Nick Gillard is an English stuntman and stunt coordinator. He is best known as the lead lightsaber fight and stunt coordinator of the Star Wars prequel trilogy films (1999–2005). Biography Gillard was born in Brighton, England. At the age of twelve, he ran away from military school to join the circus where he performed as bareback horse rider. Over the next few years Gillard worked with several circus's including Circus Althoff in Germany and Los Muchachos Circus in Spain. Gillard was invited to do stunts on The Thief of Baghdad. He enjoyed it, and later left the circus to perform stunt work in films, including the original Star Wars. Gillard was Mark Hamill's first choice as his stunt double for Return of the Jedi. As a stuntman, Gillard held the world record for longest fire stunt, with a fire burn without air for over two minutes on Alien 3. He also performed a 200-foot power boat jump over two bridges in the film Amsterdamned, and was set on fire over 100 times. Among Gillard's movie credits are Sleepy Hollow, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Gillard was the fight choreographer of the Star Wars prequels. He had a cameo appearance in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith as Cin Drallig ("Nic Gillard" spelled backwards). His likeness was used for the character with a larger role in the accompanying video game, for which Gillard choreographed the combat animations. Filmography As stunt coordinator, arranger or performer Film 1977 The Spy Who Loved Me 1981 For Your Eyes Only 1983 Krull 1984 Scream for Help 1985 Restless Natives 1985 The Bride 1985 Legend 1985 Murder Elite 1985 Claudia 1985 Christmas Present 1986 Labyrinth 1986 Aliens 1987 The Living Daylights 1987 Empire of the Sun 1988 Amsterdamned 1988 Willow 1988 Dream Demon 1988 The Beast of War 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Henry V 1990 1871 1990 Frankenstein Unbound 1990 Bullseye! 1991 Young Soul Rebels 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991 Company Business 1991 Under Suspicion 1992 Far and Away 1992 Alien³ 1992 Double X: The Name of the Game 1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise 1993 Son of the Pink Panther 1993 The Three Musketeers 1994 Being Human 1994 Black Beauty 1994 Interview with the Vampire 1995 Rob Roy 1995 Judge Dredd 1995 Waterworld 1995 Nothing