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In 1980, when Meco was there recording Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Christmas Album, Tony Bongiovi recommended him for the song " R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas.
R2-D2 was played by Kenny Baker.
George Lucas's creation of R2-D2 was influenced by Akira Kurosawa's 1958 feature film The Hidden Fortress ( USA release 1962 ), particularly Tahei and Matakishi, the two comic relief characters that serve as sidekicks to General Makabe.
In the original Star Wars films, there were two R2-D2 models, one that was remote controlled and rolled on three wheeled legs, and another which was worn by Kenny Baker and walked on two legs.
R2-D2 was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in 2003.
" He recalled how his then four-year-old daughter announced she was in love with R2-D2, and then confessed his own affections for the droid: "... there is something about him that makes you feel great affection for him.
In this appearance, the three-legged remote controlled R2-D2 was used.
C-3PO was the property of the captain on the Tantive IV, but seems to follow R2-D2 in a relationship akin to those between human children ; C-3PO often following R2-D2 around, and R2-D2 needing C-3PO to translate for him.
After Anakin and R2-D2 return from Anakin's massacre of the Jedi, C-3PO and R2-D2 conclude that the latter was the result of emotional pressure on Anakin.
* John Stears ( 1934-1999 ), Oscar-winning creator of James Bond's Aston Martin DB5, Star Wars robots R2-D2 and C-3PO, and the Jedi Knights ' lightsabers, among other special effects ), was born in Uxbridge.
Jabba himself was an important card, as was the new version of R2-D2 ( Artoo ), but on the whole this set was seen as being fairly weak, especially from a tournament perspective, by players who complained that there were simply too many aliens that had little or no competitive use.
In series 2 and 3, he became an aspidistra atop an elegant plant stand ; he could move around the room and roared and shook when he was angry ( the Rangdo was controlled by Kenny Baker, who was also responsible for R2-D2 ).
Chasing Amy star Dwight Ewell was considered a possible choice for voice actor, giving L-Ron a ' gay R2-D2 ' persona.
Despite the mechanical owl Bubo's similarities to the droid R2-D2 of the 1977 film Star Wars, Harryhausen claimed that Bubo was created before Star Wars was released.
Star Wars: Droids, also known as Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO, was an animated television series that featured the exploits of R2-D2 and C-3PO, the droids who have appeared in all six Star Wars films.

R2-D2 and designed
McQuarrie designed many of the film's characters, including Darth Vader, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO and drew many concepts for the film's sets.

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The term " droid ", coined by George Lucas for the original Star Wars film and now used widely within science fiction, originated as an abridgment of " android ", but has been used by Lucas and others to mean any robot, including distinctly non-human form machines like R2-D2.
She is finally rescued by Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, the Wookiee Chewbacca, and the two droids, R2-D2 and C-3PO.
The character appeared on television several weeks later, animated by Nelvana Studios for The Star Wars Holiday Special ( 1978 ) as a mysterious figure who betrays Luke Skywalker ( voiced by Mark Hamill ) after saving him, Chewbacca, C-3PO ( voiced by Anthony Daniels ), and R2-D2 from a giant monster, only to be revealed as a bounty hunter working for Darth Vader.
In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, both R2-D2 and C-3PO are introduced on board the Tantive IV, along with Princess Leia of Alderaan, when they are fired upon by an Imperial Star Destroyer.
R2-D2 and C-3PO are then abducted by Jawas and bought by Owen Lars, step-uncle of Luke Skywalker.
Soon, by way of fate, Luke is forced to leave Tatooine with Obi-Wan, Han Solo, and Chewbacca, and they attempt to deliver R2-D2 to the Rebel Alliance.
C-3PO ( played by Anthony Daniels ) and R2-D2 ( played by Kenny Baker ) are the only characters portrayed by the same actor in all six films.
In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope C-3PO is introduced to the audience in the opening scenes of the film, wherein C-3PO and R2-D2 are aboard the consular ship Tantive IV when it is attacked by Darth Vader ’ s Star Destroyer Devastator.
There, C-3PO and R2-D2 are captured by Jawas and taken to be sold.
After successfully escaping Vader's flagship Executor, C-3PO is fully repaired by R2-D2.
In the midst of the battle, C-3PO is attacked by Salacious Crumb, who pulls out his right photoreceptor before being driven off by R2-D2.
When he, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 are captured by the Ewoks, C-3PO is perceived to be a god by the latter.

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The program also features many other Star Wars characters, including Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader and Princess Leia Organa ( who sings the film's " theme song ", set to the music of John Williams ' Star Wars theme, near the end ).
John Stears ( August 25, 1934-June 28, 1999 ) known as ' the Dean of Special Effects ' and ' The Real Q ' was an Academy Award winning special effects expert, who created James Bond's lethal Aston Martin DB5, Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder, the Jedi Knights ' lightsabers, the endearing robots R2-D2 and C-3PO as well as a host of other movie gadgets and special effects.

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As well, he also does sound effects and character voices like Count Dracula ( as a Spanish Radio DeeJay ), Droopy Dog, Chris Rock, Jimi Hendrix, Tony Montana, R2-D2, Kermit the Frog, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ozzy Osbourne, Ricky Martin, Dennis Hopper, Aladdin, George Clooney, Dennis Haysbert, Anthony Sullivan, Christopher Walken, and Mr. Magoo.

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Unknown to Vader, the young senator has hidden the plans inside the Astromech droid R2-D2 and has sent it to find Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi on the nearby planet of Tatooine.
R2-D2 cuts her loose, and after Luke boards the sailbarge, he rescues Leia.
Leia is sent to Alderaan with R2-D2 and C-3PO and her adoptive parents, Bail and Breha Organa, where the Jedi believe she will be safe from the newly-declared Galactic Empire.
In The Unseen Queen, R2-D2 suffers some severe malfunctions and shows Luke a holoclip of his father and a pregnant woman, whom Luke learns is his and Leia's real mother, Padmé Amidala.
Later, it plays as R2-D2 plays her holographic message to Obi-Wan Kenobi.
In the ensuing evacuation of Cloud City, he helps Leia, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO escape.
He takes his first steps toward his destiny when he finds two droids, C-3PO and R2-D2, the latter of whom is carrying a message for Obi-Wan Kenobi, known to Luke as the hermit old Ben Kenobi.
Astromech droids such as R2-D2 communicate through an information-dense language of beeps and whistles known as Binary ; devices exist that can translate this language into Basic.
Along with Anakin Skywalker ( Darth Vader ), R2-D2 and C-3PO, he is one of only four characters to appear in all six Star Wars films.
Suddenly, R2-D2 plays a message from Princess Leia Organa ( Carrie Fisher ) that pleads for Obi-Wan Kenobi to get the droid to her father on Alderaan.
R2-D2 ( phonetically spelled Artoo-Detoo, and called " R2 " or " Artoo " for short ) is a robot character in the Star Wars universe.
An astromech droid ( referred to in the novel as a ' theromcapsulary dehousing assisster '), R2-D2 is a major character in all six Star Wars films.
Both the original props of R2-D2 and C-3PO used in filming are used as audio-animatronics in the queue area of Disneyland's Star Tours ride.
Leia jams inside an opening in R2-D2 an information disc containing the plans for the Death Star battle station, along with encoding a distress message on the droid's holographic projector.
R2-D2 delivers the plans to the Rebel Alliance, and becomes Luke's astromech droid during the attack on the station.

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