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Love the fact that the light switch in the back is where Leia shuts 3P0 down in ESB... She hits the switch and when Anthony sees the lights go out he collapses! So simple and easy!!

You have to give it to Anthony Daniels for being such a thespian that he endured that costume for so long and in sometimes extreme conditions. I'm not claustrophobic, but man that takes quite the talent.

One of my "life moments" was when I was backstage at a SW event in a storm trooper costume (helmet off) ready to go on and I heard an unmistakable voice from my right rear. When I turned my head it was Anthony Daniels. We were both in awe looking at the sheer number of SW actors, producers, characters, and props mulling around within our shared view. I was struck that after many years being involved in the various projects, he was as wide eyed as I was to see this spectacle. Pretty cool to meet and chat with a legend one on one that day and that he picked me to chat with even though I was a regular guy.

Way back when Star Wars debuted, I was in 8th Grade. Our school dance that year was themed 'At the Movies', & my art class was tasked to produce the decor. I chose to reproduce a full-size 2D C-3PO & remember toiling for hours to get every minuscule detail correct. It looked really good, if I do say so myself. It makes me appreciate seeing this original from the next movie.

“It belongs in a museum!” 🤠

Anthony Daniels has a KZfaq about wearing this costumes. I seem to remember it's almost an hour long. But Anthony goes into detail about how he wore this costume and how it progressed through the films. It's real interesting. Must see. Also can I say what an unstanding guy Anthony is. Bravo to him for all his work.

Such a beautiful piece. And wow what fabulous condition it's in. C-3PO has always been one of my favorite characters in Star Wars.

Those narrow eyes explain the way he turns hid head in the films, and the he shuffles round to look at things

This is beautiful. Ive seen one of the suits in person and met Anthony Daniels, and the suit is an absolute masterpiece. The details you miss on screen that you see in-person give a whole different vibe to the character as a "machine"

So nervous when Adam is moving so animated with his hands... so worried he was gonna knock it off the stands :)

When I see C3PO, it always makes me think of Grant as well, since he and Anthony were the same size and Grant did many of C3PO's public appearances.

Props- literally and colloquially- to Anthony Daniels for SAVING all of these things! And saving them in a specific, intentional manner, such that they can be catalogued and identified! So amazing to have so much of the history of that character specifically- but also the history of that film franchise- all together in ONE PLACE: in the original actor's possession. I actually feel badly that it's being broken up by the auction process. I get it. Anthony- as much as we would wish he could- will not live forever. And this very important stuff is going to have to go somewhere. And it is impractical to hope that it would all stay together as a unit. The auction has to break it up, and different people will get to enjoy each having their own piece of Star Wars and pop culture history. And this stuff will change hands more than once, and some of it will get traded and sold from here to there, and some of it will get damaged, and some of it will be lost, or misplaced, or carelessly discarded by someone who doesn't know better. That is the fate of all artifacts, sad to say. Almost 50 years since 1977 is but a drop in the bucket of time; these treasures will (hopefully) be around for the 100th anniversary of the films, and beyond! I really hope that this particular head- which seems to have been so well preserved up to this point- will continue to be looked after and preserved for many more years to come. It deserves it.

What an absolutely iconic piece of movie history. I hope it ends up somewhere where people get to see it :)

Anthony Daniels is a global treasure and I'm so glad he held onto so many things that others would have just tossed, and that we get a chance to see it

A friend of mine was in charge of maintaining the Threepio costume for the prequels, and he told me once that the first one he got to paint up (the mismatched one in AOTC) was a previously used costume from the archives, rather than a newly cast one. I expect it was extra pieces from their stockpile rather than a hero version, or maybe it was TC-14 from TPM, but I don't know for sure.

I see Marty McFly's Hondo Chiquita Traveler guitar there in the background.

The character and legacy of C-3P0 Lives on and on, amazing.

You always take us to places we all wish we could be at. Thank you.

Love the Kudos to "Silent Running" ...that movie gets not enough recognition, seriously one the most human true sci fi movies ever, and Joan Baez score is also unforgettable.

I’m so happy you’re such a big fan of Star Wars! Stay blessed good sir!!!

We need a black Tested hoodie with those random "wires' at the elbows and nothing else other than a logo. IYKYK ;)

The original Picard chair from TNG is to the left of Adam and Wolverines Jacket to the right, what an auction I will unfortunately miss. C-3PO was and still is one of my favorite Star Wars characters. Adam, buy it, you know it would look amazing in the cave!

