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: Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
2016-08-13 16:53:00

Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
2016-08-13 16:53:00

Mood: pensive

Moment of Silence: Kenny Baker

Kenny Baker, the performer who played R2-D2 in Star Wars, has passed away.

Since Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) has already given the best possible eulogy, I will simply echo his here: "He WAS the droid I was looking for!"

I grew up watching those movies, but I always had a different perspective than most people, and one of the things I loved about them was seeing droids -- artificial intelligences -- portrayed as people, even though they were often the butt of the joke. R2-D2 helped save the galaxy, and I think part of that was made possible because he looked like a garbage can and talked like a machine, so people overlooked him as a possible spy. We are the thorn in the foot, little buddy.

Tags: entertainment, moment of silence, news, science fiction

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rhodielady_47

August 13 2016, 23:04:17 UTC 4 years ago

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Sounds like he had a happy life: A good career, a wife and two kids, and millions of devoted fans.
:^}

siliconshaman

August 14 2016, 12:59:09 UTC 4 years ago Edited: August 14 2016, 13:01:47 UTC

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R2D2 was pretty much the secret head of the Resistance, or at the every least, it's spy-master.

Personally, I like Bakers work in Time Bandits more. He was a pretty darn good actor outside of the tin-can suit.