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RIP Kenny Baker
14/08/16 21:40 Filed in: Link
Zulekha Nathoo, CBC News;
Kenny Baker, who played R2D2 in Star Wars, dead at 81
The former nightclub and circus performer appeared in the 1977 original movie as well as The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and the franchise's prequel trilogy.
Some people might be surprised to learn there was a human inside R2-D2, considering his dialogue amounted only to beeps and whistles.
"I worked the levers," he told the Associated Press in a 1985 interview.
Kenny Baker, who played R2D2 in Star Wars, dead at 81
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