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‘Star Wars’ Veteran Boom Operator Ken Nightingall Dies at 92

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By Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Ken Nightingall, a veteran boom operator who is known to many “Star Wars” fans as “pink shorts guy,” died Tuesday at his home in the United Kingdom.

He was 92. Nightingall worked on over 47 films, including 1977’s “Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope.” It wasn’t until 2015 that he developed cult status among “Star Wars” enthusiasts after an on-set photo showed the boom operator in shirtless in pink shorts, black socks and brown boots.

In the picture, his arms were hoisting a boom microphone over Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker, CP30 and R2D2 as Alec Guinness’s Obi-Wan Kenobi looks on.

His outfit became a regular at any science-fiction convention as “Star Wars” buffs cosplayed Nightingall’s “pink shorts guy.” La

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