Kenny Baker passes away at age 81

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Staggerwing

August 13, 2016, 01:50:16 PM
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.




You beat the odds Kenny, you really did. RIP.


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steve58

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August 13, 2016, 02:05:09 PM
RIP Kenny
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mirth

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August 13, 2016, 02:26:45 PM
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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OJsDad

#3
August 13, 2016, 03:29:44 PM
RIP Kenny.
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bob48

#4
August 13, 2016, 03:34:24 PM
RIP
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#5
August 13, 2016, 04:55:03 PM
Kenny Baker, the actor inside R2-D2, has passed.


http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article95497227.html
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Gusington

#6
August 13, 2016, 04:56:38 PM
RIP :(
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Sir Slash

#7
August 13, 2016, 09:33:17 PM
Too bad. Sad story to hear. If I could make a Wookie howl of pain I would.
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mirth

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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.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

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W8taminute

#9
August 14, 2016, 08:59:08 AM
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.   :(
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Greybriar

#10
August 14, 2016, 09:47:11 AM
Rest in peace, Kenny.
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#11
August 14, 2016, 10:14:30 PM
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.
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.
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