by Disney, 'The Daily Show' host Jon Stewart poses Aug. 14, 2010 at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. with 'Star Wars'-inspired Disney characters Stormtrooper Donald Duck and Princess Leia Minnie Mouse. Stewart was in Orlando as a special host of 'Star Wars Celebration V,' the official Lucasfilm fan event held this week at the Orange County Convention Center. (AP Photo/Disney, Todd Anderson)
(Getty) - Lynne Kosky (L), Victoria's Minister for Public Transport and Minister for the Arts, has a lightsaber battle with an actor dressed as Darth Vader during a preview to the 'Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination' exhibition at Scienceworks on June 2, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. The exhibition is the first to showcase over 80 costumes and props from all six Star Wars movies. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
(You Witness User Photo) - A Darth Vader mask with an American paint theme is one of several on display on May 27 at the Star Wars 30th anniversary celebration, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. (Photo and caption submitted by Ron Parsons)
(You Witness User Photo) - Fans dressed as Boba Fett pose at the Los Angeles Convention Center on May 27, during the Star Wars 30th anniversary celebration. (Photo and caption submitted by Ron Parsons)
(WireImage) - Yoda wins Best Fight SceneStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesMTV Movie Awards - 5/31/2003Photo: Michael Caulfield, Wireimage.com
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Jek PorkinsIn a busy career, Hootkins worked regularly on both sides of the Atlantic. His first film role was in 1977, playing Jedi fighter Jek Porkins in George Lucas' Star Wars. Though the part was small, it had a big impact. He joked in a Whatsonstage.com interview two years ago (See 20 Questions, 28 Jul 2003): "In a sense, my career's been downhill ever since. Fans still come to greet me at the stage door with action figures of my character and embarrassing photographs for me to sign." But such recognition did have its upside. As he also told Whatsonstage.com: "I still didn't realise what power would come from that job until a year later I received my first fan letter. In it was a drawing of my scene by a little boy, and it was actually a clearer and more understandable version of the scene than George Lucas'! He asked if he could have an autographed photo. When I checked the return address, it was the leukaemia ward of a children's hospital. It's a blessing to me that I have any power to make even the tiniest difference in other people's lives."
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