"C-3PO was designed in the mid-1970s by Ralph McQuarrie who had impressed the director George Lucas with early illustrations of the script. This head from The Empire Strikes Back (1980), whose eyes still light up via a battery pack, topped its upper estimate of $700,000."
"With its golden sheen, expressionless face, and armor-plate body, C-3PO was directly drawn from Maria, the malevolent robot in Fritz Lang's black-and-white classic Metropolis (1927). McQuarrie's concept art convinced an initially skeptical Antony Daniel to accept the role of C-3PO."
"Over the course of six months, molds were taken of Daniel's face, torso, and limbs to cast the costume with the British sculptor Liz Moore creating the C-3PO head. It's made of a thin fiberglass and consists of three components: backplate, faceplate, and neck ring which are all connected with a pair of neck bolts."
The only original C-3PO head remaining in the collector's market sold for $1 million at Propstore auction house. Designed by Ralph McQuarrie, C-3PO has appeared in all nine original Star Wars films. The head, from The Empire Strikes Back, exceeded its estimate of $700,000. C-3PO's design was inspired by the robot Maria from Metropolis. Antony Daniels, who portrayed C-3PO, found McQuarrie's concept art appealing. The head is made of fiberglass and consists of three components, with a solution for the glowing eyes to prevent blinding.
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