Mark Hamill, Ray Harryhausen & Don Rickles

 

 

Here's a little more from that Mark Hamill interview in Starlog #21:

It seems that one of Mark Hamill's childhood heroes was Ray Harryhausen. When Hamill got to talk with the celebrated special effects wizard, he said, "Thank you. For good or for bad, your films really captured my imagination, and just intrigued me so much." Mark Hamill was so blown away by his first viewing of Ray Harryhausen's movie Jason and the Argonauts that he stayed at the cinema and watched it two more times that day. 

"I was eleven when I saw it, which was the perfect age for that kind of picture. In fact, if Harlan Ellison was eleven, he'd probably love Star Wars."

As someone who first saw Star Wars around that age, and returned to the cinema later that week to see it two more times, I couldn't agree more.
 

As for comedian Don Rickles...

 

Bom Vimdin: smuggler & mercenary

 

One of the patrons of the Mos Eisley cantina was later named Bom Vimdin. But during the filming of the cantina scene, the character lacked a name. So, according to online source Wookieepedia, the production crew gave him one.

Yes, you guessed it. They called him: Don Rickles.

Dragon Dave

P.S. Want to read the entire interview? Here's the Link:

Starlog #21 Mark Hamill Interview