Kenny Baker, the man behind our favorite Star Wars droid, is in a Manchester hospital after suffering a severe asthma attack. The 73-year-old actor was on a Manchester-bound plane returning from a sci-fi convention in the US when he became ill.

The family reports that the actor is now wide awake and expected to return home in the next few days.

PopTherapy wishes him a speedy recovery.

[Telegraph]

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