G,day Adam from Sydney Australia. You inspired me to repair a large fish made of fibreglass and painted. I used polystyrene foam board and glue to reproduce the missing parts. Thankyou sir. 🌏🇦🇺

Astonishingly cool! And I have added admiration for Mr Daniels for what he must have had to endure in the filming of all the Star Wars' he's done (to date! ;) ). As somebody who suffers from claustrophobia, I have NO IDEA how he managed to not completely freak out being locked inside that head, let alone the rest of the costume pieces too. Amazing! Such an incredible piece of film history. Now, where's that Lotto ticket?!!

I have done some extensive research on the subject, and can now confidently confirm that Adam Savage is, in fact, the world's coolest guy.

Adam's hands are flying around this rare piece of movie history. I wonder if the curator was freaking out?

I always saw the 'gonk' droids in Star Wars as coming from the 'Silent Running' Huey, Dewey and Louie.

I never really considered how dorky C3PO actually looks. He looks like a classic 1950's futurism robot. He literally has car headlight eyes. Somehow, this is considered one of the quintessential faces of Star Wars, and they're right, it is.

insane piece.. propstore always has the best

Very cool to see this original part of Anthony Daniels' costume! I also love the reference to the robot in "Metropolis" and the similarity to C-3PO.

Well done !! Very Awesome build. You could just use it where you set it, just open it up and go. Very nice

And to think, C3P0 was supposed to be a rough New York cab driver type. So much of Star Wars was the magic that others created around George, despite his best efforts to make it terrible.

I hope the C-3P0 parts aren't bought by Jawas. Oh, Artoo, that would be dreadful!

I love the 3PO stuff, but it’s Captain Picard’s captain’s chair behind them!

Great show, Luke. You are the best at what you do.😊

Regarding the heat inside that costume, at least it has a high albedo. Reflecting a lot of the light that hits it reduces the amount that penetrates as heat. It still looks hot as fcuk.

I once crossed Daniels and Prowse in a parking lot after they had done a whole day in costume at the BX in Lackland AFB in Texas back in 81. I was told that C3PO and Darth Vader were going to be there, the place was going to be full of kids, no eyeballing the Moms! Was impressed with the costumes, thought the USAF spares no expense! Only after a few minutes did I recognize David from A Clockwork Orange and realized it was them in their movie costumes.

Ayyyy! Perfect timing!

Awesome! I'd absolutely LOVE to get my hands on the script but could NEVER afford it.

I can sense the nervousness of the guy catering the auction pieces when adam is flailing his arms, touching his own oily skin, and bending the script - it's not like that 3po head is 1/2-1Million dollar piece or anything.

I recall seeing Anthony on the British morning t.v. show The Big Breakfast, back in 1999. And during the interview, I remember he said that he was cold inside the costume during the Tatoonie scenes, because the costume reflected the sun.

I'm really happy to see Marty Mcfly's Mark Erlewine Chiquita Travel Guitar in the background!

Fascinating to be able to glimpse the script and see how much the dialogue changed, e.g. Vader talking about "the Force of Others".

One day in Adam's over enthusiasm, he's gonna touch or knock over something of great value with his flailing arms.

Such an iconic and amazing looking costume. Still looks great, even today. :D

Great video! Would love to see that Loki Mask in the background next!

Adam, the gloves are to keep your oils from getting on the artifact. Touching your face with the gloves on picks up your oils on the outside of the gloves.

I haven't geeked out so much over one of this since you took a look at the original Tik-Tok puppet from Return to Oz. Lovely.

About the light globes. It’s not how long you run them, it’s how many times, how quickly, and at what temperature you switch them on and off. The controller should be designed to prolong their life. If it’s just a switch then you’re gonna break them

Now this is amazing C-3PO stuff!

It belongs in a museum!

Stuff in the background that I recognize: captain's chair from STNG, the mask from Jim Carry's film The Mask, Wolverine's jacket, stormtrooper helmet. There were other items on the shelves that I couldn't make out, sadly, but someone else mentioned Marty's guitar from Back To The Future. Some amazing items at the propstore! Wish I could afford to get any one of them, especially Wolverine's jacket!

Oh man! Incredible!

This belongs in a museum.

I know Adam knows better, but, it doesn't do any good to wear the gloves if you're touching all of the greasy parts of your body with them. I've lost count of how many times he's wiped his nose with the gloves and then handled the artifacts 🤦🏼‍♂️ By contrast the curator holds his hands, in his hands 🙏🏼

Hopefully we get to see the Bicentennial Man stuff since Adam worked on that movie!

what's still amazing about this, they couldn't bring out Jabba, or a light saber when it came to public events. BUT they could bring out Anthony Daniels and have him perform C3PO to the Queen of England. So yeah this is really mind blowing. I still amazed how much they hid the reflection off the suit for so many films. I like it when he's all GRUNDGY.

