Robert Cope

For other uses, see Robert and Cope.

"Robert, you're spot on. You're doing great."
"Yeah?"
"Believable conversation, thank you."
―Rob Coleman, animation director, encourages Robert Cope between cuts[1]

Robert Cope was an actor who played a Wookiee warrior in the third prequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith,[2] released on May 19, 2005.[3] "The Wookies Are Back!," an episode of the Making Episode III Webdocs web video series posted on StarWars.com on March 11, 2005, showed Cope in his Wookiee costume with black makeup surrounding his eyes.[1]

The character played by Cope was later identified as Eugroothwa[4] in the Star Wars Legends reference book Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars, which was written by Trisha Biggar[5] and released on October 11, 2005.[6] The name brought into the current canon in the 2017 reference book Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia, which was written by Adam Bray, Tricia Barr and Cole Horton.[7]

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Filmography

Year Title Contribution
2005 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith[2] Eugroothwa,[4] credited as "Wookiee"[2]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 StarWars.com Making Episode III Webdocs: The Wookiees Are Back! on StarWars.com (backup link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  3. ↑ Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Robert Cope is the only "Robert" credited as a Wookiee in Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. A Wookiee warrior, identified in Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars as Eugroothwa, is addressed as "Robert" in "The Wookiees Are Back!". As such, Eugroothwa must be played by Robert Cope.
  5. ↑ Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars
  6. ↑ Premium-Era-real Dressing a Galaxy: Part 1: The Costumes of Star Wars (Hardback) on www.waterstones.com (backup link archived on April 24, 2022)
  7. ↑ Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia

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