I actually made a thread about this, and the whole 1977 “interview”, a few years ago, and I wouldn’t put too much faith in anything claimed in it. Turns out that Lucas tampered with that interview when it was printed in the “The Making of Star Wars” book in order to make it more compatible with the PT.
What’s interesting though, is that this version of Threepio’s origin was eventually canonized in a comic. So in Legends canon, Threepio was never actually created by Anakin, but rather just rebuilt.
Very interesting and thank you for sharing . one thing of note is that I have the 2nd edition of A Guide To The Star Wars universe by Bill Slavicsek from 1994 and for the entry on 3po , it does mention that he was built 112 years bby , I don’t remember if it mentioned Affa or a junk dealer though . I will have to dig all of my boks out of storage when I get the time , but I remember being surprised that 'ol Goldenrod had been around that long when I read that entry back in 94
That’s weird. I also have a copy of the 2nd edition of the “Guide to the SW Universe”, but I couldn’t find any mention of Threepio’s age or the planet Affa. Maybe you’re thinking of the 1st edition from 1984? I don’t have a copy of that book, but from what I’ve read it used a lot of information that was considered non-canon even by 1994. Then again, Threepio being from Affa was still canon after the PT, so it might have been removed from canon, then later re-canonized.
Either way, Slavicsek’s “Guide to the SW Universe” has some fascinating pre-PT entries, like Owen being Ben’s brother instead of being related to Anakin, etc. One of these days I really need to get a hold of both the 1st and 3rd edition and compare them to the one in the middle.