![]() However this piece can instead plug into the rather impressive ignition baseplate included, creating a much larger flame with painted translucent orange plastic as well as providing Chopper with a much more elaborate display option. The wheel piece can even slot all the way up into the body and hide completely out of sight, which the rocket booster would also be able to do if not for the flame effect sticking out of the bottom. Among these pieces are his retractable central wheel and rocket booster pieces, both of which directly plug into the centre of the body and can be extended or retracted as desired. If that wasn't enough to sell you on Chopper, then just take a look at the fantastic selection of accessories he also comes with. ![]() Chopper is sadly missing the periscope section from the top of his head, but this doesn't feel like a huge loss given everything else the figure has to offer. The open claws on the head's arms can effectively grasp any reasonably sized accessory you can think of, as well as give Chopper that extra bit of sass to properly emulate his rather unique personality. Each arm is hinged at the "shoulder" and "elbow" sections, and the two in the head can also rotate at their shoulder connection. That might seem like everything, but Chopper also has three articulated grasping arms hidden in his body - two behind the grey panels on either side of his head and one exposed at the front of the body. In addition to having rolling wheels on their undersides the feet pieces also have some forward and backwards tilt to them, adding a little more personality and emotion to what would otherwise be static poses. As you'd expect from just looking at him Chopper's head can rotate a full 360 degrees, while his ambulatory struts (or legs if you want to keep it simple) can also rotate a full circular motion. That's why they get Star Wars.Being an astromech droid Chopper doesn't have much to offer in the way of limbs for articulation, but if you think that stops him from having plenty to offer then you're completely wrong. Kids are smart that way, they make promises and they keep it. "A little tiny child asked me who played Chopper and I absolutely told her the truth," he says. Interestingly, though, there was one person outside of the show's inner-circle that knew it was Filoni all along-a young fan. ![]() Thus ends one of the biggest secrets in the Star Wars franchise. It helps me understand what you need to know." As Filoni explained to his cast at the screening, "It's good because it gets you used to what you guys go through as actors. Of course, voicing a fan-favorite character like Chopper isn't a bad thing. Then when we screened it, Bob Iger said, 'I really like that little droid.' And I was like, 'Well, now I'm stuck.'" "I knew what a likable jerk is like and what I wanted him to be like. And I said, 'Alright, I'm going to just do this.' We did it right in the editorial in Lucasfilm," he says. "I wound up playing Chopper, I'll tell this short story because we had to deliver the first short to Disney to watch and we didn't have a final Chopper voice. ![]() How did Filoni end up voicing one of the show's starring roles, though? As it turns out, a temporary fix became permanent. "Show's over, so it was kind of then or never," he jokes. Speaking to a group of fans after a special screening of the series finale, Filoni explained why he decided to come clean about his other job as a voice actor. Throughout the four seasons of Rebels, fans have theorized about the voice behind Chopper, the C1-10P droid that was with the rebels throughout their fight against the Empire.Īs seen in the credits after the series finale, Chopper is voiced by none other than co-creator and executive producer Dave Filoni-oftentimes the public face of the series at conventions and fan events. Now that Star Wars Rebels has come to an end, the creative team behind the animated series is revealing its greatest secret.
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