Actor C-3P0 Anthony Daniels is auctioning off his memorabilia

Anthony Daniels parts his head and feels a little hesitant.

The actor who played the intergalactic droid C-3PO in several films star Wars Movies and TV shows spanning over 40 years, he unloads his entire collection of star Wars The goodies are at an auction held by memorabilia specialists Propstore which will be held next week in Los Angeles.

One of the centerpieces of the Anthony Daniels collection is a screen-matching light-up cape worn by Daniels in 1983 Return of the Jedi. The piece, which consists of a front and back panel and a neck loop, can fetch between $500,000 and $1 million. (At a similar auction that Daniels participated in last November, another C-3PO head went under the hammer for nearly $850,000.)

C-3PO is a key element of Daniels’ identity as an actor, and this head is in some ways the mask he presents to the world. “It was not only the prop I was wearing, but it was also the prop I was using in interviews to introduce myself,” Daniels says. Hollywood Reporter From his home in England. “It’s a lot of, ‘You don’t know my face, but you do.’ this Face.'”

A few weeks ago, he was doing a final headshot session and “had a little shakiness,” he said. “Am I right to go ahead with this?” he asked himself. “I’ve lived with these items for 50 years, some, and I have very mixed feelings,” he says.

It was a fleeting feeling, and his resolve was rebuilding itself as quickly as a new Death Star appeared. “I had all this stuff, and almost all of it was sitting in cupboards and drawers and in the attic. No one was looking at it, no one was hoarding it, so to speak. It was so good to get rid of it,” says the actor.

This is the second and final batch of items to be unpacked by the actor, who previously sold his stash at a Propstore auction in London in November. It is a rare opportunity for collectors, as Daniels is the only lead actor from star Wars To sell his memorabilia publicly. In 2023, items owned by the late Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew were scheduled to be sold until his widow learned of the auction and requested that the items be donated to the Mayhew Foundation.

Daniels was originally going to leave his collection to his wife, Christine Savage, to sell after his death. When he told her his plan, her response was: “Why don’t you sell it now?”

“She doesn’t want to deal with this stuff,” says the actor, who turned 78 in February.

Amid the “everything has to happen” mentality, Daniels kept two things in check. One was a statue from Lucasfilm congratulating him on 40 years of service. The other is an 18-inch C-3PO statue made of Lego pieces.

But it seems like everything else related to the droid and Daniels is up for auction, starting with a hand-annotated rough draft of the original script star Wars Film and pages of handwritten Ewok dialogue to a C-3PO Igloo cooler and a pair of unworn R2-D2 Adidas running shoes.

It is an evening in London, and the actor picks up an auction catalog for his artwork. He falls into a contemplative mood as he leafs through the pages, and memories explode like an X-wing rising from the swamp.

Among the items is a set of plugs and tubes from the famous Millennium Falcon spacecraft, parts that Daniels salvaged when he came across a raging fire at Elstree Studios in the UK after completing filming. Return of the Jedi. There was little interest in props in the era of filmmaking, and storage space was always an issue. Moreover, no one thought star Wars It will continue after the original trilogy.

“They were burning the Millennium Falcon,” he said out loud in amazement. I was terrified. I think everyone is in love with Falcon. He had a vibe about it. Wood, plastic, parts thereof, they were igniting a disgusting fire in the spray. I just picked up some pieces.”

Chairs, like the ones in Return of the Jedi And Awakens the power In the auction, it was useless to the actor as he never used the chairs while wearing the costumes during filming.

“I couldn’t sit down,” he says. “I could never get out of the costume. I always thought that if the world went nuclear, I would be wandering around in the desert to this day.

Well, C-3PO’s belt buckles sure have some use, right?

“It was more awards than buckles,” he says, adding that he has never been the type to promote himself. Then he jumps into a fake conversation. “That’s me on the buckle.” Then he says in another voice: “Really? Who are you?” “Anthony Daniels.” “And the …?”

Perhaps one of the most random items up for sale is an autographed Pittsburgh Penguins hockey jersey numbered 77 (the year the original film was released) that he received for doing a charity event for the NHL team. He even got to ride the Zamboni, which was fine the first two times the ice resurfacing machine rolled around the arena for the show, but then he had to stay on it while it smoothed the ice for the entire rink.

“It was a wonderful evening,” he recalls. “Would I ever go to a hockey game again? No.”

Also up for grabs is too The Empire strikes back Designate the security badge with the letters S. and W.

“You can’t get on set without that. One day, producer Gary Kurtz arrived on set and he wasn’t with him. ‘They wouldn’t let him in,’ he says, before bursting out laughing. ‘Wow.’

Elsewhere, the gingerbread cake for sale may be more bitter than sweet. It was given to him on the last day of 2019 filming The last jedi Written by Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy.

“I ran into Mark Hamill on his last day, and he said, ‘I’ve been in all these movies and what am I going to get as a leaving gift?'” Daniels recalls. Cookie. And I kind of laughed. Then the same thing happened to me. I got a cookie.”

How did you feel when you got the cookies?

“How do you think I felt?”

Why did you decide not to eat the cookies and keep them instead?

“Well, it was my leaving gift. Are you eating?” for you Leave the present?”

The Propstore Entertainment Memorabilia Auction takes place March 12-14, with the Anthony Daniels collection arriving March 13. Check out some of the items below.