Benjamin Hartley, a former English helicopter pilot and military aviation consultant, played the role of Harb Binli in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Hartley, after observing that action sequences in films benefit from the realism brought by former military personnel, established Military Film Services. This company supplies extras who are either ex-military or currently serving in the armed forces. His company was once contacted by an assistant director seeking actors with cockpit expertise for a "major secret project." Hartley and his staff were astonished to learn it was for a Star Wars film.
- Benjamin Hartley at the Internet Movie Database
- Benjamin Hartley | A Pilot's Perspective (Interview) by Roberts, Phil on Future of the Force ( March 8 , 2017 ) (archived from the original on December 2, 2020)