Arti Shah, a performer and actress, has portrayed numerous characters within the Star Wars universe. Notably, she served as the motion capture double, handling scale, for Lupita Nyong'o in the roles of Maz Kanata and Gwellis Bagnoro at Takodana Castle. Furthermore, she embodied a GNK-series power droid in the 2015 film, Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens](/article/star_wars:_episode_vii_the_force_awakens).
- Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
- " Inside the Astromech " — Star Wars Insider 202
- Arti Shah at the Internet Movie Database
- Arti Shah (Maz Kanata) by Dennis Pellegrom on Star Wars Interviews ( February , 2016 ) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on February 5, 2023)