Super Trooper!

Dee Bradley Baker might just be the busiest member of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars cast. He certainly had his work cut out when voicing the clones during their deadly encounter with Jedi Master Pong Krell on the planet Umbara. He tells us about the experience in the latest issue of Star Wars Insider - here's a taster of the interview...

When you first signed on to do the show, did you ever imagine that you'd be working on such complex storylines like the recent Umbara story arc?

"The short answer is "No." This is insane! Not only to be involved in a show that's gotten so big, so deep, and so gratifying to watch as a fan, but also to be involved in the Umbara arc is striking in a lot of ways. One of them is the involvement of Walter Murch, whose work with George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola includes THX-1138 and Apocalypse Now. He has a very exacting, very thoughtful, and has a unique directorial mind. I've done a lot of fun things on the show, but to be directed by Walter for episodes like this is a whole new level. I can hardly really believe it. As I was watching it up on the screen in Skywalker Ranch I was amazed. It's really knockout stuff.

When you first saw the scripts, can you remember your initial thoughts?

My initial thoughts were Oh, boy! Here's another clone arc! It's always very challenging and interesting, and a lot of fun. As we got into it, and as we marched across the dark planet of Umbara, with a Jedi general who has strategies and methods that are not in line with what the clones are used to, I realized that we had something here that we've never seen before.

To spend four episodes on this planet, trying to fight our way out and trying to find how to get along with this general, was really rather difficult for me. With the level of personal involvement I feel with these clones, to be sent into this story with this despicable character, actually bothered me. It's something I'd never seen before in this show and it was not an easy thing to bring to the surface, but once it got out there, it became pretty dramatic!

You can read the full article in Star Wars Insider #130 (US numbering), on sale now.

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