Anthony Daniels has the rare distinction of being in every live-actionStar Warsmovie. That’s12 appearancesof C-3PO, the translation droid he plays, and that’s a lot of wearing a gold metal costume. From 1977 ‘s originalto now, Daniels admits he’s just made one revelation aboutStar Warsafter completingThe Rise of Skywalker.
Anthony Daniels is C-3PO and Daisy Ridley is Rey | Disney / LucasfilmDaniels was at the
Audiences first met C-3PO along with R2-D2 (Kenny Baker
) when they got separated from Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and ended up on Tattooine where Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) bought them. R2-D2 had Leia’s message to Obi Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) which sent them all on the first three adventures.
In theprequels, young Annakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd) build C-3PO , and the droid found himself haplessly involved in another trilogy of space adventures. Not only is C-3PO still around inThe Force Awakens, but he manages to appear in the prequelRogue One: A Star Wars StoryandSolo: A Star Wars Story.
This got old about playing C-3PO
Being in everyStar Warsmovie meant answering exponentially more questions aboutStar Wars. For a while, each actor was in three movies at most, and even Hamill and Fisher top out at six. Even though Daniels was in 42 films, many of the questions got repetitive.
“The questions I really don ‘t like is’ what was it like’ or ‘how does it feel to be inStar Wars?’ ”Daniels said. “I only just realized, because I’ve been in all of them, all of the spinoffs and stuff, I am so close to it. And I say it’s rather like having your nose up against the planet. You can’t see how big that planet is. Gradually now, I’m beginning to get a perspective on it. ”
This made Anthony Daniels appreciate what a privilege ‘Star Wars’ has been
One thingStar Warsoffered Anthony Daniels was job security. C-3PO never aged so he could keep putting on the costume forever. But now he’s learned it’s more than that.
“That comes from talking to Fans, people who say whatStar Warshas meant to them over the years, ‘Daniels said. “It’s meant something really different to me. It’s a job. It’s kind of fun. It’s kind of awkward sometimes as we all know. It’s not a smooth ride. ”
Anthony Daniels looks at ‘Star Wars’ much differently after ‘The Rise of Skywalker’
(movies and) years later, Anthony Daniels can finally see the big picture ofStar Wars.
“I just realized in the last few months something that I had not thought before, ”Daniels said. “Finally I’m getting to see it almost from the other perspective and that’s the perspective of the audience who’ve been there all this time. You had to have survived all this long enough to get this perspective. ”
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