(CNN)Kenny Baker is dead. Long live R2-D2.
Or is it Are-too-Dee-too? And are there supposed to be dashes?
Never mind. The point being made here is that while one laments Baker"s death at 81 after what sources characterize as a "long illness," nothing whatsoever has happened to the brave and doughty little "droid" that saved galaxies, repaired starships and helped guide a hero on his often-fraught path towards Enlightenment.
Somehow, you can be sure, he will go on.
That"s what R2-D2 meant to the kids who eventually grew up and took their kids to see him reboot the Millennium Falcon and cheep like a parakeet when his Master Luke Skywalker saved the galaxy.
Making it all the more gratifying was the knowledge that Baker in real life was also generous and brave; the former, in his charitable activities for children, the latter in being able to wear that metal can in all manner of weather and come through as the megastar nobody saw, but fans all over the world recognized.
Baker is gone, but you can bet your mortgage and first-born that nothing at all will happen to R2-D2. There"s a franchise that"s up and running again, after all. Just ask C3PO.
Or is it See-Three-Pee-Oh. And are there dashes?
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