We’ll be sure to update you as the C-3PO comic moves forward and gets an eventual release date.
According to, this comic one-shot will apparently explain how the red arm came to be, and presumably will pay homage to the droid who sacrificed its equipment so that 3PO can continue to be helpful to the resistance. Rather than holding breath for years till Episode VIII is released, the protocol droid will be the focus of a canon comic book piece. So, what happened between Episode VI and VII. (Last time we saw him, in Return of the Jedi, he had two golden arms). Luckily buddy R2-D2 popped the head off and returned it to the golden body, showing another one of R2’s gadget’s that had apparently been unused in the original trilogy.įor those of us who were underwhelmed with the lack of explanation regarding C-3PO’s new arm, we luckily don't have to wait for too long. To many people’s surprise, in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, C3PO had a red arm. In a sequence that looked more like a video game stage than a battle, C-3PO’s head was accidentally attached to a battle droid’s body. George Lucas decided to take this to unfortunately cartoonish heights with a ridiculous moment in Attack Of The Clones. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This was first made evident when he was essentially destroyed in Empire Strikes Back and carried around in a pack by Chewbacca for the rest of the film. C-3PO is a droid programmed for etiquette and protocol, built by the heroic Jedi Anakin. Moviegoers have seen how utterly breakable C-3PO in past incarnations of Star Wars.
Especially with the resistance having to operate in secrecy for decades. If production on protocol droids of his model have halted, it must be hard for replacement parts to be found. 15, 2017 so he can help all the old and new heroes of the galaxy in his own special way.Due to the 30 year time jump in The Force Awakens, it makes sense that C-3PO is presumably an outdated droid. C-3PO is still out and about, landing mid-way through the film, fresh off Leias ship. Maybe he didn’t care that much about Omri and the crew as much. Although he's arguably been through the most traumatic experiences out of anyone in the Star Wars saga (blown up, torn apart, decapitated, memory wiped and his maker turning out to be Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader), it will be good to see him again, and not CG animated, when Episode VIII comes out on Dec. And thats why he shows back up in the Force Awakens. That said, I honestly didn’t realise until yesterday that C-3PO got his normal arm colour back by the end of The Force Awakens. So another mystery in The Force Awakens can finally be put to rest.
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It almost makes us wish that Abrams didn't give in to Anthony Daniel's request for his character to retain his all-gold look for his final shot in the movie as he waved goodbye to Rey and R2-D2. Built by Anakin Skywalker, C-3PO was designed as a protocol droid intended to assist in etiquette, customs, and translation, boasting that he is 'fluent in over six million forms of communication'. It is a touching story that shows another side of C-3PO apart from his comedic friendship with R2-D2. C-3PO or See-Threepio is a humanoid robot character in the Star Wars franchise who appears in the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy. When he is eventually rescued by Poe Dameron and BB-8, C-3PO attaches OMRI's red arm to replace his own to honor the fallen droid's bravery and sacrifice. C-3PO was released together with R2-D2 This is the first official C-3PO action figure which is based on Star Wars The Force Awakens None of the parts. In the Original Trilogy, even Chewbacca had a hand at helping rebuild him when he was blown up.īut in this Star Wars Special, the droids' predicament is looking so dire that in a last-ditch effort to ensure that C-3PO would be rescued, OMRI tells him the secret of Admiral Ackbar's location and braves the acid rain in order to reach an abandoned TIE fighter and send out a distress signal.Īs the acid rain pours down on him, OMRI's black First Order paint is stripped away to reveal a red undercoat before he dies.
He is, of course, used to getting torn limb from limb time and time again. A page about C-3PO in a companion book to The Force Awakens has recently leaked online, where some answers are given regarding the mysterious red arm. The two were on a Resistance ship but crash on a planet where, among other things, C-3PO's arm gets torn off him by a sea monster right before they seek shelter in a cave from a downpour of acid rain. In the comic, C-3PO reportedly accompanies OMRI, a black protocol droid from the First Order who is the only one who knows the secret of Admiral Ackbar's location.
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