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INTERVIEW: ANTHONY DANIELS

THE MAN
WITH THE
GOLDEN
JACKET
Anthony Daniels
has been a part
of Star Wars
Celebration since
the very first
event in Denver,
Colorado in 1999.
SWI : You always wear a
golden jacket when you
host a Celebration stage.
Is there a reason for that?
AD: The gold jacket came
out of the fi rst Celebration,
where I decided to make
sure people understood
that I had a sense of humor,
particularly against myself.
Not even self-deprecating.
Take me seriously, but don’t
take me too seriously.
SWI : How much to you
enjoy the pageantry of
Star Wars Celebration?
AD: I enjoy it hugely. When
we did the original, we
had nothing. We had some
temporary stages, some
lights, and me and two other
people with microphones.
Now it’s a tour de force of
electronics, earpieces, lots
of microphones, monitors
onstage. I’d written the
whole program; it was all
written on the palm of my
hand. Now it has become a
phenomenon. What I love is
people making friends there,
swapping stories, sharing 05 C-3PO
their passions. I particularly (Anthony
enjoy people who dress Daniels)
up in costume, especially if returned for
they’ve made it. Celebration The Force
Awakens.
is a great thing.
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SWI : You seem to have a (Leia) and
lot of fun, especially when
Anthony
you’re bantering with Daniels
Warwick Davis onstage.
during
AD: Warwick is better at filming of
it than me, because I’m The Empire
three times older than him, Strikes Back.
and my brain doesn’t work
quite as fast. His ability with 07 Connix
repartee is phenomenal. (Billie Lourd)
Sometimes I can’t answer and C-3PO
because he just makes me surrender in
laugh, and I’m left standing The Last Jedi
there like a fool. I always (2017)
make him dress up as an 06
Ewok, and I always promise
I’ll never do it again. It’s one
of the joys of Celebration,
and long may that continue.

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