#stuart thomas

[coupleofdays]

You know which very minor character in the first Tron film needs more love? This guy:

Dillinger's assistant who greets him when he enters his office, and who Dillinger dismisses with "Thank you, Peter, you can go now." Just look at that nice suit and red tie! Anyway, the same actor has another role in the film, as Sark's main underling (which suggests to me that Peter created the Program in question. He's not just a pretty face, he knows how to program too!):

He's never given a name, the Tron wiki refers to him simply as "Sark's Lieutenant". His role seems mainly to be getting abused by Sark, verbally with such funny insults as "bit brain" and "null unit"...

...and sometimes physically as well:

And his final fate is to get surprised by Tron's disc and derezzed before he can do anything to fight back:

In a way, he feels like something of a predecessor to Jarvis in Tron Legacy, though with far less personality and screentime. I can't help but feel a little sorry for him, he seems to have lived a pretty miserable life as a Program. The Tron wiki does note one interesting aspect regarding his physical appearance: "Sark's Lieutenant was the only program in the ENCOM system with visible circuits on the skin of his neck, not just on his suit." It's not very apparent (possibly it's some kind of special effects mistake), but look at his neck in this closeup:

The wiki notes that the only other Program (not ISO) with such skin circuitry is Cyrus. Which is enough for me to start speculating headcanons. Are they related? Is Cyrus a copy of this Program, and Tron felt sorry for him when he met him again, and therefore decided to take him under his wing as the first Renegade? Is the fact that Tron derezzed him the first time they met the reason Cyrus goes crazy?

Anyway, the actor who played the Lieutenant/Peter is a guy named Stuart Thomas, credited as "Tony Stephano". Let's do a quick search to see what else he's done...

Oh. Oh my.

[allaboutmmfr]

crow men concept art

Stuart Thomas

WETA Workshop

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Polecat car concept art

Stuart Thomas

WETA Workshop

[allaboutmmfr]

Weapon concept art

Stuart Thomas

WETA Workshop

[currentinspiration]

Stuart Thomas, Patricia Hotel, Vancouver, 1917

[thinkonstuart]

ooc | Stuart & K

Okay, so I definitely think that these two would be friends?? Especially since people look at both of them like ~what are you even doing here??? And I think that they both are far more capable than people give them credit for and especially since K's Stuart's quartermaster I feel like they'd kinda support/encourage each other?? Thoughts??? 

[thinkonstuart]

ooc | Jason & Stuart

Yayyy b/c of the biggest fail relationships ever?? ;DD Also, I'm trying to figure out if Stuart would be like a huge "Jason fan" a la Anderson, or if he'd be intimidated by him??? Either way, I'm sure Jason won't be a fan of Stuart's at all, ahahha.

[thinkontheirsins]

Stuart

Who wants to go down the creepy tunnel inside the tomb first?