Jim Parsons Cast as C-3PO in Upcoming Star Wars Broadway Musical
Giving a literal meaning to “if it bleeds, it leads,” our sources have taken a page from the creepy ambulance chasing attorneys peppering your TV with salacious solicitous litigious perfunctory, as one of our own was actually BROKEN by news! Sadly, an innocent young FSW slave-wage troll, err, I mean “intern” was hit by an ambulance near Broadway and 42nd street in New York City. The driver was so nonplussed he just swooped up our poor soul and shoved her into the back of the ride, where she made a most auspicious Star Wars-related discovery.
Accompanying her in the back of said ambulance was none other than the living Muppet himself, Jim Parsons, star of An Act of God and The Big Bang Theory. Through his drug-added ramblings, Parsons admitted to our intern that he is working on a top-secret Star Wars Broadway show, entitled Droids: Taking Back Space. Parsons will be playing the lead—none other than Goldenrod himself—C-3PO.
R2-D2 will be joining him, of course, but portrayed by, get this, a hologram! The rascally astromech will be completely virtual and the audience will only see him with the aide of special VR-monoculars. So much for real sets and practical effects, am I right!?
The show features brand new music from the maestro John Williams with lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Apparently Anthony Daniels is none too thrilled about the casting choice, even though he can’t sing, but he is contractually obligated to coach Parsons on being a droid, said the Sheldon actor.
Parsons eventually revealed why he was in the ambulance. It seems during a rehearsal a dangling Star Destroyer prop somehow broke free from its ropes and pullies and crashed down on his leg, fracturing it instantly. He didn’t want to point fingers but he thinks it was the doing of Anthony Daniels.
We hope he gets well soon, and that Droids: Taking Back Space will find its way to Broadway soon, so we can stop hearing about Hamilton every twelve seconds! Are you excited about a Star Wars musical? Let us know in the comments below and hit us up on Twitter.
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