C-3PO as Star Wars villain? Rise Of Skywalker director and cast respond to fan conspiracy theory

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C-3PO every bit Star Wars villain? Rising Of Skywalker director and cast respond to fan conspiracy theory

CNA Lifestyle was in Tokyo for the pic's Asian press junket – and JJ Abrams, writer Chris Terrio and Threepio legend Anthony Daniels himself weighed in on the legacy of the most famous protocol droid from a galaxy far, far away.

C-3PO as Star Wars villain? Rise Of Skywalker director and cast respond to fan conspiracy theory

C-3PO, played past Anthony Daniels, has been in all Star Wars movies nether the Skywalker saga. (Photo: Disney)

12 Dec 2022 05:21PM (Updated: 08 Jul 2022 05:01PM)

When beloved and bumbling droid C-3PO'southward optics showed up Sith lightsaber cerise in the special trailer of The Rise Of Skywalker (TROS) at Disney's D23 Celebration back in Baronial, many started speculating whether the loyal protocol droid had turned to the Nighttime Side.

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Subsequently all, the iconic character has appeared in all 9 of the Star Wars "Skywalker saga" films, only i of two who has done so (the other existence R2-D2, of form).

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker'southward cast and coiffure (from left) Anthony Daniels, John Boyega, JJ Abrams, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Katherine Kennedy and Chris Terrio, together with characters R2-D2 and BB-8, at the movie'south press briefing held in Tokyo on Dec 12, 2019. (Photograph: Genevieve Loh)

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So nosotros decided to ask Anthony Daniels himself – the franchise veteran who's played the iconic Threepio since 1977'due south A New Hope – what he thought about the crazy fan theories going around that dark C-3PO is the true villain of the unabridged saga.

Has C-3PO really turned to the dark side on Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker? (Photo: Disney)

"Well, he has been the thread all the mode through and there'south been darkness all the style through. And the fact that he's gold, brilliant and shining may be a disguise! " Daniels told CNA Lifestyle with a cheeky grin.

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker'due south Anthony Daniels, John Boyega and managing director JJ Abrams in Tokyo. (Photo: Genevieve Loh)

He added: "I beloved the inventiveness of the fans. Star Wars is all about inspiration. And the fans come up with ideas, and I see them on the cyberspace, that even Chris (Terrio, TROS writer) and JJ (Abrams, TROS director and co-writer) couldn't even think about. Some of them are quite interesting."

"Simply you'll just have to look and see, won't you?" the 73-twelvemonth-quondam role player teased.

Franchise veteran Anthony Daniels who plays C-3PO at the Star Wars: The Ascent of Skywalker Press Conference in Tokyo ( Photo: The Walt Disney Visitor)

So with a Star Wars fanbase as dedicated, passionate and involved as they are, what do Abrams and Terrio brand of all the conspiracy fan theories out there? And were there any extraordinary ones that they might have considered putting in the terminal film?

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"All the fourth dimension, we talked about and discussed unlike fan theories that we heard out there," said Terrio. "And we were always sort of interested. Some of them were really crazy and adept.  We didn't use any of them though…"

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He continued: "JJ and I are, outset and foremost, Star Wars fans (ourselves). We're in dialogue with each other every bit writers, yes. But too equally fans, we are in dialogue with each other."

And every bit a card-carrying Star Wars fan, Terrio wanted to make his feelings about Daniels' C-3PO clear.

"What I would like to say, but haven't been able to say before is this: It'due south all been about our friend Anthony Daniels," he said. "Y'all said he's been a graphic symbol in the saga all the manner through. And that has truly been an inspiration for me and JJ to write for this man."

Writer Chris Terrio and C-3PO histrion Anthony Daniels share a moment while Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy looks on, at the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Press Conference In Tokyo. ( Photo: The Walt Disney Visitor)

"The first motion picture I always saw was Render Of The Jedi. And his phonation has been in my head always since I could talk," said Terrio. "And one of the saddest things about catastrophe this procedure is that I don't go to write the word "Threepio" and write some lines under that once more. And I know JJ shares in that sentiment because (Daniels) is the heart and soul of Star Wars here and we're so lucky to have worked with him."

For Abrams, there is no question nearly how much a "legend" Anthony Daniels is, and he spared no expense in paying tribute to the human being within the droid costume.

Managing director JJ Abrams at the Star Wars: The Rising of Skywalker' Printing Conference In Tokyo. (Photo: The Walt Disney Company)

"The truth is, because he's hidden and because he's in costume, (it's all in) his concrete performance," said Abrams. "It's Anthony'due south vocalization.  (He is) the showtime character that we ever met in Star Wars and the way into the story. He is the character that allowed us to laugh and made us realise the tone instantly.

He continued: "And he did and so with his face up hidden, which is incredibly hard to do. Then I don't recall enough tin be said nearly what it is that (Anthony Daniels) has brought. And how much we probably, have just taken for granted, considering (he's) so adept."

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker opens in cinemas on Dec nineteen.

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