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- Birth nameColin Bernard Higgins
- Colin Higgins was born in the UK. He was an actor, known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Crime and Punishment (1979) and The Good Companions (1980). He died on December 5, 2012 in London, England, UK.
- Remains uncredited as the rebel pilot in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) who says, "that's impossible, even for a computer". Denis Lawson was intended for this role (as his character, "Wedge") but was unavailable for filming.
- He was originally cast as Wedge Antilles in Star Wars: A New Hope, but kept flubbing his line, which remains in the film, shortened to, "That's impossible, even for a computer," but he was fired and replaced by Denis Lawson in the dog fight scenes, and three movies thereafter.
- Not only is he in the first Star Wars, but he has a line, and still isn't credited or even uncredited for his part in that film.
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