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Note: The initial text of this article was copy-and-pasted from Sebastian Shaw on 12 December 2003. See the edit history of that article for details of who wrote it. — Paul A 01:50, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
The Seb-Husk equation sounds like rubbish to me. This is the only reference Google found. Anyone care to prove / dis-prove? -- Jones77 15:28, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know anything about this book The Cliff Walk (1969) that is mentioned in his bibliography? I can't find it in the British Library catalogue. SteveCrook 17:19, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
It's a play he wrote, according to IMDB -- Huw Moore 15:58, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
On pretty much every actors page the filmography goes from earliest work to most recent, This page seems to go the opposite way, is this even worth fixing? Gorkymalorki 06:44, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
An Aircraftman 2nd Class named Sebastian Lewis Shaw was commissioned as an acting
pilot officer on probation on 25 April 1941 (
"No. 35171".
The London Gazette. 23 May 1941.), he was promoted to pilot officer on probation on 16 May 1941 (
"No. 35391".
The London Gazette. 23 December 1941.), to
flying officer on 16 May 1942 (
"No. 35606".
The London Gazette. 23 June 1942.) and
flight lieutenant on 1 July 1944 (
"No. 36618".
The London Gazette (invalid |supp=
(
help)). 18 July 1944.). He sames to have continued to hold a reserve
RAFVR commission after the war until 10 February 1954, when (exceptionally) on resigning the commission he was permitted to retain that rank (
"No. 40271".
The London Gazette (invalid |supp=
(
help)). 3 September 1954.) Of course it's not entirely impossible that there should have been someone else with the same name in the RAF during the war, but it does seem like the account in The Guardian's obit may not be entirely accurate on this point.
David Underdown (
talk)
15:36, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
See GA review, at /GA1. Cirt ( talk) 05:19, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
I appreciate the trim of the Star Wars section, but it still seems too long to me. I made an attempt at a further trim as a compromise (on my own, I'd trim further). What do you think? Karanacs ( talk) 15:11, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
In 1982, Shaw was chosen for the small but crucial role of Anakin Skywalker in Return of the Jedi, the third and final movie in the original Star Wars trilogy. Although David Prowse played the costumed scenes and James Earl Jones voiced Skywalker's Darth Vader alter-ego, just as they had in the first two films, Shaw was cast in a single scene with Mark Hamill, during the moment aboard Death Star II when Anakin's son Luke unmasks his dying father. Since the scene was arguably the emotional climax of the film, the casting crew wanted an experienced actor for the role. [1]
When Shaw arrived at the set for filming, he ran into his friend Ian McDiarmid, the actor playing Emperor Palpatine. When McDiarmid asked him what he was doing there, Shaw responded, "I don't know, dear boy, I think it's something to do with science-fiction." [2] His presence during the filming was kept secret from all but the minimum cast and crew. The unmasking scene, directed by Richard Marquand, was filmed in one day and required only a few takes, with no alteration from the original dialogue. [1]
Star Wars creator George Lucas also personally directed Shaw for his appearance in the final scene of the movie, in which he is a Force ghost of Anakin Skywalker. [1] When the movie was re-released on DVD in 2004, Shaw's image in this scene was replaced with that of Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin in the prequel films. This attempt to tie the prequel and original trilogies together proved to be one of the least popular changes in the Star Wars re-releases, although some defended the move. [3] [4]
Although Shaw's unmasking scene lasted only two minutes and seven seconds and included just 24 words of dialogue spoken by Shaw, [5] he received more fan mail and autograph requests from Return of the Jedi than he had for any role in his career. He later reflected that he very much enjoyed his experience filming for Return of the Jedi and expressed particular surprise that an action figure was made of him from the film. [1]
References
Starlog
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).The article includes the text
Significant theatre roles that decade included ... Hern Lawrance in I Said to Myself at the Old Mercury Theatre in 1947,
This appears to be fairly dodgy: The role name seems improbable, the show title I don't recognise, and I believe there's no such place as the theatre. I think the theatre might well mean the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate. Can anyone help? SamuelTheGhost ( talk) 18:25, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
The recent confident spelling correction has led me to a source in Who's Who in the Theatre. Shall I add it, or is this the one you are using? -- Old Moonraker ( talk) 15:08, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
Here is a link to a search engine on the RSC Archive website: http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqserver=srv-ex1&dsqCmd=Searchnames.tcl&dsqDb=Roles&dsqApp=Archive If you type 'Sebastian Shaw' into the search box, you will get a list of his performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Hope this helps. 13:52, 6 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ixobel ( talk • contribs)
In most articles, the WP:FILMOGRAPHY table is usually split into two tables for "Film" and "Television". This is a Featured article, so before I start mucking with anything – does anyone object to splitting the Filmography table into two as described? -- IJBall ( contribs • talk) 05:00, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
I think it is worth adding that his memoirs have been published with a full list of his films and plays. Its a small publisher so they're not available on Amazon http://www.shawpress.co.uk/ ixo ( talk) 22:23, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
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Note: The initial text of this article was copy-and-pasted from Sebastian Shaw on 12 December 2003. See the edit history of that article for details of who wrote it. — Paul A 01:50, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
The Seb-Husk equation sounds like rubbish to me. This is the only reference Google found. Anyone care to prove / dis-prove? -- Jones77 15:28, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know anything about this book The Cliff Walk (1969) that is mentioned in his bibliography? I can't find it in the British Library catalogue. SteveCrook 17:19, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
It's a play he wrote, according to IMDB -- Huw Moore 15:58, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
On pretty much every actors page the filmography goes from earliest work to most recent, This page seems to go the opposite way, is this even worth fixing? Gorkymalorki 06:44, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
An Aircraftman 2nd Class named Sebastian Lewis Shaw was commissioned as an acting
pilot officer on probation on 25 April 1941 (
"No. 35171".
