RIP, R2D2

[C_Mucius_Scaevola]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/13/kenny-baker-r2-d2-dies-star-wars

He'll be remembered more for R2D2, but to me, his best role was Fidgit in Time Bandits. Kenny Baker died today, aged 81.

 

[thebeave]

There was a dude inside?

 

[C_Mucius_Scaevola]

Of course there was. It was 1977; "a dude inside" was cutting-edge technology back then.

 

[credoconsolans]

RIP.

Your character will be remembered forever, as long as celluloid exists. Too bad your face won't be remembered, but your character R2D2 will.

 

[thebeave]

Of course there was. It was 1977; "a dude inside" was cutting-edge technology back then.

Yes, I know. I was just joking. I always liked the R2 character, though it's ludicrous that R2 could travel through rocky and sandy desert terrain with tiny wheels for locomotion.

I think my favorite scene with R2D2 is at the end of Episode IV where R2 breaks up the formality of the awards ceremony by getting a little too excited when Luke gets his medal. At the 1:14 mark in the video:

 

[KeepTalking]

it's ludicrous that R2 could travel through rocky and sandy desert terrain with tiny wheels for locomotion.

Well, he used rockets to fly around in the prequels, but he seems to have forgotten about them by the time he met Luke.

 

[James Brown]

It can be hard to find rocket fuel on those out-of-the-way backwater planets.

 

[Playball40]

RIP Ar-too.