https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/13/kenny-baker-r2-d2-dies-star-wars
QuoteBaker and Shield's father, Ian, grew up in Birmingham. She said: "When he was a child, he was told that he probably wouldn't survive through puberty, being a little person in those times, they didn't have a very good life expectancy.
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You beat the odds Kenny, you really did. RIP.
RIP Kenny
QuoteThe film company that made the movies, 20th Century Fox, posted a photograph of C3PO standing next to Baker's Star Wars character, and wrote: "Rest in peace, Kenny Baker, the heart and soul of R2D2."
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RIP Kenny.
RIP
Kenny Baker, the actor inside R2-D2, has passed.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article95497227.html
RIP :(
Too bad. Sad story to hear. If I could make a Wookie howl of pain I would.
Quote from: Sir Slash on August 13, 2016, 09:33:17 PM
If I could make a Wookie howl of pain I would.
Step on a Lego while barefooted. You'll make that sound.
Quote from: mirth on August 14, 2016, 06:45:34 AM
Quote from: Sir Slash on August 13, 2016, 09:33:17 PM
If I could make a Wookie howl of pain I would.
Step on a Lego while barefooted. You'll make that sound.
I know right? Those small little things really hurt!
Anyway RIP. :(
Rest in peace, Kenny.
I learned the hard way... NEVER go barefoot when the Grandkids are over. Not only do you step on painful things but then you can't even yell, " MOTHER-F--KER" out loud. It's not fair.