Vintage Star Wars C-3PO R2-D2 smoking PSA commercial

[@owlstagawn1106]

Here's looking at you Grievous.

[@neilhannan7525]

Another cancer to my collection

[@flamethereploid1352]

Lolol this comment got me!!!! Great job!!!!

[@reptile1687]

@@neilhannan7525 time to abandon smokig

[@FloppyRodrigo]

You don't want to sell me death sticks.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I don't want to sell you death sticks. I want to go home and rethink my life.

[@Mac14329]

Eh, I don't wanna sell you death sticks.

[@taylorboys3791]

I wanna go home and rethink my life.

[@reptile1687]

@@Mac14329 you want to go home and rethink your life

[@Mac14329]

@@reptile1687 I'm gonna go home, rethink my life.

[@rockinyouallnight]

I always imagined R2-D2 as a blunt smoker. Smoking cigs brings him down a notch.

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

Agreed 😄

[@lukecodz]

hes probably trying to get off them w normal cigs

[@maximoperez4750]

Don't smoke kids

[@susanhillwig5784]

Fun fact: Anthony Daniels wrote this spot after doing some other PSAs. He told them he'd like to do an anti-smoking one, and they said that if he wrote it, they'd shoot it.

[@ConceptJunkie]

Good for him. That's a great way to use your notoriety for good.

[@CaptainRockoBD]

@@ConceptJunkie this changed not a souls mind about smoking…

[@Angie2343]

That's wonderful!

[@theessentials450]

@@CaptainRockoBD DId mine. I don't eat poison.

[@sebastianfischer2082]

​@@theessentials450 I don't know who's out here eating cigarettes

[@danbull]

"GALAXAY"

[@feistygheisty]

Would you smoke a J with R2 Dan?

[@TOK150]

Wow, that's uh...that's quite embarrassing

[@jx592]

@@feistygheisty who TF wouldn't

[@specterkev]

That's messed up I've seen this many times and I never noticed that till now

[@harveydents]

@@specterkev LOL same here

[@AsYourCruiseDirector]

Our dear friend (and former smoker) Mike White created this spot, which won the Public Service Announcement Clio award in 1980. Mike worked for many health agencies and organizations, including the US Public Health Service and the CDC. He persuaded Lucas Films to allow the Star Wars characters to be used for this campaign to reduce childhood smoking. He passed away at age 83 on April 19, 2020, in Williamsburg, Virginia.

[@rtdasilva3]

I remember this ad when it was running. I had R2 "lines" memorized lol. And to this day, I still have never smoked.

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

Same here!

[@Ms3queen]

Not to mention, even if you are a Droid, smoking can make you get very dirty, and I'll bet it's not good for your electrical components, metal, or paint. So don't smoke, R2-D2!

[@parker-boy98]

Okay

[@Nenerii]

@@parker-boy98 okay

[@Tob1Kadach1]

They need to start replaying this on TV

[@davidpoirier2564]

Why???

[@meowpoint1403]

'Cos it's funny and nerdy.

[@acoolcat.]

It's better than those real cost ads those things are disgusting

[@Yeti1473]

@@acoolcat. Well then it's working if you think it's disgusting

[@codysammons9320]

That is plays a positive message too

[@jenniferschillig3768]

I used to squeal with joy when this and the other one (about vaccinations) would come on. I couldn't get ENOUGH of those droids. (I love the way Artoo is cheerfully whistling to himself as he smokes.)

[@batmanlaughed800]

+Jennifer Schillig LOL, yeah I was like, but 3PO he's so happy just listen to him. hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo hoot not a care in the world, then along comes this gold plated Nazi harshing his buzz.

[@ddsr86]

+Batman Laughed Gold plated nazi haha

[@specterkev]

@@batmanlaughed800 lmao

[@drillyt23yearsago53]

“R2 do you really think I don’t have a heart” “WhOoOoOoOo”

[@DanielDiCenso]

Translated: Nooo! (In a little kid voice!)

[@chaddickhaut140]

"What do you mean 'Of course, you great, golden jerk'?" 😉

[@redeyedbandit1251]

R.I.P. Kenny Baker.

[@ChescoYT]

who is he?

