C-3PO character on "Sesame Street" episodes 1364 and 1396 (along with R2-D2). Daniels initially did not agree to be cast as C-3PO but changed his mind after reading C-3PO's part in the script and seeing a concept painting by Ralph McQuarrie, who based his early design largely on Walter Schulze-Mittendorff's "Maschinenmensch" from the celebrated Fritz Lang film "Metropolis". Daniels appeared as C-3PO at the 50th Academy Awards in 1978 and 88th Academy Awards in 2016. During the development of "", C-3PO's left arm has been replaced with a red arm. The circumstances that caused it is told in Marvel's one-shot Star
C-3PO forms of communication. In the film, he is first seen along with Leia and a Resistance team, picking up Han, the stormtrooper Finn, BB-8, and Chewbacca on the planet Takodana. During their adventures, C-3PO is reunited with R2-D2, who is reactivated after having been shut off for years. Daniels reprised his role of C-3PO in "," which was released on December 15, 2017. C-3PO mostly serves as an assistant for Leia and, while she is unconscious, Poe Dameron; he spends much of the film voicing his concern over the protagonist's chances in missions such as the evacuation of D'Qar at