C-3PO | |
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Star Wars character | |
First appearance | Star Wars (1977) |
Created by | George Lucas |
Portrayed by | Anthony Daniels |
Voiced by | Anthony Daniels (most media) Ross King (Jedi Starfighter) Tom Kane (Various video games, Jedi Training Academy, and Robot Chicken) Simon Pegg (Phineas and Ferb) |
Homeworld | Tatooine |
Information | |
Nickname(s) | Threepio |
Species | Robot |
Gender | Masculine programming |
Occupation | Protocol droid |
Affiliation |
Galactic Republic Rebel Alliance/New Republic Skywalker family Resistance |
C-3PO (/siːˈθriːpi.oʊ/) or See-Threepio is a humanoid robot character from the Star Wars franchise who appears in the original Star Wars films, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy. Created by Anakin Skywalker, C-3PO was designed as a droid intended to assist in etiquette, customs, and translation, boasting that he is "fluent in over six million forms of communication". Along with his astromech droid counterpart R2-D2, C-3PO provides comic relief within the narrative structure of the films, and serving as foils. Anthony Daniels has portrayed the character in all nine Star Wars cinematic films released to date, including Rogue One and the animated The Clone Wars; C-3PO and R2-D2 are the only characters to appear in every film.