[@redeyedbandit1251]

+Chesco the actor who plays R2-D2.

[@ChescoYT]

ohh he passed? I thought all the main actors were still alive

[@grandmasteryoda3598]

Alec Guiness??????

[@docholliday9058]

@@ChescoYT I have some bad news for you from the distant future of 2019

[@darkdude521]

To be fair, at this point, R2 had seen some shit. Let him have a smoke.

[@RandomDudeFromSomewhere]

LOL!!!!!! This was the best laugh I've had so far all day, thank you!

[@HalfEatenMedia]

The Singularity Engine! Are you proud of me now father?!

[@stu8642]

you must be feeling pretty cool right now, with your fragile mortality slipping through the sands of time!

[@TOK150]

Owen has a farm you know!

[@ieartmusic]

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[@probablyaparent]

Unexpected Auralnauts.

[@ShantyIrishman]

Why aren't the Avengers telling people not to smoke?

[@JT5555]

+ShantyIrishman The Avengers Are The Kool Kids.XD

[@antoninoskomnenos1022]

Ben Grimm told kids not to do drugs.

[@DoctorEw314]

Steve Rogers walks up to the camera and back straddles a wooden chair. Steve: So, you think smoking makes you look cool. Let me tell you a story...

[@stereomaster4231]

Sounds like R2 is actually doing bong hits I remember being like 4 or 5 when this PSA was on TV. I was very confused by 3P0 breaking the 4th wall at the end, since he didn't in any of the movies

[@kelvyquayo]

Same. I recall being emotionally disturbed by this. Lol. I was probably 4-5.

[@kaiserairsoftentertainment1129]

I'VE LEARNED MORE FROM THIS PSA THEN IN SCHOOL!!

[@DanimalsDioramas]

Well if R2-D2 thinks smoking makes you look grown up, that's good enough for me. I'm gonna go get a pack right now! :D

[@LordRavenblood70]

LMAO!!!! ME TOO!!!

[@voodoomaestro4295]

This was my introduction to Star Wars when I was little. I didn't know why that weird, sad robot wouldn't let the little one smoke. My dad smoked all day. He seemed to like it. RIP Dad. P.S. I found the bones, Dad. The ones you buried in the yard. They weren't animal bones, Dad! They were people! Why DAD WHY?!

[@AndrewMarinoOfficial]

This comment is a roller coaster. And I love it

[@BB-fd2rf]

Lol- wtf? 🤣🤣

[@BlitzDinkabooming]

the what

[@johnlucas2317]

Trivia time: Anthony Daniels wrote the script for this.

[@gravyduck676]

thank you for this awesome video, i will be showing this to my dad since he smokes and loves star wars!

[@johnellizz]

No silver leg on Threepio here.

[@lilyo5248]

PROVEN FACT VIDEOS it is silver. his right leg

[@crimsonlion100]

no it isnt, look during the beginning. personally I think this took place before 3p0 was repaired with the wrong color leg.

[@AndrewMarinoOfficial]

@@lilyo5248 his right leg definitely reflects the light a bit different from the rest of his body. The only reason some people can’t see it is because they process color slightly differently, are looking at too dim a screen for their lighting conditions, and/or the old-school video quality

[@girliboi]

@@AndrewMarinoOfficial anthony himself has talked about this.. depending on the camera angle/lighting the silver leg can reflect the gold one, ambient colors in the room, etc, (which is why it doesn't always look silver in some shots even in the original film)..

[@realIronKnight]

Never thought I'd ever see R2-D2 smoking a cigarette... And I'm happy I did.

[@zzzzzzzzz_zin]

00:08 I dont think I've ever heard anything more cheerful than this from R2, he's holding a cigarette tho lol

[@Del-Canada]

I remember this commercial well when it first appeared on TV. I was upset to see R2 smoking.

[@bobbyb7979]

I used to love this commercial, thanks for the memories :)

[@theanimationcritic2705]

Keep up the good work Anthony Daniels

[@seasons0123]

Oldy but goody! I remember this commercial.

[@ttonyat]

"A message from a distant galaxay far, far away". Since Star Wars is taking place in the future, the word "Galaxay" may have been referring to the Samsung Galaxay phones that do exists today!

