An Alec Guinness Reference Was Cut from the C-3PO Cameo in STAR WARS: AHSOKA

Star Wars: Ahsoka featured a brief but fun cameo appearance by Anthony Daniels as C-3PO in the seventh episode of the series. He shows up to offer some assistance to Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) during a courtroom scene where she finds herself in a sticky situation.

Well, during a panel at Orlando's MEGACON, Daniels revealed that he snuck in a little Alec Guinness reference from Star Wars: A New Hope that was ultimately cut from the scene.

Daniels began, saying: "About a year ago or whatever, suddenly [Lucasfilm] rang me up and said, would I be in an episode of Ahsoka. I was thrilled to be asked, and I had the most wonderful time out there in Southern California, it was a beautiful studio. It's got to be the best episode of Ahsoka ever, just saying. Threepio comes in, and there's a large courtroom scene going on. And here, I did something rather clever."

He continued, "Dave Filoni and I had a script conference on Zoom. Basically, the scene was Threepio walks in, says something, and then walks out. If you ever watch that scene again, Threepio comes in at the back of the set, and there were two guards. I came up with a line, which I totally stole from Episode IV with Sir Alec Guinness. I tell the guards, 'You don't need to see my identification.' That was a straight steal."

That would’ve been a fun line, but I understand why it was ultimately cut. It was just a little too on the nose.

Daniels had a great time on the production and previously shared: “Never thought Threepio would have the honour to appear in the rightly lauded, Ahsoka. So we were both surprised to get a call from the Master himself, Dave Filoni. And then, there we were, enveloped by the utterly compelling FX of The Volume. And there they were, the dedicated crew and the cast of lovely and talented humans, and droids. 3PO and I have rarely had such an enthusiastic welcome, nor such loving support throughout our days on set. I hear that fans were moved to tears by seeing their golden friend, once again on screen. I was equally moved by the surprise ovation from the assembled team, as I finally emerged from that iconic figure. Maybe this is a good time to thank them and so many millions, for the love they have shown my friend over so many years. So… on his behalf… Thank you.”

I imagine this won’t be the last that we see of C-3PO. I just have no idea when or where the droid will show up next.

Via: PopVerse