Star Wars: The Force Awakens has yet to win an Oscar tonight, losing out to both Mad Max and Ex Machina, but there’s still one very important award left: Best Original Score. The nomination, turns out, is the 50th for John Williams —€” his first being 1967’s Valley of the Dolls. (In total, he’s won five statuettes so far.)
Oscars 2016: BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3PO show up to celebrate John Williams
“I do not look like him, he just happens to look like me.”
“I do not look like him, he just happens to look like me.”
Who better to remind you of this important note than BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3PO? No one, that’s who. And they’re right — Threepio does bear a striking resemblance to the night’s little take-home award.
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