[@Hellwyck]

ttonyat The Galaxy exists, there is no Galaxay handset.

[@E-102_Gamma]

ttonyat I was under the impression that Star Wars took place "a long time ago"...

[@ttonyat]

+Hellwyck I see some mentioned thru Google. It's funny I use to see more of them before.

[@Hellwyck]

ttonyat I have no idea what that was meant to say.

[@Mick_92]

Even though it looks like it's the future it's really a long long time ago

[@liambishop496]

Just a few months ago, I had the honor of meeting Anthony Daniels at a con recently, and it was one of the greatest con-guest-meeting experiences ever. I got in his line and the minute he walked in the room, he walked past me and I said, "Hey, Mr. Daniels! I made you something!" I gave him this piece of fan art that I made that showed C-3PO saying the speech he gives at 0:43 with the text "C-3PO SAYS" preceding it. He was beyond happy to receive it and he read it out loud to the line as C-3PO and everyone applauded, including me. Super nice guy. I always loved C-3PO as a Star Wars character and this makes me love him even more.

[@21stGeek]

R2D2 is so cool

[@JMFabiano]

Cigarettes? Shouldn't they call them "death sticks"?

[@tguns1]

I do that to give my dad (who smokes) a hard time lol.

[@reptile1687]

that wasnt invented yet

[@stephp6221]

The term death sticks came long after this ad. In a PSA, they need to call it what it is anyway.

[@IanOsmond]

Here’s the thing: that was played during Saturday morning cartoons when I was a kid so much that I have all the lines memorized to this day. All of R2’s lines. I can whistle R2D2’s dialogue from this commercial completely accurately thirty-five years after it aired. Sometimes I wonder why my brain holds on to random flotsam like that, but then I realize that given a choice, I would RATHER have R2D2’s dialogue from a cheesey anti-smoking PSA memorized than something useful. ANYBODY can know USEFUL stuff. Reply

[@destroyernoah]

I replied.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

Ian Osmond mine too! I have no info anyone can use. I can deliver commercial jingles, high notes, low notes, cartoon themes and timing and sounds. Anything I need to remember now? Gone with the first step towards another direction

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

Ahhh....the memories are strong with this one! I haven’t seen this PSA since I was a kid, when this first aired. I would get so excited whenever this would air. I absolutely couldn't get enough of Star Wars.

[@rainbowrunner1550]

Smoking is probably why General Grievous coughs so much!

[@Mac14329]

Actually, it's a side effect of his cybernetic implants.

[@pryingeyes1551]

So he litters instead, dropping a burning cigarette indoors? Really, it's weird enough they did this with characters that don't have lungs, but it's even stranger that the picked the one without a mouth.

[@Rayman1971]

Then the starship catches fire....kills the rebel leadership... way to go, Artoo!!!!

[@elliothill3953]

That’s what mouse droids are for, they pick up cigarette butts

[@cinnamoncypher7507]

This commercial actually aged very well and will never ever get old😎👍

[@bmcbartlett]

I'll be using this in my Freshman Composition class tomorrow to teach rhetorical analysis. Should be fun! :)

[@matthewspurlock4350]

R2d2 smoking never thought I’d see that

[@melvinjackson7631]

I remember this old tv ad

[@adamsinclair1959]

Wouldn't seeing the cool, cute droid smoke, as the whiny killjoy droid berated him for it, actually make kids want to smoke more?

[@melvinjackson7631]

I remember this when I a kid 1983

[@Dueville7777]

I was waiting for smokey the bear to come in at the end with another PSA after R2 just let go of that cig without putting it out

[@dedpxl]

I was expecting this to be cringey or be about marijuana but it really isn't bad at all, I like this. it's just a little weird seeing/hearing these characters doing a message like this.

[@ammosophobia]

You don't want to sell me deathsticks

[@JediKnightIlona]

Not literally 3PO, but you do have a good gentle personality.

[@awesomeperson531]

How have I not seen this before

[@nolanvoid25]

smoking while watching. i felt like C-3PO was talking directly to mee.

[@Psychlist1972]

I remember seeing this on TV as a kid. I never noticed the spelling mistake in the closing caption. "Galaxay"

[@TheFilmRo]

"Galaxay"?

