Jeremy Bulloch, Original Boba Fett Actor in Star Wars, Dies at 75

Actor Jeremy Bulloch, known for playing Boba Fett in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi , has died. He was 75.

Jeremy Bulloch in 2017. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)

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Born in Leicestershire, England in 1945, Bulloch was a mainstay on British television, with dozens of credits on shows like Doctor Who and Robin of Sherwood. He also appeared in several James Bond movies like The Spy Who Loved Me and Octopussy.In 1980 Bulloch donned the armor for Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back, as well as Lieutenant Sheckil in the same film. Bulloch reprised his role in the armor for Return of the Jedi.Bulloch would go on to have a small cameo in Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith as Captain Jeremoch Colton, and he was a mainstay on the convention circuit, giving talks and appearances until he retired in 2018.News of Bulloch’s death was shared on social media by actor Daniel Logan , who played a young Boba Fett in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. Bulloch wrote a memoir of his life as an actor and times on the Star Wars convention circuit in his autobiography Flying Solo: Tales of a Bounty Hunter.

Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.(Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)