He actually had a bigger career than Mark Hamil.

I'm not even that big a Star Wars fan and even I found this to be frighteningly funny and mildly insightful. I promise you though, if you watch any of the films after reading this you'll see them in an entirely new light.

If we accept all the Star Wars films as the same canon, then a lot that happens in the original films has to be reinterpreted in the light of the prequels. As we now know, the rebel Alliance was founded by Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Bail Organa. What can readily be deduced is that their first recruit, who soon became their top field agent, was R2-D2.

R2-D2, the real leader of the rebellion? (Keith Martin)