[@Angie2343]

They were ironically smoking.

[@sylveon1324]

brother this look like it from the 90s that's awesome

[@andrewmcnamara6305]

0:22-0:24-"Yes, now golden robots and trash cans on wheels, THAT'S very adult."-Nostalgia Critic

[@tssteelx]

R2 was smokeing some of that sweet weed.

[@dannybrezelhorner2715]

R2 was just trying to impress the other droids at school.

[@Scott64a]

"R2D2! You've found a Juul!!!"

[@atesdarkknight3486]

C3PO as Deadpool

[@JENDALL714]

Proof that C3PO never had a silver leg! Screw you Mandela effect!

[@manoftheocean6988]

"What are the cigars for?" "They make me look cool."

[@germaholic]

At least they didn't call it a cigarra.

[@SimianScience]

this was my introduction to star wars

[@kev3d]

That last line was just depressing.

[@GBlucher]

It is!

[@DanielDiCenso]

Not necessarily. R2 could be saying "No!"

[@Andrew-ze6kq]

As a non smoker, I approve this ad.

[@Imtired93]

Artoo’s out there smoking that good space kush 💨

[@AdamJ617]

This used to air a lot on WLVI in Boston.

[@rebelfleettrooper9881]

If you smoke, you need to go home and rethink your life.

[@Mr_Storm_22]

Ah, I wanna go home and rethink my life

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

I like the forlorn version of the theme song at the end of this.

[@TOK150]

Insert obvious Deathstick joke here:

[@lukestubbs.]

General Grievous would disagree

[@bozzy446]

I didn't know robots had lungs

[@twofacedcarp2921]

R2d2 can’t get sick so he can do all the pot he wants

[@CaptainJess]

"- R2...do you really think i...dont have a heart?..."

[@TheFormalFools]

The sound of what sounds like R2 smoking pot is the funniest shit ever.

[@ericvon2561]

Let's see Disney show R2 getting high before the next movie comes out.

[@kadensteele4091]

Actors who threw there life away : r2d2 gets addicted to smokeing : (

[@sarahgeloneck9739]

I’m watching this while vaping in a smoking room in a hotel.

[@lynnereed8914]

Grrrreat message

[@Smartboy8877]

I can certainly agree with you there!

[@thespacecowboy71]

*Cue General Grievous coughing violently in the background*

[@realfitzmarker]

0:54 - 0:58 R2: There's one way to find out. You still got that bag I gave you?

[@BazTheStoryteller]

This reminds me of the Sonic Sez segment where Grounder smokes.

[@leephillips4402]

1:01 they're just friends right

[@lukeskywalker2566]

C3po makes and sells death sticks

[@wizardtot4483]

0:14 Top 10 anime betrayals

[@RayTheVideoGuy]

Smoking is bad... but throwing a lit cigarette on the ground is OK :)

[@Lauren_Tyler]

Do you really think I don't have a heart?

[@Legoland2023]

R2 making up those death sticks

[@chickypooh73]

I don't remember this. I remember a whooping cough one.

[@catagris]

My right ear liked this.

[@thepotatoguy0046]

How did r2 smoke? He doesn’t have a mouth!

[@spoontang]

Lore accurate R2-D2

[@ThePhantom425]

Holy shit he's all gold wtf

[@tomkenning5482]

Please, don't snoke

[@jonnyrico3583]

This should be a warning for General Grievous Lmao💀

[@Angie2343]

RIP Kenny Baker.

[@Made_In_Mayhem]

I hope this is cannon...

[@cujoedaman]

BB-8 rolls up and lights one up with his torch.

[@tomrowan293]

There are WORSE things than Cigarettes in 2022!

[@penny1545]

Thumbs up if the Unusual Suspect with his review on Revenge of the Sith brought you here!

[@tennumb]

I suppose there's a lesson for me in this... *Coughs*

[@Kdssow]

As if asking for directions in London wasn't dangerous enough...

[@6piecechickenmcnuggets23]

Sidenote: If Jar Jar Banks was high on weed, The Phantom Menace would be a much better movie. "Me-su high AF!"