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Well, I keep hearing that C3-P0 is barely in the film. I’m wondering if this was George’s revenge for the comments Daniels made regarding how GL’s zeal for digital effects “overbalanced” the movie.

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Or perhaps Lucas finally understands that the droids don't always need to have some action sequence or plot point revolved around them.
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Originally posted by: Commander Courage
Or perhaps Lucas finally understands that the droids don't always need to have some action sequence or plot point revolved around them.


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When did Daniels say this?

Besides, Jar Jar has been limited to two scenes, with almost no dialogue, so unless JJ's also been talking smack behind Lucas' back as well, I'm guessing there's another reason.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

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I had that quote as my sig until about a month ago, forget where I found it though.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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I saved the article though:

Bidding goodbye to the gold robot after almost 30 years, Anthony Daniels shed a nostalgic tear for the mechanical manservant who changed his life.

"Oh yes, it was with moisture. This was very much a fond farewell," Daniels said of his last scene as C-3PO, the android who became an icon in the "Star Wars" movies.

His last scene in the sixth and final film was hardly the heady stuff of magic for Daniels. Digital effects saw to that.
"I finished filming on the last film last week. For the final shot I walked along a blue corridor with a blue background behind me talking to someone who wasn't there." he said.

"Revenge of the Sith" is due out next May and completes a trilogy of pre-quels, which tell the back story of the original movie about a battle between good and evil in a distant galaxy.
Daniels makes no secret about his favorite of the six.
"The first film spoke to everyone on the planet. It still works as a funny, bright movie. It still has legs," he said of the films by U.S. director George Lucas.
When Lucas returned to the pre-quels, Daniels was not so sure.
"George's devotion to digital effects over-balanced the films. Too many digital funky characters become a little bit wearing. The storytelling always gets subsumed."

STRANGE IMMORTALITY

For the 58-year-old Daniels, playing a fastidious robot who sounds like a prissy English butler transformed his career.
"He (C-3PO) gave me that lead into a strange kind of immortality. People are very fond of him. His image has haunted me around the planet," he said.

There was also an undeniable sense of achievement from the self-deprecating British actor as he reflected on the squirming discomfort of clunking around the Tunisian desert in searing heat to make film history.
"He has been a best friend for me. He is going to live forever in the ether," he told Reuters in an interview.
Critics may have admired his on-screen chemistry with fellow robot R2-D2 but Daniels said: "I was talking to myself all the time. It was a very lonely experience. I was locked inside a box and had a friend who didn't speak to me."
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.

For there is plenty of life left in the "Star Wars" phenomenon with the worldwide DVD launch of the first three movies on Sept. 20.
Just listening to Daniels' schedule is exhausting.
There is the Paris "Star Wars" convention, the "Star Wars" exhibition in Osaka, being inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in Pittsburgh, joining forces with storm troopers in London to launch the DVD.
Then comes all the razzmatazz of the final pre-quel.
But nothing will erase his treasured memory of the first time he saw a sketch of the android he was to play.
"When I saw the painting by the design artist, the eyes of the character looked deep into my soul. He was a very forlorn figure with an abandoned air. He really did look into my soul. We made this tremendous contact."

"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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Huh? i thought Lucas was good friends with Ant.
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Does that mean Daniels can't have an opinion of his own?

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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i would love to know what all the star wars actors consider their favorite of the 6...
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According to one special I saw, Hamill, Fisher, and Ford all love ESB. That was pre-prequel though.


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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
According to one special I saw, Hamill, Fisher, and Ford all love ESB. That was pre-prequel though.


and i think post-prequels too...

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No doubt, because they weren't in it.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
According to one special I saw, Hamill, Fisher, and Ford all love ESB. That was pre-prequel though.


and i think post-prequels too...


no question there...
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