In an in-depth interview with The Guardian, Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) discussed Disney’s desire to keep details of future Star Wars stories under wraps:
“The secrecy has been beyond ludicrous,” he sighs. “For heaven’s sake, it’s a movie. When I got the script, it was typed in black on paper of the deepest red so you couldn’t photocopy it. I got a hangover just reading it.”
He went on to discuss being chided for revealing an actor’s involvement in the film on Twitter:
“I said that I’d met so-and-so. An actor who plays a … thing in the film. A character. Immediately I received a message from Disney: ‘Remove the tweet! You’re not allowed to say that!’ Honestly. It’s a kind of Kremlin attitude. Look, I know perfectly well not to tell you now what I’m giving you for a Christmas present because it would spoil the surprise. And these films are all about opening the box on Christmas Day.”
He also discussed his opinion on the prequels:
“Hmm. I turned one on the other night. Sky seems to have devoted a whole channel to them. The effects are clever but pointless. The skill is there, but so what? Coldness, that’s the word. Bleakness, even.”