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#royal-shakespeare-company

Pennington, who played Moff Jerjerrod in Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, died on Sunday (10 May). No cause of death was given. Born in Cambridge in 1942, Pennington found a passion for the stage as a member of the National Youth Theatre. Studying at Cambridge University, he appeared in 30 undergraduate plays and made his debut as Shakespeare's Hamlet.

I find it easy to relax. I think confidence has an awful lot to do with it, and a certain degree of accomplishment. I don't mean that in a pompous sense. If I were struggling as a craftsman, I would tend to walk around with the tools of the trade in my hand. Now that I feel more wedded to my craft, I can put my tools down.

My client and friend, the actor David Killick, who has died aged 86, was a stalwart of British theatre and television for more than 60 years. He had a long association with the Royal Shakespeare Company (1985-2003), where roles of increasing stature came his way, including Cominius in Coriolanus, Duke of York in Richard II, Stanley in Richard III, and Archbishop Scrope in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2.