The London Gazette. 23 May 1941.), he was promoted to pilot officer on probation on 16 May 1941 (
"No. 35391".
The London Gazette. 23 December 1941.), to
flying officer on 16 May 1942 (
"No. 35606".
The London Gazette. 23 June 1942.) and
flight lieutenant on 1 July 1944 (
"No. 36618".
The London Gazette (invalid |supp=
(
help)). 18 July 1944.). He sames to have continued to hold a reserve
RAFVR commission after the war until 10 February 1954, when (exceptionally) on resigning the commission he was permitted to retain that rank (
"No. 40271".
The London Gazette (invalid |supp=
(
help)). 3 September 1954.) Of course it's not entirely impossible that there should have been someone else with the same name in the RAF during the war, but it does seem like the account in The Guardian's obit may not be entirely accurate on this point.
David Underdown (
talk)
15:36, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
See GA review, at /GA1. Cirt ( talk) 05:19, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
I appreciate the trim of the Star Wars section, but it still seems too long to me. I made an attempt at a further trim as a compromise (on my own, I'd trim further). What do you think? Karanacs ( talk) 15:11, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
In 1982, Shaw was chosen for the small but crucial role of Anakin Skywalker in Return of the Jedi, the third and final movie in the original Star Wars trilogy. Although David Prowse played the costumed scenes and James Earl Jones voiced Skywalker's Darth Vader alter-ego, just as they had in the first two films, Shaw was cast in a single scene with Mark Hamill, during the moment aboard Death Star II when Anakin's son Luke unmasks his dying father. Since the scene was arguably the emotional climax of the film, the casting crew wanted an experienced actor for the role. [1]
When Shaw arrived at the set for filming, he ran into his friend Ian McDiarmid, the actor playing Emperor Palpatine. When McDiarmid asked him what he was doing there, Shaw responded, "I don't know, dear boy, I think it's something to do with science-fiction." [2] His presence during the filming was kept secret from all but the minimum cast and crew. The unmasking scene, directed by Richard Marquand, was filmed in one day and required only a few takes, with no alteration from the original dialogue. [1]
Star Wars creator George Lucas also personally directed Shaw for his appearance in the final scene of the movie, in which he is a Force ghost of Anakin Skywalker. [1] When the movie was re-released on DVD in 2004, Shaw's image in this scene was replaced with that of Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin in the prequel films. This attempt to tie the prequel and original trilogies together proved to be one of the least popular changes in the Star Wars re-releases, although some defended the move. [3] [4]
Although Shaw's unmasking scene lasted only two minutes and seven seconds and included just 24 words of dialogue spoken by Shaw, [5] he received more fan mail and autograph requests from Return of the Jedi than he had for any role in his career. He later reflected that he very much enjoyed his experience filming for Return of the Jedi and expressed particular surprise that an action figure was made of him from the film. [1]
References
Starlog
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).The article includes the text
Significant theatre roles that decade included ... Hern Lawrance in I Said to Myself at the Old Mercury Theatre in 1947,
This appears to be fairly dodgy: The role name seems improbable, the show title I don't recognise, and I believe there's no such place as the theatre. I think the theatre might well mean the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate. Can anyone help? SamuelTheGhost ( talk) 18:25, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
The recent confident spelling correction has led me to a source in Who's Who in the Theatre. Shall I add it, or is this the one you are using? -- Old Moonraker ( talk) 15:08, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
Here is a link to a search engine on the RSC Archive website: http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqserver=srv-ex1&dsqCmd=Searchnames.tcl&dsqDb=Roles&dsqApp=Archive If you type 'Sebastian Shaw' into the search box, you will get a list of his performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Hope this helps. 13:52, 6 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ixobel ( talk • contribs)
In most articles, the WP:FILMOGRAPHY table is usually split into two tables for "Film" and "Television". This is a Featured article, so before I start mucking with anything – does anyone object to splitting the Filmography table into two as described? -- IJBall ( contribs • talk) 05:00, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
I think it is worth adding that his memoirs have been published with a full list of his films and plays. Its a small publisher so they're not available on Amazon http://www.shawpress.co.uk/ ixo ( talk) 22:23, 16 January 2019 (UTC)