Awgree

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Awgree[3] was the pet sheffi of[2] Gatha Elbaphay,[3] a patron of Canto Casino in Canto Bight on the planet Cantonica. In 34 ABY, the sheffi was present along with its owner when Resistance soldiers Finn and Rose Tico went to the Canto Casino in search of the Master Codebreaker.[2]

Behind the scenes

Awgree appeared in the 2017 sequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi.[2] The creature was an animatronic prop inspired by Carrie Fisher's dog Gary,[4] and was known as Gary[3] or Space Gary on set.[5] It was remotely operated by Daisy Beattie and permanantly attached to the arm of the Gatha Elbaphay costume worn by creature and droid performer Paul Warren,[6] who Beattie communicated with via earpiece.[5] In 2021, Lucasfilm Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo revealed that the sheffi's assigned name was Awgree, which was derived from the word Gary.[3]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ StarWarsKids Star Wars By the Numbers: Every Creature in the Star Wars Movies on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (original link is obsolete)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 TwitterLogo Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter (post): "Hah. I looked up K010's name, and it's Gatha Elbaphay (& her dog Awgree); which is derived from my goofy placeholder names of Ms Elbowface and Gary. No species name assigned to it." (original link is obsolete)
  4. ↑ Premium-Era-real Confirmed - Space Gary To Debut In The Last Jedi by Roberts, Dustin on TheForce.net (December 6, 2017) (backup link archived on January 11, 2018)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 TwitterLogo Paul Warren (@paulRwarren) on Twitter (post): "Characters designed by Luke Fisher. Daisy Beattie was remote puppeteering the sheffi dog (who we referred to as space gary). Animatronic designer Chris Clake was remote puppeteering the dowager face while I was inside performing the body. Costume by Michael Kaplan." (backup link)
  6. ↑ TwitterLogo Paul Warren (@paulRwarren) on Twitter (post): "It was an incredible animatronic homage (remote puppeteered by the brilliant Daisy Beattie) that was permanently connected to the Dowager's arm." (screenshot)
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