Star Wars Celebration 2016 Spoilers: 5 Things We Learned From C3PO Actor Anthony Daniels
The Star Wars Celebration continued on Saturday July 16, with more special appearances and this time with one by Anthony Daniels, C3PO himself in a panel hosted by Warick Davis, Daniels talked about his career, C3PO and even directed a scene from "Star Wars Episode IV." The following is a look some things we learned from the legendary actor.
1. Anthony Daniels Likes something about the prequels
Daniels has been adamant about his distaste for Green Screen and the way the prequels were shot. The actor even went on to make fun of the process during the panel and noted that Episode VII was like a homecoming because it was shot very similar to the originals. However, when he was asked what character he would have loved to be he said he would have loved to be Darth maul. The reason was because he was a cool character.
2. Daniels Reveals the mystery behind the red arm
Perhaps one of the most debated questions in all of "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" was C3PO's red arm. It's been widely discussed why the character had this arm in the movie and Daniel's revealed the origin behind the arm. At the end of the panel Daniels' revealed that the story comes from a comic that was created for his character C3PO and that the arm in fact comes from another droid who sacrifices his life for C3PO.
3. Daniels directs
Perhaps one of the most memorable moments at the panel was when Daniels' picked people from the audience to do a reenactment of a scene from "A New Hope." Daniels' went on to direct the audience members in what was a hysterical scene and what showed his talents as a comic actor if not as a director.
4. Davis is interrupted
It was fare warned that during the panel anything could happen and that was exactly what happened. Unsatisfied with Davis' questions, Daniels pulled an audience member out of the crowd to replace Davis. The audience member than went on to ask some questions before giving Davis back his seat.
5. Star Wars Episode VIII Spoilers?
Perhaps what most expected did not happen? When asked about C3PO and R2D2's brief exchange in "Episode VII" Daniels' told the audience to use their imagination. As a result no spoilers were revealed.
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