35 Facts About C-3PO

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C-3PO or See-Threepio is a humanoid robot character in the Star Wars franchise who appears in the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy.

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In Star Wars, C-3PO is introduced to the audience when he and R2-D2 are aboard the consular ship Tantive IV when it is attacked by the Imperial Star Destroyer Devastator.

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When R2-D2 attempts to leave the ship to deliver a secret message from Princess Leia to Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO follows him into an escape pod, which lands on the planet Tatooine.

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When R2-D2 is damaged during the Battle of Yavin, a grief-stricken C-3PO offers to donate his own parts to help repair his counterpart.

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When R2-D2 is damaged in the Battle of Yavin, C-3PO offers to donate any mechanical parts helpful in his repair; but this transference is never confirmed.

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C-3PO accompanies the strike force to the Forest Moon of Endor to disable the shield generator protecting the second Death Star.

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Later that night, C-3PO narrates the history of the Rebel Alliance's fight against the Galactic Empire to the tribe, convincing them to help the Rebels at the Battle of Endor.

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C-3PO meets his future partner, R2-D2, along with Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, Queen Padme Amidala of Naboo, and Gungan Jar Jar Binks .

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Shortly afterwards, C-3PO becomes part of Anakin's pit crew, where he sees Anakin defeat Sebulba.

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C-3PO recognizes Anakin and Padme and presents them to Anakin's stepfamily, Owen and Cliegg Lars and Beru Whitesun .

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In Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, C-3PO is aware of Padme's pregnancy and, in a deleted scene, is present during a secret meeting held with Senators Bail Organa and Mon Mothma .

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C-3PO accompanies Padme to Mustafar, and witnesses Vader using the Force to choke her into unconsciousness; whereupon C-3PO and R2-D2 take her to safety.

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C-3PO is seen with a red left arm, but gets a gold arm at the end of the film.

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14.

C-3PO has been upgraded to seven million forms of communication.

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C-3PO celebrates the Sith Eternal's defeat with the rest of the Resistance at the end.

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C-3PO makes a brief appearance alongside R2-D2 in Rogue One, accompanying Rebel Alliance troops to Scarif alongside Princess Leia.

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C-3PO appears in Marvel's Star Wars comic series and accompanies Han Solo on a raid on an Imperial outpost in the miniseries Shattered Empire.

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C-3PO is a reluctant participant in many of Padme's adventures, including a hazardous mission during the Battle of Ilum, in which his loyalty is essential in helping Jedi Master Yoda rescue fellow Jedi Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee.

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C-3PO agrees to assist Han as a counselor droid; but is shocked when Han kidnaps Leia and takes her to Dathomir.

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C-3PO later discovers that Han's ancestor was merely "a pretender to the throne", but is present at Han and Leia's wedding.

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21.

In Dark Force Rising, C-3PO goes to Honoghr with Leia during the Thrawn Crisis to discover what had caused the plight of the Noghri.

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22.

C-3PO is forced to hide with Leia and Chewbacca when Imperial forces arrive overhead, but he later returns with Leia to Coruscant, where she gives birth to Jaina and Jacen Solo.

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C-3PO serves as caretaker to the twins, and later Anakin Solo as well.

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In Dark Apprentice, the Solo twins escape from Chewbacca's and C-3PO's watch during a trip to a zoo on Coruscant and arrive in the planet's sub-levels.

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In Vision of the Future, C-3PO participates in Talon Karrde's expedition to the Kathol Sector to find Jorj Car'das, serving as a translator.

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C-3PO disapproves of combat droids, once demanding to "have a serious talk with their programmer".

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27.

C-3PO tells them stories of Luke Skywalker's adventures, and they imagine the stories played out by members of their own alien race.

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Anthony Daniels did not initially agree to be cast as C-3PO, but changed his mind after reading the character's part in the script and seeing a concept painting by Ralph McQuarrie, who based his early design largely on Walter Schulze-Mittendorff's Maschinenmensch from the Fritz Lang film Metropolis .

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C-3PO has been played by Daniels in 11 Star Wars films—ten live action and one animated.

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30.

C-3PO voiced C-3PO in the radio drama adaptations of the original trilogy and five Star Wars animated series: Droids, Clone Wars, The Clone Wars, Rebels and Resistance .

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C-3PO reprised his role in The Lego Movie, in which has a cameo appearance with crew members of the Millennium Falcon, and in the Star Wars Forces of Destiny episode "Beasts of Echo Base", in which his voice can be heard on Leia's comlink.

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32.

C-3PO was featured with R2-D2, BB-8 and Chewbacca in Star Wars Blips.

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C-3PO was videotaped while recording the dialogue, with the tape serving as a reference for the Imagineers to program an audio-animatronic in the queue area.

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34.

C-3PO further speculated in his 2019 autobiography that an artist had painted in the extended appendage.

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35.

C-3PO was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in 2004 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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