I like comedic 3PO too! Maybe another funny line could be played around with? I’m just iffy on this one because it make it seem like 3PO is going back on his decision to make this sacrifice.
For me, C-3PO occupies this great space between courageous and cowardly. He moans and complains and he needs constant cajoling; he suggests surrendering to the Empire when things get tough in ESB before Han switches him off, and constantly berates R2 for any suggestion of taking an active role. But at the same time, he never goes to pieces (other than literally, I suppose), and he actually does what’s needed of him - he walks up to Jabba’s Palace in ROTJ, he gets on the ship in AOTC, he bluffs to an Imperial officer on the Death Star, he walks through a blaze of stormtrooper fire on the Tantive IV.
He’s also quite vain and egotistical, but seems aware that what he’s saying is of limited use to the situations going on around him, which despite his large amount of knowledge, he’s constantly unequipped and unprepared to deal with (“Fine, go that way!”/“A transport! I’m saved!”). He’s basically a droid with anxiety, which is a great comedic device, but also a strangely compelling character concept.
Having his “final” act be a genuinely brave and heroic sacrifice, where he simultaneously starts to suggest some cockamamie plan to avoid it, is so utterly on-brand for him that it pulls my heartstrings in the exact right way.
Wait, is C-3PO actually my favourite character and I never realised it?
Also
- Add details to Kijimi to establish that it is revolting.
Digitally insert trash all over the streets, open sewage lines, add insert shots of people pinching their noses when they go outdoors.
Lol, isn’t the English language awful?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet digitally removed trash, graffiti, and grime from Paris for Amélie, just revert his changes back to his original footage and insert those shots. Simple.