Tom Kane is drawing 294x more Wikipedia traffic than normal

What this article is

Thomas Kane Roberts was an American voice actor. He was known for his work in animation and video games, most notably the Star Wars franchise, voicing established characters Yoda, Admiral Ackbar, Boba Fett, Qui-Gon Jinn, and C-3PO. Other notable roles include Professor Utonium in The Powerpuff Girls, Darwin Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys, Mr. Herriman in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Woodhouse in Archer, taking the role over from George Coe following his death in 2015.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 61 edits to this article on 2026-05-18, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• Personal life and death
• Career
• Death
• Awards and nominations
• Filmography
• Personal life

What changed that day

The article grew by 1,868 characters that day. The largest single addition was 1,770 characters. See everything that changed on 2026-05-18 in Wikipedia's own diff view — that is where the reason for a surge is usually visible, written and sourced by the editors who were following the story.

How this was measured

Views are Wikimedia's own pageview counts for en.wikipedia, filtered to agent=user so automated traffic is excluded. The baseline is the median of the previous 60 days, which is used instead of the mean so that an earlier surge cannot flatten a later one. The multiple is the day's views divided by that median.