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It was 35 years ago that Star Wars first premiered in theaters ... often forgetting that there was an actual human inside the Threepio costume. "It was kind of a lonely experience." Daniels details the limited range of movement and visibility ...  

 

 

Queen Amidala, Chewbacca, C-3PO, Slave Leia, Jawas and other Star Wars characters danced to LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It," at the 2012 Dance-Off with the Star Wars Stars at Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios. LMFAO's dancing robot was also present. Attractions Magazine has longer 23 minute video of all the dancing at the event here. Take a look: Permalink | Recent Headlines | Facebook | Our News Feeds  

#starwars In 1977, just as Star Wars was taking over the planet, a series of trading cards was released featuring characters and photos from the movie. Not all of them were grabs from the actual film, though. Some were just taken on set. More »  

The Topps Star Wars # 207 C-3PO trading card from 1977 appears to show the golden robot with a golden rod. There is a question of how this legendary blooper card was published: some say it was a disgruntled artist that added in the “error” and some say that the official word is that it [...]  

Batteries for modern androids are already a big bottleneck, but consider the needs of a mobile sentient supercomputer like C-3P0. Dot Physics blogger Rhett Allain figures out just how much battery capacity this world-famous robot would need.  

In 1977, just as Star Wars was taking over the planet, a series of trading cards was released featuring characters and photos from the movie. Not all of them were grabs from the actual film, though. Some were just taken on set. Like this one, of C-3PO.  

Ditto goes for Star Wars paraphernalia, such as a 1977 Topps trading card, in which a stray piece of costuming ... as Topps nixed this particular card once absolutely everyone — save the living caricature of a sleepy Old West sheriff who was mysteriously ...  

Luke Skywalker initiates a plan to rescue the frozen Han Solo from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt (Larry Ward) with the help of Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. R2 and 3PO arrive first acting as Jabba's servants with Leia dressed ...  

Luke Skywalker initiates a plan to rescue the frozen Han Solo from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt (Larry Ward) with the help of Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. R2 and 3PO arrive first acting as Jabba's servants with ...  

He was motioning towards me with his gangly arms, coaxing the thoughts out of me. "Dance like C-3PO, dance like C-3PO," I kept muttering to myself. You see, I had to project to him, as hard as I possibly could, the word "robot", which had been written down ...  

If the word "robot" conjures up for you machines with two eyes and four limbs, it's time to look again. The robots having a commercial impact today have little to do with C-3PO, Terminator, Rosie the maid, or other humanoid robots from popular ...  

Star Wars Burlesque: The Empire Strips Back plays at the Civic Theatre on Friday, April 13, at 8pm. Tickets: $65. Bookings: Civic Ticketek, 4929 1977. A LONG time ago in a galaxy not so far away a stage producer called Russall Beattie came up with the idea ...  

Luke Skywalker initiates a plan to rescue the frozen Han Solo from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt (Larry Ward) with the help of Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. R2 and 3PO arrive first acting as Jabba's servants with ...  

In less than 2 month’s time, Star Wars would have debuted in movie theaters 35 years ago.  Yes, it’s been that long since this iconic space saga began.  It’s hard to believe that a 35-year old film still out classes the newer, more expensive ones.  

Luke Skywalker initiates a plan to rescue the frozen Han Solo from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt (Larry Ward) with the help of Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. R2 and 3PO arrive first acting as Jabba's servants with Leia dressed ...  

Luke Skywalker initiates a plan to rescue the frozen Han Solo from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt (Larry Ward) with the help of Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. R2 and 3PO arrive first acting as Jabba's servants with ...  

Luke Skywalker initiates a plan to rescue the frozen Han Solo from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt (Larry Ward) with the help of Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. R2 and 3PO arrive first acting as Jabba's servants with ...  

Luke Skywalker initiates a plan to rescue the frozen Han Solo from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt (Larry Ward) with the help of Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. R2 and 3PO arrive first acting as Jabba's servants with Leia dressed ...  

Luke Skywalker initiates a plan to rescue the frozen Han Solo from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt (Larry Ward) with the help of Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. R2 and 3PO arrive first acting as Jabba's servants with Leia dressed ...  

Luke Skywalker initiates a plan to rescue the frozen Han Solo from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt (Larry Ward) with the help of Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. R2 and 3PO arrive first acting as Jabba's servants with Leia dressed ...  

Luke Skywalker initiates a plan to rescue the frozen Han Solo from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt (Larry Ward) with the help of Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. R2 and 3PO arrive first acting as Jabba's servants with ...  

