Count Dooku from Attack Of The Clones, aka Francisco “Pistols” Scaramanga fromThe Man With The Golden Gun, aka Ian Fleming’s relative and veteran film star, Christopher Lee, is just one of a number of actors starring in both the Bond and Star Wars film franchises. The Spy Who Loved Me was one highlight of these doubled-star experiences….
The list of more prominent appearances includes:
Julian Glover (“Kristatos” in For Your Eyes Only and “General Veers” in The Empire Strikes Back)
Garrick Hagon (“Submariner” in The Spy Who Loved Me and “Biggs” in A New Hope)
Bruce Boa (“Air Force General” in “Octopussy” and “General Riekan” in The Empire Strikes Back)
Shane Rimmer (“Sub Commander” in TSWLM plus small roles in several other 007 films and rebel technician who asks Luke Skywalker if he “wants another R2 unit” before the climatic battle in A New Hope)
Jeremy Bulloch (“Smithers” in For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy and a “sub crew member” in TSWLM and the deadly “Boba Fett” in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi)
Christpoher Lee (The Man With The Golden Gun in the film of the same name and Count Dooku in Attack Of The Clones and the forthcoming Star Wars: Episode III)
Sounds like a Bond Weekend 2003/Star Wars convention to us! –Robert Baum with Matt Sherman