Star Wars (film) inspired by the silver female robot Maria, the "Maschinenmensch" from Fritz Lang's 1927 film "Metropolis". The film was originally released in 1977 with the title ""Star Wars"". The subtitles "Episode IV" and "A New Hope" were only added to the opening crawl in subsequent re-releases. Official sources state that the change was made at the theatrical re-release of April 10, 1981. The retroactive addition of these subtitles was intended to bring the film into line with the introduction to its sequel, "The Empire Strikes Back", which was released in 1980 bearing the designation ""Episode V"". Lucas has claimed to have
C-3PO in post-production. For "Episode II", Daniels requested to take over the puppeteering duties, but these scenes were later deleted. In Episodes "II" to "VIII" and "Rogue One", Daniels both wore the costume and provided the voice. Daniels also played C-3PO in the live-action segments of "Star Wars Holiday Special", while only voicing the character in the animated portion. He also voiced C-3PO in the four "Star Wars" animated series "", "", "" and "Star Wars Rebels" as well as in the radio drama adaptations of the original trilogy. He reprised his role in "The Lego Movie", where C-3PO has a