Day By Day© by Chris Muir.Monday, September 13, 2004
Anthony Daniels, the actor who brilliantly portrayed C3PO in all of the Star Wars movies, is retiring. Now that he has finished filming the sixth of the series, he is hanging up the golden suit.
He won't be sitting around raking in royalties, though. He has a multitude of speaking engagements scheduled in various countries.
So long, 3PO. You'll be missed. What will R2-D2 do without you?
The English stage actor was initially reluctant to audition for the part and even risked "losing his voice" to Hollywood star Richard Dreyfuss (news) as Lucas contemplated dubbing him over.
"Now I have the honor of being the only person to have appeared in all of the movies and I have become the principal spokesman for them," he said.
He won't be sitting around raking in royalties, though. He has a multitude of speaking engagements scheduled in various countries.
So long, 3PO. You'll be missed. What will R2-D2 do without you?
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