Just discovered this thread and am honestly surprised none of my Aussie friends here have brought this up:
Booman said:
“OI! We don’t serve their koind 'ea!”
“What?”
“Ya droids, they’ll have to wait oit-side, they don’t wantem 'ea.”
I love how genuinely confused and bewildered Luke sounds when he responds to him, it’s like he’s never seen an australian in his entire life.
Sorry mate, but you’re dead wrong, that guy isn’t even remotely Australian.
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ted_Burnett
He’s British and has a very strong COCKNEY accent. That scene was shot in Elstree Studios near London, so most of the extras were from there. Why would there be an Australian in an American film shot in England? Most Australian actors rarely make it in the American and British film industry. There are exceptions though. Aussies made there entrance into Star Wars in Episodes 2 and 3, being shot mostly in Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia. As a result of this, most of the extras in those films were Australians most notably in the deleted scenes of ROTS of Padme with the other senators. Lots of those senators were Aussies. One of which I met:
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Christopher_Kirby
The biggest Australian actor to appear in Star Wars though would probably be the incredible Ben Mendelsohn as Director Krennic in Rogue One.