the British actor Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in the first six films of the Star Wars saga, died on Saturday with 81 after a long illness.
his family confirmed the death of the actor, although his face was not well known, was part of the original cast mythical Star Wars .
Baker took role of companion robot Luke Skywalker in 1977, the first film Star Wars .
the actor did most of his appearances in the series . next to the character of C-3PO , played by Anthony Daniels, someone who never took very good
was then part of the next two episodes of the first trilogy: the empire Strikes back and return of the Jedi .
reappeared in chapters I, II and III of the series, which were released between 1999 and 2005.
in the last film of the Star Wars universe, the awakening of force (2015), Baker participated as an advisor.
Johnny Mans, Agent Baker said the actor was ill for a couple of years and was under the care of one of his nephews.
“ We will miss sadly ” Mans said.
Actor 1.12 meters high began his career as a circus clown and mime .
A detail that not many know is that Baker rejected initially paper l android R2-D2 .
protocol in an interview on its website web, the actor remembered what he said to the Star Wars creator George Lucas, this time “.? I do not want to be stuck in a robot why, for God’s sake.”
Baker said who agreed to join the cast of the Wars after would join Alec Guiness , Oscar winner and who would play the Jedi master Luke, Obi-Wan Kenobi .
“I thought, as Alec Guinness would be in the film, he knows more than I do about shooting. It should be a decent movie, otherwise it would not be in it,” he recalled.
the studio where Star Wars films were made, 20th Century Fox, tweeted an image of the robot with the message: “ Rest in peace, Kenny Baker, the heart and soul of R2-D2 “.
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