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14. C-3PO And R2-D2 At The Special Olympics

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver, president of the Special Olympics, hangs volunteer sash-ribbons on R2-D2 and C-3PO at the premiere of “The Empire Strikes Back at the Kennedy Center in Washington, May 17th 1980. The film premiere was tied in with a promotion for the Special Olympics for developmentally disabled children.

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