The Dort Mall in Grand Blank Michigan has a full original costume of C-3PO on display there, with other original costumes from the Star Wars movie and other movies. The Man that owns the mall uses the main mall as a museum for many movie props he has bought over the years. He has real cannons scuba divers have recovered from ships with plaques tell you what ships there were from, A small airplane that was used in a move hanging from the sealing, old cars, bikes and a movie prop of a scaled down ship used in a movie right now can think of the famous movie it was in, and so much more. I was there a few years ago and there is so much there to see.

I cant be the only one waiting for your Ghostbusters Frozen Empire stuff because I NEED to see that arm mounted neutrona wand!

A replica of C3PO head is something I've always wanted on my collection. I say replica cause I guarantee I won't afford this iconic piece. Just brilliant

Silent Running mention!!!

So much of this stuff belongs in a museum that can’t sell it or give it away.

Remember folks: Grant Imahara also wore a C-3PO suit at Prequel premier. Man's managed to fit into well enough, and also commented on seeing the actors through the pencil-sized eyes.

an amazing collection, coming available at the same time - what's the odds on that.....!

Wow it’s amazing to see the c3po helmet.

So cool!

Super cool man wow!✨️💫👍

It belongs in a museum!!!

Great video sir

Wow! Just from pausing as Adam flipped through Anthony Daniel's original shooting script, you can see the differences. For example, in the scene where Vader chokes Motti, Vader uses the phrase "the Force of Others". This was originally going to be what it was called, but they changed it to simply "the Force" (side note: in Rogue One they had an homage to this when Chirrut used the "others" phrase to the people in the street). Also in the script, it has Vader lifting a cup with the Force. Later, Princess Leia calls it the "Clone War" (singular) and Obi-Wan smokes a chrome pipe. I wonder if the full text of this original version of the shooting script is available online?

Sometimes I just don't understand human behavior, you missed posting this on his birthday by one day! Happy Birthday Mr. Daniels!

Need to be in a museum

Adam, thank you for sharing this. And I hope you know that I love you platonically, but as a museum person... please stop touching your face in between touching the objects! The gloves only do so much, until you touch your face.

Washington DC - Smithsonian National Museum of American History has the 1983 C-3PO and R2-D2. Just saw them there a few weeks ago.

Pretty cool. The small guitar in the background looks like the one Michael J. Fox played in Back to the Future.

Some one, can't remember if it was Lucas or someone else, gave a speech at the First Congregational Church of LA in the 70-80's. And they had the C3-PO and Chewy masks with them. My parents were volunteering for something, so I was there early and whoever it was showed them to me and let play with them a little bit. What I remember about the C3-PO is it was some sort of rubber and the paint was flaking off in a lot of places, so if it was movie used it was probably the Star Wars costumes and kind of a disappointment to a little kid.

Who is the biggest kid/nerd? Put Adam next to Star Wars stuff.....total geek out. LOVE IT!!!

WOW love it

Really wanted to see the interior, I always wonder about positioning.

Amazing. Curious what's up with guitar?

Love Marty Mcfly’s guitar from Back To The Future 1 chilling in the background randomly

Couldn't take my eyes off the chair in the background. STFTW!

So many memories

The Jedi hands are slightly different from ESB

bit sad that the suites being broken up, I think its museum grade item should in in one

it belongs in a museum

8:54 - just curious - is that Wolverine/Hugh Jackman's jacket in the background? (Back, right of screen??)

I want that next generation chair

I hope you guys get to those Star Trek items waiting in the background...

About being forgotten on set in a suit, didn't that not happen to the actor who played R2D2? And yes, not all shots of R2D2 are RC controlled, some of the earlier ones had an actual actor inside of it!

PLEASE look for the giant, Ace comb from Spaceballs. Funniest prop in film history.

I never knew the C-3PO actor had a very small head.

You could not pay me enough to put on Anthony Daniel's undertunic

Remember C3PO was assembled from basically junk. So you're going to have all kinds of color variations. Having to identical bolts is the anomaly.

I got to believe that the C3PO faux metal finishers drew inspiration from (or should have) - Brass musical instruments: you know like tuba, trumpet, sax... I had a neglected trumpet that started out new, bright, and shiny that looked like it was made from parts of C3PO.

I was wondering if you were going to film this

Nearly 60, and this silly stuff still makes me giddy. I swear I remember seeing the original figures for sale for a time before the movie was even released.

Its baby time!

When it was said that theyre incandescent light bulbs and not LED my heart stopped imagining one just going out mid interview. I dont know if Id ever turn them on.