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Was C-3P0’s vintage trading card was altered to depict the droid with an over-sized penis? Just how did this image end up on a trading card? As usual, legend places the blame on a disgruntled artist. However, that is highly unlikely. It appears that the extra appendage is not the work of an artist, but rather a trick of timing and light. The untouched archive photo shows the image just as it appears on the card. The current theory is that at the exact instant the photo was snapped, a piece fell off the Threepio costume, and just happened to line up in such a way as to suggest a bawdy image. The original contact sheets from the photo-shoot attests to this. They are not retouched in any way, yet still contain the same image. Whatever the real explanation is, the ‘mischievous airbrush artist’ scenario simply doesn’t fit. In any case, nice dick Threepio.

Was C-3P0’s vintage trading card was altered to depict the droid with an over-sized penis?

Just how did this image end up on a trading card? As usual, legend places the blame on a disgruntled artist. However, that is highly unlikely.

It appears that the extra appendage is not the work of an artist, but rather a trick of timing and light. The untouched archive photo shows the image just as it appears on the card. The current theory is that at the exact instant the photo was snapped, a piece fell off the Threepio costume, and just happened to line up in such a way as to suggest a bawdy image. The original contact sheets from the photo-shoot attests to this. They are not retouched in any way, yet still contain the same image. Whatever the real explanation is, the ‘mischievous airbrush artist’ scenario simply doesn’t fit.

In any case, nice dick Threepio.

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