The new application developed by "LeavingStone" - "Twittus," attempts to stand up for its right to serve humanity with a voice of C-3PO, wit of HAL9000, tenacity of R2-D2, functionality of JARVIS, and loyalty of Sancho Panza. Idea and Philosophy behind ...  

No Alliance encryption. Key. Then to face of the curse, then surprised. "You want to buy a. Whistle. C-3PO what. She was listening. " "Yeah, from the Republic," Leia frowned. "Sensors, no barrier that detected their greatest priority," Shimrra faced.  

These nomads purposely travel in single file, to conceal their numbers. On the desert planet Tatooine, a moisture farmer named Owen Lars buys a pair of droids named R2D2 and C3PO. He leaves the droids in the charge of his nephew Luke Skywalker, but when ...  

The singer - who was 25 when he died - can be seen rapping in front of Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, R2-D2 and C-3PO in a random 50-second piece of movie-music gold. The collaboration is thanks to the handy work of YouTube genius Seth Ward, who merged ...  

The Jedi master is one of only four characters to appear in all six "Star Wars" films, along with Anakin Skywalker, R2-D2, and C-3PO. English actor Alec Guinness portrayed the character in the original "Star Wars" trilogy and Ewan McGregor, a Scottish-born ...  

It brings back memories of when you saw the films.” Items on displays include a variety of costumes worn by characters such as Chewbacca, Han Solo, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Yoda, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Visitors will be able to view ...  

I don't know which wacky re-cut version of Star Wars they've been watching, but I saw the original when I was about six years old and even then I was struck by how outrageously camp C3PO is. He was a gilded John Inman in space. And what about Luke Skywalker?  

Musk later told reporters: "I feel very lucky ... For us, it's like winning the Super Bowl." http://www.spacex.com http://www.nasa.gov/offices/c3po/home/ http://www.celestis.com/ This time, the Falcon's nine engines kept firing all the way through liftoff.  

Yes, that is Han Solo. And yes, he is doing a video game version of shaking his thing while C-3PO and R2D2 look on in obvious droid horror. The above screen shot and the YouTube video below, found via Geekologie, come from one of the features on ...  

The "Ohh-motional Vehicle Problem," according to Reed Division 1 Vehicle Team B coach D.J. Ledina, whose team called itself "Team C3PO," challenged the Odyssey of the Mind teams to create an eight-minute performance surrounding a vehicle of the ...  

As read by celebrated physicist Stephen Hawkins, this bit of smut would make C3PO blow a gasket and cause the HAL-9000 to shout out, "Dave," again and again and again. Listen to the excerpt below and decide for yourself. Oh. And don't forget to ...  

The special bottles bear a gold cap and graphics of Star Wars's R2-D2 and C-3PO characters. In April, they are available ony at participating 7-Elevens; in May and June they will be available in all retail outlets that sell 1-liter sizes of Brisk.  

In honor of the anniversary, special figurines of R2-D2 and C-3PO will be available for purchase by fans. The collectables, released exclusively by Lucasfilm Ltd, can be viewed here. Only 35 figurines will be released by Lucasfilm to mark the ...  

The challenge is to build one that can do them all. But if you’re imagining a C3PO type humanoid robot, robotics experts say: think again. The most successful robots probably won’t look much like you or I. “Analogs to animals such as spiders ...  

http://www.spacex.com http://www.nasa.gov/offices/c3po/home/ Tuesday is the earliest that SpaceX can try again to send its cargo-laden Dragon capsule to the space station. The California-based company - formally known as Space Exploration ...  

"[Voice actors] will be reading Star Wars segments but in the voices of characters that they do, so they will do Chewbacca let's say in the voice of Raphael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or do C3PO as Bender, the bending robot."  

Some of the more popular clues have been: “One of our upcoming guests wears gold.” “An April guest shared a stage with C3PO (and, no, it’s not R2D2).” “In June we will have ‘Dinner with the Smileys’ with a 37-foot tall monster an ...  

Jesus Christ how the fuck did such a thing get approved by Disney bovURVN  

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From CNET News: Robotics is heating up but the shape and function of todays robots are the polar opposite of humanoid robots from popular culture. Read the whole article  

Update: We've been told the Kinect section that's blank for us is meant to display R2D2 and C3PO with a speech bubble or something to that effect. If you don't see anything, try reinstalling the app.  

C-3PO himself, Anthony Daniels, talks to "Captain Cosmic" about shooting the Star Wars Holiday Special in this video from 1978.