Sam Witwer

Samuel Stewart "Sam" Witwer (born October 20, 1977) is an American actor.
==Biography==
When Amy Beth Christenson's original concept art of Galen Marek looked strikingly like Sam Witwer, the vice president at the time noted the resemblance due to recognizing Witwer from Battlestar Galactica, so he was contacted to audition.
Witwer was a friend of LucasArts sound director David W. Collins and wished to compete for the role. His audition included a scene where Marek/The Apprentice was assembling a lightsaber through telekinesis in a meditation chamber. Witwer employed his knowledge of Star Wars lore and Marek's backstory to portray the scene, as a character whose real challenge was not fighting, but finding peace in himself to concentrate, and contorted his features accordingly, as if struggling to remember something. Witwer filled the role within the initial auditions.The Art and Making of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
From there, he became the complete basis for the main character's voice and appearance in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. His likeness was created through motion capture for the game to build the character's appearance and range of facial expressions. Witwer's performance was recorded on HD cameras (as were all the actors who worked on the game). While the game was in production, Witwer only knew his character as "Starkiller." Witwer also voiced Galen Marek (known only as "The Apprentice") in Soulcalibur IV. Witwer returned to play Starkiller in the sequel Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. For this character, he served in the same capacity as before by providing his voice and likeness to the main character.Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Witwer also voiced Palpatine in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed,Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and gave his voice and likeness to the imperfect genetic replicas and the Dark Apprentice in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II.
Afterwards, Witwer appeared on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series as the voices of the Son and Maul.
Witwer took over voicing Palpatine from Tim Curry for the second season of Star Wars Rebels along with voicing W1-LE and an Imperial Technician.
Witwer voiced various characters in , including several stormtroopers, an announcer and a First Order officer.
Witwer expressed an interest in being in the live-action TV series, presumably reprising his role as Galen Marek.
On May 27, 2020, it was announced on StarWars.com and The Star Wars Show that Witwer would be portraying the voice of the dark side in the web game series Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge.
==Works==
===Gameography===
Year	Title 	Contribution(s) 	Continuity
2008	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 	Galen Marek, Emperor Palpatine 	Legends
2008	Soulcalibur IV 	StarkillerSoulcalibur IV 	Out of universe
2010	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II 	Starkiller, Aberrant Clones 	Legends
2012	Kinect Star Wars 	Emperor PalpatineKinect Star Wars 	Non-canon
2012	LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out 	Darth Maul, Emperor PalpatineLEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out 	Non-canon
2015	Disney Infinity 3.0 	Darth Maul, Emperor PalpatineDisney Infinity 3.0 	Non-canon
2015	Star Wars Battlefront 	Emperor PalpatineStar Wars Battlefront 	Canon
2016	LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens 	Emperor PalpatineLEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens 	Non-canon
2017	Star Wars Battlefront II 	Darth Maul, Emperor PalpatineStar Wars Battlefront II 	Canon
2017	Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire 	AthexStar Wars: Secrets of the Empire 	Canon
2019	Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 	Additional voicesStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 	Canon
2019	Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode III	Additional voicesVader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode III	Canon
2020	Star Wars: Squadrons 	Walla ActorStar Wars: Squadrons 	Canon
2022	LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 	Darth Maul, Emperor PalpatineLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 	Non-canon
2023	Star Wars Jedi: Survivor 	Additional voicesStar Wars Jedi: Survivor 	Canon
===Filmography===
Year	Title 	Series 	Contribution(s) 	Note(s)
2011	"Overlords" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	The Son 	
2011	"Altar of Mortis" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	The Son, Anakin Skywalker , Dark Side Creature , Ahsoka Tano	
2011	"Ghosts of Mortis" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	The Son 	
2012	"Brothers" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Maul 	
2012	"Revenge" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Maul, Weequay Bounty Hunter, Alien 	
2012	"Revival" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Maul 	
2013	"Eminence" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Maul 	
2013	"Shades of Reason" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Maul 	
