RIP Kenny Baker/R2D2

[Hedji]

Glad I had the chance to meet him a couple years ago and get a pic signed. His role in bringing life to Artoo should never be diminished or downplayed. In the last 4 recently produced Star Wars films, you could see there was less Kenny in the performance, and it suffered for it. The wobbling, two-legged Artoo gave so much character to what could just be a lifeless remote control robot. What a cool man. This loss is keenly felt, as he is the first major player from the "younger" generation of the original cast to pass away.

I like this pic in particular:

[Mikey]

Was he in Time Bandits ?

RIP

[jwyblejr]

^Yup. Also saw the cool tweet yesterday from Mark Hamill saying how Kenny was the droid he was looking for.