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 orders that C-3PO's memories be erased to protect the twins from their father. Anthony Daniels again reprised the role of C-3PO in "", the first installment of the sequel trilogy, which was released on December 18, 2015. The film takes place thirty years after the events of "Return of the Jedi" and reunites many of the main cast from the original trilogy. Daniels has also signed to appear in the trilogy's two sequels. C-3PO is seen with a red painted left arm but gets a gold arm in the end of the film. He has been upgraded to seven million