Actor Kenny Baker, who portrayed the R2-D2 in the Star Wars movies, signs autographs at Star Wars Celebration IV in 2007.Associated Press file photo LONDON — Kenny Baker played the lovable droid R2-D2 in the “Star Wars” films, achieving cult status and fans’ adulation without showing his face or speaking any lines. The 3-foot 8-inch (1.1 meter) performer — a word he preferred to actor — inside the waste-bin-shaped costume has died at 81.