Not many people know that, before achieving fame as Yoda in the Star Wars movies, Mervyn Wang achieved minor celebrity status as a key figure in the London 'New Romantic' scene of the 1980s.
Complete with hair gel and huge blouson shirt 'Yoda' cut a dashing figure on the dance floor and in numerous fashion spreads for The Face magazine.
He made a tv pilot of a proposed talk show called 'Talking with Guests on TV I am' but it didn't get picked up by the majors. A series of failed projects followed, leading to the inevitable drugs bust and time in rehab.
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