Star Wars Actor Kenneth Colley, Who Played Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Has Died Aged 87 After Contracting Covid and Developing Pneumonia

Star Wars histrion Kenneth Colley, who played Admiral Piett successful The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, has died aged 87 aft contracting Covid and processing pneumonia.

Colley’s Admiral Piett was an imperial serviceman successful bid of Darth Vader's flagship. He reprised the relation for 2012 animation Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out. Colley besides played Jesus successful Monty Python's Life of Brian.

According to the BBC, helium died peacefully astatine his location successful Kent successful the UK connected Monday aft contracting Covid and processing pneumonia.

Star Wars histrion Kenneth Colley has died aged 87. Image credit: YouTube.

His cause Julian Owen said successful a statement: "Ken Colley was 1 of our finest quality actors with a vocation spanning 60 years. Ken continually worked connected stage, movie and tv playing a immense array of characters, from Jesus successful Monty Python's Life of Brian to evil and eccentric characters successful Ken Russell films, and the Duke of Vienna successful Shakespeare's Measure for Measure for the BBC."

Colley had been admitted to infirmary with an injured limb aft a fall, but helium rapidly contracted Covid which developed into pneumonia, his cause continued.

Colley was a fashionable impermanent astatine Star Wars conventions. Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images.

According to the Daily Mail, Colley’s Star Wars quality Piett wasn’t expected to look successful Return of the Jedi, but past Star Wars custodian George Lucas added him due to the fact that Lucasfilm had received “a batch of instrumentality mail” astir the character.

Colley besides said helium got the relation for The Empire Strikes Back due to the fact that manager Irvin Kershner was “looking for idiosyncratic that would frighten Hitler,” and helium acceptable the bill.

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