In this deeply personal memoir, Anthony Daniels recounts his experiences of the epic cinematic adventure that has influenced pop culture for more than 40 years. Inside the metal costume was an actor named Anthony Daniels. But C-3PO wasn’t an amazing display of animatronics with a unique and unforgettable voice-over. When Star Wars burst on to the big screen in 1977, an unfailingly polite golden droid called C-3PO captured imaginations around the globe. I have indeed now written a book - telling my story, in my voice, not his - recognising that our voices and our stories are inextricably intertwined.” My golden companion worries about such things - I don’t. “ The odds of me ever writing a book were approximately.Oh, never mind. Abrams and a selection of music from the Star Wars films, composed by John Williams. Including a foreword written and read by J.J. It gave me an insight into what some people suffer, a phobia.DK Audio presents the audiobook edition of I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story, written and read by Anthony Daniels. Suddenly my world had changed and I’m yelling, ‘Get me out! Get me out!’ And was off in seconds. “One day Salacious Crumb was chewing out Threepio’s eye, and I'm lying there on the floor and out of nowhere, I got something that I understand was claustrophobia.

Crumb tries to feast on C-3PO, Daniels suffered a panic attack as he lay horizontally - and helpless - in his suit. While filming the sequence at Jabba the Hutt’s palace where the monkey-lizard Salacious B. Though Daniels’s suit went through different iterations and became easier to wear over the years, he still faced difficult moments - none more daunting than a frightening episode on the set of 1983’s Return of the Jedi, the Star Wars sequel that celebrates its 40th anniversary later this month. “And, of course, in the making, I would stand there covered in this fiberglass stuff, and the itching afterward was horrific.”

The first time Daniels donned the costume, in Tunisia for 1977’s original Star Wars, “it was just awful, and it broke immediately, it was very fragile,” Daniels explained during a 2020 Role Recall interview in which he shared stories from all 11 adventures (watch below). When it comes to celebrating Star Wars Day, there’s no actor who can trump Anthony Daniels, who holds the astonishing distinction of being the only person to appear in all 11 movies.Īnd as the man behind the oft-bumbling protocol droid C-3PO, the 76-year-old British thespian did most of his work inside the incommodious confines of Threepio’s iconic gold-plated suit. Anthony Daniels, C-3PO (Getty Images, Everett Collection)

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