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17/12/2015 GMT

Star Wars: C3PO's Story

BBC World Service - Witness History, Star Wars: C3PO's Story

The actor behind the galaxy's most famous protocol droid remembers the first Star Wars

Anthony Daniels, the actor who plays the galaxy's most famous protocol droid C3PO, remembers filming the first Star Wars movie in the mid-1970s.

In the mid-1970s, English classical actor Anthony Daniels was asked to audition for a role as a droid in a new science fiction film by a little-known Hollywood director. The film turned out to be Star Wars and the director, George Lucas. Star Wars went on to become one of the biggest blockbusters of all time; while Anthony Daniels turned C3PO into one of the most famous robots in cinema history.

(Photo: Anthony Daniels with C3PO. Credit: Associated Press)

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