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Death of a legend: Tony Dyson, ‘father’ of Star Wars’ R2-D2, dies aged 68
RT News | Mar 4, 2016
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British Professor Tony Dyson, creator of the original round-domed R2-D2 droid from the Star Wars series, has been found dead at his private residence on the Maltese island Gozo, officials said on Friday.

The 68-year-old robotics sculptor was found by police after a neighbor called in, concerned that Dyson’s door had been left open. It is also understood that no one had seen him for several days. While Dyson is thought to have died of natural causes, local authorities have opened a magisterial inquiry and launched an official investigation.

Dyson was one of the guests at this year's Malta Comic Con. The event took place right before the premiere of the new Star Wars movie, ’The Force Awakens’, and the organizers thought it wise to invite the craftsman behind one of the symbols of the series.

“We knew he lived in Gozo, so we knew we had to invite him over to the Con,” Christopher Muscat, a Con organizer, told Malta Today. “But to our surprise, this year he contacted us himself.”

Muscat described the 68-year-old designer as a surprisingly energetic person.