LONDON. British actor Kenny Baker, famous for embodying the droid R2-D2 in the fantasy saga “Star Wars” has died at age 83 after a long illness, reports the Guardian.
The family of Baker, who played for the first time R2-D2 in 1977, was announced the death in a statement published in the British newspaper.
“We had hoped, but sad all forms. He lived a long and full life, and managed to make many people happy. It was a very dear person in the world and we are proud of everything we achieved throughout his life, “said his niece, Abigail Shield .
” When I was little they told not reach puberty and end lived a full life. In recent years he was sick, so I expected (the time of his death). One of his nephews found Saturday morning, “continued Shield.
Baker, only 112 centimeters tall, gave birth to the iconic R2-D2 in six of the seven films in the series Star Wars -only actor Anthony Daniels (C3PO) has been in all-. He was also known for his roles in other films of the 80s as The Elephant Man , Time Bandits , Amadeus and Flash Gordon .
Mark Hamill , the actor who played Luke Skywalker, reminded Baker on his Twitter with a photo in black and white both of them. “I loved his optimism and determination. He was the robot that I was looking for, “Hamill wrote.
The producer 20th Century Fox released a photograph of character Baker, next to another robot, C3PO, with the words” Rest in peace, Kenny Baker ., body and soul of R2-D2 “
the actor came in a wheelchair to the European premiere of the latest film in the series, Star Wars: the Awakening Force , which it was mentioned in the credits. “Unfortunately I was too ill to participate in the new Star Wars movies,” Shield told Sky News
The latest installment Rogue One. A story of Star Wars will hit theaters in December.
However, his costar Anthony Daniels , who plays his robot friend C3PO, who paradoxically maintained a tense relationship for decades, he said that in fact the interpreter was never in the recording studio.
British actor Ewan McGregor , who starred in all three films in the series filmed from late 1990 wrote on Twitter: “I’m sorry. It was very nice to work with Kenny. “
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