2013	"The Lawless" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Maul, Mandalorian Super Commando 	
2015	Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens 	 	Additional Voices 	
2016	Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal 	Star Wars Rebels 	Emperor , W1-LE, Imperial Technician 	
2016	"Twilight of the Apprentice" 	Star Wars Rebels 	Maul 	
2016	"The Holocrons of Fate" 	Star Wars Rebels 	Maul 	
2016	Rogue One: Recon A Star Wars 360 Experience 	 	Scout TwoRogue One: Recon A Star Wars 360 Experience 	
2016	"Visions and Voices" 	Star Wars Rebels 	Maul 	
2016	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 	 	Additional VoicesRogue One: A Star Wars Story 	
2017	"Twin Suns" 	Star Wars Rebels 	Maul 	
2018	"DUME" 	Star Wars Rebels 	Biker Scout #2, Imperial Officer #1, Imperial Technician 	
2018	"A World Between Worlds" 	Star Wars Rebels 	The Son 	
2018	Solo: A Star Wars Story 	 	MaulSolo: A Star Wars Story 	
2018	"The Recruit" 	Star Wars Resistance 	Hugh Sion 	
2019	Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker 	 	Additional voices 	
2020	"Rebuilding the Resistance" 	Star Wars Resistance 	Hugh Sion, Shuttle Pilot 	
2020	"The Escape" 	Star Wars Resistance 	Hugh Sion 	
2020	"Together Again" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Maul 	
2020	"Old Friends Not Forgotten" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Maul 	
2020	"The Phantom Apprentice" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Maul, Mandalorian Guard 	
2020	"Shattered" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Maul 	
2020	"Victory and Death" 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Maul 	
2020	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge - Episode 1 	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge	Dark Side voice 	
2020	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge - Episode 2 	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge	Dark Side voice 	
2020	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge - Episode 3 	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge	Dark Side voice 	
2020	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge - Episode 4 	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge	Dark Side voice 	
2020	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge - Episode 5 	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge	Dark Side voice 	
2020	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge - Episode 6 	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge	Dark Side voice 	
2020	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge - Episode 7 	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge	Dark Side voice 	
2020	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge - Episode 8 	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge	Dark Side voice 	
2020	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge - Episode 9 	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge	Dark Side voice 	
2020	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge - Episode 10	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge	Dark Side voice 	
2021	LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales 	 	Maul, TrudgenLEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales 	
2021	"Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" 	The Book of Boba Fett 	Rodian Prisoner 	
2022	"Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm" 	The Book of Boba Fett 	Sous-chef droid 	
2022	"Announcement" 	Andor 	Shoretrooper 	Uncredited
2023	"Part One: Master and Apprentice" 	Ahsoka 	Additional Voices 	
2023	"Part Two: Toil and Trouble" 	Ahsoka 	Additional Voices 	
===Other Works===
Year	Title 	Contribution(s) 	Notes
2012	Star Wars: Smuggler's Gambit	Ro KurotaStar Wars: Smuggler's Gambit	Fanon audio drama
2012	Brisk Tea Commercial 	Darth Maul'Brisk Tea Commercial'' 	Commercial
===Discography===
Year	Title 	Contribution(s) 	Continuity	Notes
2018	Solo: A Star Wars Story Read-Along Storybook and CD 	MaulSolo: A Star Wars Story Read-Along Storybook and CD 	Canon 	Voice clips from Solo: A Star Wars Story
2020	"Dark Vengeance: The True Story of Darth Maul and His Revenge Against the Jedi Known as Obi-Wan Kenobi"	Narrator* 	Canon 	Published in The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark audiobook
2020	"Hunger" 	Narrator 	Canon 	Published in From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back audiobook
2020	"The Truest Duty" 	Narrator 	Canon 	Published in From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back audiobook
2020	"Disturbance" 	Narrator 	Canon 	Published in From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back audiobook
2022	"The Ghosts of Maul" 	Narrator 	Canon 	Published in Stories of Jedi and Sith audiobook
2022	Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter 	Narrator 	Legends 	Part of The Essential Legends Collection
2023	"Then Fall, Sidious" 	NarratorFrom a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi audiobook	Canon 	Published in From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi audiobook
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*Samuel Witwer at the Battlestar Wiki
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