‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’ actor dead at 82

Michael Pennington, who starred in “Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi” has died.

The actor died Sunday, the Telegraph reported.

He was 82 years old.

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Pennington played Death Star Commander Moff Jerjerrod in 1983’s “Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.”

Other notable roles the British actor played was Laertes in 1969’s “Hamlet” and Michael Foot in 2011’s “The Iron Lady.”

Pennington also founded the English Shakespeare Company in 1986 with theater director Michael Bogdanov, which promotes the work of William Shakespeare.

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