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Cellheim Anujo served as an aide to Senator Tundra Dowmeia of the Galactic Senate toward the end of the Clone Wars. In 19 BBY, Anujo and Dowmeia were part of a group that greeted Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine on the landing platform of the Senate Office Building on the planet Coruscant after the chancellor was rescued during the Battle of Coruscant.
Biography[]
Cellheim Anujo was an aide to Quarren Senator Tundra Dowmeia,[1] who was one of the representatives of the planet Mon Cala in the Galactic Republic's Senate[2] toward the end of the Clone Wars. Dowmeia was a member of the Delegation of 2,000, which meant the Quarren needed the aide to be loyal, willing to keep many secrets, and ready to protect the senator during such dark and dangerous times.[1]
Cellheim Anujo (center) was among the crowd who waited for the return of the rescued Sheev Palpatine after the Battle of Coruscant.
After the Battle of Coruscant[3] in 19 BBY,[4] Anujo and Dowmeia were part of a group that gathered on the landing platform of the Senate Office Building on the planet Coruscant in order to greet Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, who had been rescued from the Separatist General Grievous during the battle by the Jedi Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The reception moved forward as Palpatine disembarked from a Util-313 speeder bus and then followed the chancellor into the Senate Building.[3]
Equipment[]
Anujo wore black robes and a veil while on the platform.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Strongest memory has to be after we did the first take George Lucas was talking to his First Assistant Director about the set-up, he then left and George came over to me. He told me what we were going to do for the next set up and that the shot would be starting on me! That's quite a feeling when you've grown up playing with the little action figures then you've got the Director of this telling you they're going to start the shot on you!"
- ―Dean Mitchell
Cellheim Anujo was portrayed by both T.V. Moore and Dean Mitchell.
Cellheim Anujo appeared in the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith,[3] which was released on May 19, 2005.[6] T.V. Moore portrayed the character[7] during filming in Australia, where the landing platform scene was filmed on Stage 3 at Fox Studios, Sydney on July 22, 2003.[8] Dean Mitchell then portrayed the character in scenes later shot at Shepperton Studios in the United Kingdom. For the second take, director George Lucas informed Mitchell that the shot would be starting focused on Anujo, but that take was not used in the final version of the film. The shear weight of the fabrics in the Anujo costume caused Mitchell to get very hot while filming, but due to the size of Anujo's cloth headpiece, Mitchell was able to take it off between takes to cool down.[5]
In the current Star Wars canon, Cellheim Anujo was identified in the 2017 reference book Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia.[1] The name originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first used in the reference book Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars, which was written by Trisha Biggar[9] and published on October 11, 2005.[10]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)
Sources[]
The Creatures of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia (First identified as Cellheim Anujo)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith to 19 BBY.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Dean Mitchel (Cellheim Anujo) by Dennis Pellegrom on Star Wars Interviews (May, 2010) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on December 9, 2022)
- ↑ Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition
- ↑
Sith Snapshots: Loyal Delegates on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars
- ↑ Dressing a Galaxy: Part 1: The Costumes of Star Wars (Hardback) on Waterstones (archived from the original on April 24, 2022)