Zappa_0 Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 Reported from Aintitcoolnews.com actor Phil Brown aka Uncle Owen has passed away. Hey folks, Harry here with some sad news for us lovers of STAR WARS. Phil Brown, who played the wonderful character of Uncle Owen, has passed away. He joins Aunt Beru (Shelagh Fraser) who passed away 6 years ago in the here after. His Uncle Owen was an absolute integral part in our understanding of Luke Skywalker. A Tough, yet reasoned man that was afraid of what the boy he raised and loved as a son might find if he ever left "the farm". A universal feeling between so many fathers and sons... but here with a definite reason in place. He was raising Luke with a terrible secret, one that he never had a chance to tell Luke. I love the characters of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru... if for no other reason than for exactly how REAL they were. They were not SPACE characters or SCIENCE FICTION characters. As Phil and Shelagh played them... they were an old married couple trying their hardest to hold onto the only child they'd ever raised. That whole opening establishing of Luke's home life textured everything that came after. Made the whole story feel real, no matter how outrageous it got, because ultimately Luke had a home once and good salt of the earth style family. It's what makes everything that's revealed later so hard, so emotional. Cuz if Uncle Owen was so good, how could Anakin be so bad? But there was more to Phil than just Star Wars, it began in the 40s. The earliest of his films I ever saw was CALLING DR GILLESPIE in 1942. In 1944 he was featured in a Rondo Hatton "the creeper" film called WEIRD WOMAN (got this one sheet). He was also in the excellent Noir by Siodmak, THE KILLERS with Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. Great film. He was in THE BEDFORD INCIDENT. He was a senator in SUPERMAN, a father in that great miniseries based on THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, a projectionist in Attenborough's CHAPLIN and his last part was as a council elder in BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE SECOND COMING. In all he did more than 65 films and Television shows, but for me and for all of you, he'll always be UNCLE OWEN, who died a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, today the actor died far closer to home. Rest In Peace Phil Brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 R.I.P. Uncle Owen. Indeed, they were very real characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight of Keno Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 *Wipes a tear* RIP Everybody dies nowadays. Next it'll be Mark Hamill or Harrison Ford... I'm sure of it. It's a conspiracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 *worries about Christopher Lee* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 RIP Uncle Owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie™ Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 That's too bad. He was one of those cool guys that would always be at those conventions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 R.I.P. harry is right in everything he says about those two characters and how they helped the whole PT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa_0 Posted February 11, 2006 Author Share Posted February 11, 2006 Yea its very bad to see them go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermie Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 ;___; R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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