Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew are reprising some of the most famous film roles, filming 2014-5, but although they will be seen their faces will never appear. They are, respectively, C-3PO, R2-D2 and which other character?
R2-D2 travels with Rey and Chewbacca to the planet highlighted on the map, where they find Luke in self-imposed exile. In the credits, Kenny Baker was credited as 'R2-D2 consultant,' while Jimmy Vee provided an uncredited portrayal in some scenes. R2-D2 appeared in "", with actor Jimmy Vee taking over the role from Kenny Baker, who retired from the role due to his age and health. Baker died in August 2016. R2-D2 has a brief but pivotal role in the film, reuniting with Luke aboard the "Millennium Falcon" and showing him Leia's distress message from the first film in a successful
R2-D2 the queue area of Disneyland's Star Tours–The Adventures Continue attraction. Although Kenny Baker is credited, Anthony Daniels (who portrays C-3PO) has stated that Baker did not film any scenes in "Revenge of the Sith". Baker himself has said he probably only appears in footage caught while shooting the previous two movies. For "The Force Awakens", producer Kathleen Kennedy hired two fans, Lee Towarsey and Oliver Steeples, to build new R2-D2 robots for the film, after being impressed by their working replicas that were brought to Star Wars Celebration Europe in 2013. R2-D2 was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame