Anyone Feel a Little Sorry for Anthony Daniels?

[Jedi_Master]

I don’t feel sorry for Daniels. He’s made a decent career leveraging his role in the OT.

Plus he got a decent hero arc for TROSky.

 

[The Wormhole]

Plus he got a decent hero arc for TROSky.

Eh, I don't know about that.

Spoiler

After all, C-3PO's "noble sacrifice" is very quickly undone.

 

[BillJ]

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[David cgc]

Eh, I don't know about that.

Spoiler

After all, C-3PO's "noble sacrifice" is very quickly undone.

Spoiler: TRoS

And his "death scene" was a literal punchline. "I just thought of something else we could try—" bang, mindwipe.

Speaking of, I didn't get the line about him being excited to go with Rey on her first mission after he was restored from backup. Was he talking about R2 and I misheard? Did he get R2's memories? Wouldn't it have been both a funnier gag (paying off 3PO distrusting R2's memory banks) and more interesting long-term if the backup was prequel-era?

 

[JD]

Spoiler: The Rise of Skywalker

They weren't R2's memories, he just had a backup of 3PO's

 

[David cgc]

Spoiler: The Rise of Skywalker

They weren't R2's memories, he just had a backup of 3PO's

Spoiler: TROS

Yeah, but 3PO didn't go on Rey's first mission, R2 did. Unless I misheard and 3PO was saying he was excited for R2 going, or "Find Luke and bring him back" wasn't a "mission" per se.

 

[publiusr]

I remember reading somewhere that the special effects guys had a super hard time replicating the distinctive way Daniels moved as C3PO. Another credit to his acting.

Interestingly, heard something similar about the way Brent Spiner walked as Data. Nobody really noticed it was unique, then all the stunt guys and stand-ins found it impossible to replicate.

A shame we'll never see them in character reacting to one another. I'd pay to see that.

 

[HugeLobes]

A shame we'll never see them in character reacting to one another. I'd pay to see that.

Anthony Daniels would probably do it for a few bucks.