Ralph McQuarrie I still get fan mail — people wondering if I worked on "Episode I" or just wanting to have my autograph." McQuarrie's production painting of R2-D2 and C-3PO wandering in the desert on the planet Tatooine was the first to be completed. His early concept for C-3PO was visibly inspired by the Art Deco "Maschinenmensch" robot from Fritz Lang’s 1927 film "Metropolis". The painting had a particular impact on actor Anthony Daniels, who was about to turn down the part of C-3PO; ""He had painted a face and a figure that had a very wistful, rather yearning, rather bereft quality,
C-3PO the start of the film and Finn and Rose's mission on the Supremacy later on. At the end of the film, C-3PO has a brief reunion with "master" Luke Skywalker, who winks at him before confronting Kylo Ren. C-3PO makes a brief appearance alongside R2-D2 in "Rogue One", accompanying Rebel Alliance troops to Scarif alongside Princess Leia. C-3PO appears in Marvel's "Star Wars" comic series and accompanies Han Solo on a raid on an Imperial outpost in the miniseries "". After the events of "Return of the Jedi", he continues to serve Leia Organa in several novels including "". In