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[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 55 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's not Anthony Daniels, that's very clearly C-3PO you idiot

[–] OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

He obviously did not recognize him because of the ~~red~~ human arm

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

According to the top comment on YouTube:

Fun fact: Anthony Daniels wrote this spot after doing some other PSAs. He told them he'd like to do an anti-smoking one, and they said that if he wrote it, they'd shoot it.

Perhaps he felt guilty, and he didn't want kids following in his footsteps

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I’d want a smoke too if I had to put up with R2D2 talking shit and taking the limelight all the time!

[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"That little blue and silver bitch still owes me money"

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

We all know that bucket of bolts never pays his debts. He’s the anti-Lannister, if you will.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

When you just got dissed by C-3P0 in 6 million forms of communication.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 8 points 3 months ago

My mother was a what!?

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Holy Mackerel that seems like it would really really suck

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

That pic has no business being this hard!

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Give us a fag or we'll go spare in this bloody tin, mate.