Star Warsactor Kenny Baker, who famously played R2-D2, suffered from a long-term illness and passed away in August at the age of 81. Getty| Jon Kopaloff Ron Glass The actor best known for his roles inFireflyandBarney Millerdied in late November of respiratory failure.He was 71. ...
Remembering Kenny Baker, the fan-favorite actor who played R2-D2 in the original and prequel Star Wars trilogies.
Best-known for his post-bop recordings for Blue Note Records in the 1960s and 1970s, the inventive jazz vibraphonist played with a litany of jazz greats as both bandleader and sideman during a career spanning more than 50 years. He was 75.Full obituary (Scott Chernis / Associated Press) ...
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I've met the actors who played C-3PO, Darth Vader, and R2-D2. I've seen C-3PO so many times he knows me personally. If I had the chance to meet George Lucas it would be better than winning the Lottery. It's my one dream to meet him. I'd love to bring him here to show ...
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Is Disney cross-promoting? These are some of the important questions I have about the new movie. R2-D2 Although he'll be competing with the younger, cuter droid BB-8, R2 is still the droid after my own heart. Kenny Baker returns to portray him for the seventh time at ...
We see a haggard shell of a grizzled man perfectly played by the great Steve Zahn with equal measures of innocence, trauma, and curiosity seeing the silo's decrepit state. Will Billings mirror what happened with the sheriff's rebellion in Silo 17? Will Meadows become Bernard's sa...
Of course, I probably didn’t first see the episode until four or five years later, sometime around the age of 12 or 13, but I do remember that K9 almost instantly replaced R2-D2 as my number one childhood robot crush. Ever since then I dreamed of owning a really good K9 toy. ...
“Uber” has communication with Adam Driver’s Sith character, and a character played by Domhnall Gleeson. Serkis potentially is the Master pulling the strings from behind the scenes.4- All three characters are part of the new “Empire”which Gwendoline Christie’s character is also a part ...