seeing the concept art for the suit convinced him to play C-3PO: "I liked George, and it was Ralph McQuarrie's [concept artist for Star Wars] painting, as I describe in the book I wrote ...
But despite his success, (last year, a C-3PO head from Daniels’ private collection ... The first film he starred in, Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope), was released ...