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6 unusual facts about C-3PO


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In The Black Fleet Crisis, Threepio accompanies Lando Calrissian, R2-D2, and Lando's associate Lobot to investigate the runaway alien ship Teljkon Vagabond; eventually to discover that the ship contains the last vestiges of the Quella civilization.

portrayer = Anthony Daniels (films, TV, Monopoly Star Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels and all other appearances)
Ross King (Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter)
Tom Kane (Various video games, Jedi Training Academy, Robot Chicken and Pink Five fan film series)
Chris Bartlett (guest appearance in A.N.T. Farm)

Clone Wars Adventures

Players can also unlock more droids like C-3PO by entering special game codes on the Clone Wars Adventures website home page.

Comic relief

In popular culture the character of C-3PO, featured in all six Star Wars films, is also considered to be used as comic relief.

Cynthia Breazeal

She also has a prominent role as a virtual participant in a popular exhibit on robots with the traveling exhibit, Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, interacting with a real C-3PO (voiced by Anthony Daniels as she spoke to the audience through a pre-recorded message displayed on a large plasma flat-screen display.

Sternocleidomastoid muscle

"Even C-3PO has it, in the form of little pistons on his neck. Watch Star Trek: The good guys always have them, and the bad guys don't. It's a classic alien designer trick," notes biologist and Hollywood anatomy consultant Stuart Sumida.


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Audio signal processing

The voice of C-3PO from Star Wars was created by taking the actor's voice and treating it with a phaser.

Languages in Star Wars

For the scene in which C-3PO speaks Ewokese, actor Anthony Daniels worked with Burtt and invented words, based on the Kalmyk recordings.

Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Samuel L. Jackson, Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Santa Claus, Goku, R2-D2, C-3PO, Jawa, the DeLorean, Tobias Fünke, and Pac-Man appear in the music video but are not mentioned in the lyrics.


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