Having been sidelined for much of the Sequel Trilogy, C-3PO played a rather key role in the plot of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the beloved droid undergoing a memory wipe in order to translate the inscription of a Sith dagger which ultimately leads the Resistance heroes to the resurrected Emperor Palpatine.
However, actor Anthony Daniels has revealed to IGN that much of his scenes as Threepio ended up on the cutting room floor as J.J. Abrams shaped the insanely-packed movie in post-production:
“There’s an awfully lot of editing after you’ve finished filming, so C-3PO’s role was even sweeter and broader than that,” said Daniels. “But some of those niceties have to go because there’s so much in that film already, it’s almost two films in one, as you know. I was a little sad about that, particularly his relationship with Poe, played by the wonderful Oscar Isaac. That was just so sweet and so funny, because Poe was always kind of irritated by C-3PO, but in a nice way.”
While The Rise of Skywalker brought the curtain down on the Skywalker Saga, it remains to be seen whether we’ve seen the last of Daniels as C-3PO and we certainly can’t discount the possibility of a cameo in the Cassian Andor Disney+ series or something similar.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker sees J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) directing a cast that includes Star Wars veterans Daisy Ridley (Rey), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), John Boyega (Finn), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux), Kelly Marie Tran (Rose Tico), Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), Billie Lourd (Lieutenant Connix), Greg Grunberg (Snap Wexley), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian), Ian McDiarmid (Emperor Palpatine) and Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa) as well as new additions Naomi Ackie (Lady Macbeth), Richard E. Grant (Logan), Dominic Monaghan (Lost), and Keri Russell (The Americans).
