R2-D2: Beneath the Dome is a 20-minute mockumentary telling the never before told life story of the fictional robot R2-D2 from the Star Wars film series. The movie was made as a fun project by the cast and crew of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Using interviews, fake archive photos, film clips, and behind the scenes footage the "true" story was told of Artoo's life.
The movie is narrated in a tongue-in-cheek E! True Hollywood Story s...
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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome is a 20-minute mockumentary telling the never before told life story of the fictional robot R2-D2 from the Star Wars film series. The movie was made as a fun project by the cast and crew of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Using interviews, fake archive photos, film clips, and behind the scenes footage the "true" story was told of Artoo's life.
The movie is narrated in a tongue-in-cheek E! True Hollywood Story style, giving the ups and downs of Artoo's life, from his humble upbringings in England to his successful life as an actor. The mockumentary achieves this by using interviews by those who "know" him, such as: George Lucas, Ewan McGregor, Francis Ford Coppola, Richard Dreyfuss (who believes Artoo to be "a schmuck"), Samuel L. Jackson, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen and more.
It introduces his human "family," complete with a brother and a sister. His birth name, "Reginald Dillingham," was changed for show biz. As it is revealed, the Star...
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