Actor played Boba Fett in Star Wars

As camp fees increase, Sunshine Fund delivers another summer of adventures

Dana Moroz is on the other end of the line and the manager of the Sunshine Fund can hardly contain her enthusiasm.

With the summer winding down and school on the verge of being back in session, Moroz was asked about the 46th season of the program that sent children in need to 31 accredited camps across the province and northwestern Ontario.

Although the final numbers are still being calculated, it was a banner year for the program, which benefited from the Free Press Sunshine Fund campaign that ran throughout the past several months.

“We had over 700 kids that we supported to go to summer camp,” said Moroz, noting the cost of doing so eclipsed $300,000.

Actor played Boba Fett in Star Wars

Jeremy Bulloch, the English film star who suited up as the fan-favorite bounty hunter Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died. He was 75.

Bulloch’s death was announced on Instagram Thursday by Daniel Logan, who portrayed a young version of Boba in the 2002 Star Wars prequel Attack of the Clones.

Bulloch first wore Boba’s weathered green-and-white helmet and armour in 1980’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and returned as the character for 1983’s Return of the Jedi.

Boba was originally voiced in The Empire Strikes Back by Jason Wingreen, but a 2004 re-release of the film had Temuera Morrison provide the vocals instead.

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