Bleep bloop doop beep beep beebeebeebeebooop Waaa waaa waaa

@Kaiser-Machead: easy for you to say....

Oh, and to be a total wanker, he's not the man "behind" our favorite droid, rather the man INSIDE our favorite droid.

Get well soon, Kenny. :)

there was a guy in there??!!! holy crap

I was confused by this headline. I re-read four times trying to figure out what the hell "taken three" meant. Damn you sans serif fonts!

"Manchester hospital after suffering a severe asthma attack"

Little-known fact. The R2D2 costume was composed almost entirely of resin-suspended asbestos.

the hero droid that never listened to advice - get well soon.

Question about the R2D2 costume: Was there some sort of joystick in there that Baker used to move R2D2 around?

Kenny Baker, be well. :)

"Excuse me sir, but that R2-D2 is in prime condition, a real bargain"

Must have caught it from that 90's printer...

Get well soon, Kenny. Sorry you are feeling under the weather. Then again, aren't you always?

Thhhppp beep bop.

Get well soon, Fidget!

I always thought it was amputees in the droids. I didn't know it was just little people.

AAARRRTOOOOOO!!!! Get well!!!

What did he expect from rolling around and sticking his data cable in every unprotected port he came across?

To a speedy recovery, old friend!

Get well, my faithful co-pilot...

@Dirk: I believe it was just a sort of like gas pedal system for him. Not sure though. I'd have to watch the special feature disc again. The rest of the movements though (head turning, the little widgets that popped out of him, the sort of hobbling/walking thing he'd do on 2 legs) was all the actor inside there. A tad cramped even for the wee folk.

He was in KC and was on one of the local radio shows, Johnny Dare Morning Show, right before comicon and the guy was already sick. You could barely understand what the poor guy was saying his voice was so raspy. Seemed to be a good guy who generally loved playing R2-D2 and loved the smiles it put on kids and grown up faces alike. In the interview he came off as a real nice guy.

As a side note they said that he was the only actor to appear in all 6 movies.

Get well soon!

I bet that guy isn't nearly as endearing when he actually talks versus just making whistling and buzzing noises.

@jetexas: "I bet that guy isn't nearly as endearing when he actually talks versus just making whistling and buzzing noises."

You would be wrong. Go rent Time Bandits.

@Mondoz: Indeed. Time Bandits, ftw.

@Arelar: exactly what I thought when i read that.

"We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life."

"You must repair him! Sir, if any of my circuits or gears will help, I'll gladly donate them!"

@nutbastard: Thread over. You win. Again.

ever notice the word Ill in arial font looks like a roman numeral 3? why can there just be lines on the I?

"OH MY GOD, THEY KILLED..."
Oops, wrong Kenny. Nevermind!

"taken ill"? Is the writer from Kentucky? What happened to "became sick"?

If he was already ill before the convention, he should have stayed home making trees.

Get well, Kenny!

@nutbastard:

Once again, you win sir. Good show.

Hang in there, R2!

Dude it was Kansas City that did it. Hes was jsut here this weekend. My friends were like

"we got *cough* R2 *sneeze* D2s autograph, wish I could get over this flu already."

"I'm not naked just because I don't have any body armor!"

Wish you luck Kenny

not to change the subject or anything, but did you know that Yoda was a puppet operated by the dude that made sesame street?

I was there all weekend in KC sitting across from Kenny, and my wife and I have taken pretty ill with bad colds since Sunday night... There must've been a nasty bug passing around. Though to be fair, he was having problems with the asthma when he got into town and all week long before the con.

Did this dude play The Wizard?