Anthony Daniels Explains How He Slipped a Nod to Alec Guinness Into ‘Ahsoka’
In a series that was packed full of returning characters and Star Wars cameos, perhaps the most surprising appearance in Ahsoka was that of C-3PO.
In Episode 7 of the series, C-3PO assists Hera Syndulla in a New Republic courtroom at the behest of Senator Leia Organa.
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3PO delivers a data transcript that shows that Leia had authorized Hera’s trip to Seatos.
Anthony Daniels’ Alex Guinness Tribute
At MEGACON in Orlando, Anthony Daniels, who has portrayed C-3PO since A New Hope, revealed that he was thrilled with the Ahsoka cameo.
Anthony Daniels. Photo: Also BBC
“About a year ago or whatever, suddenly [Lucasfilm] rang me up and said, would I be in an episode of Ahsoka. I was thrilled to be asked, and I had the most wonderful time out there in Southern California, it was a beautiful studio. It’s got to be the best episode of ‘Ahsoka’ ever, just saying,” Daniels revealed, “Threepio comes in, and there’s a large courtroom scene going on. And here, I did something rather clever.”
In a nod to his original trilogy co-star Alec Guinness, Daniels even slipped in a sly reference to Obi-Wan Kenobi in A New Hope.
Alec Guinness. Photo: Also Disney
“Dave Filoni and I had a script conference on Zoom. Basically, the scene was Threepio walks in, says something, and then walks out. If you ever watch that scene again, Threepio comes in at the back of the set, and there were two guards. I came up with a line, which I totally stole from Episode IV with Sir Alec Guinness. I tell the guards, ‘You don’t need to see my identification.’ That was a straight steal.”
Ultimately, however, the line was cut from the final episode.
Joining ‘Ahsoka’
Following his Ahsoka debut, Daniels took to social media to express his excitement about the cameo.
“Never thought Threepio would have the honor to appear in the rightly lauded, Ahsoka,” Daniels wrote. “So we were both surprised to get a call from the Master himself, Dave Filoni. And then, there we were, enveloped by the utterly compelling FX of The Volume. And there they were, the dedicated crew and the cast of lovely and talented humans, and droids.”
Anthony Daniels. Photo: Also BBC
With Ahsoka season 2 in the works, perhaps Daniels will get a chance to don his golden suit once again in the series.
