R2 isn’t just a badass, talking a machine into self destruction makes him on a par with Captain Kirk!
And, much like Kirk, he gets to bask in all the praise and glory, even though it was really his pragmatic, probability-quoting associate who actually solved the problem.
*"Excuse me, sir, but *that R2 unit is in prime condition! A real bargain!"
Oh wasn’t it a striking coincidence that R2-D2 was chosen as a replacement? Surely the only possible answer is that R2 must have Force powers. Obviously the very laws of the universe were shaping themselves to enable R2 to fulfill his destiny. One thing’s for certain, though; it couldn’t possibly have had anything to do with that gold fellow standing over there. Who is he, anyway? I’m sorry, I forgot that the film saga is actually The R2-D2 Show.
Once again, R2 gets everything, and 3PO gets nothing. No wonder he’s so bitter.
A pizza, you have delivered. But money for a tip, I have not.
That’s not true. 3PO get a oil bath and a memory wipe. R2 never got either of those.
My cable TV to be installed, I need. Smoking hot, you are.
All you people saying that “he can’t be a Jedi because he can’t have midichlorians in him”.
Yes, he could have. Vader was mostly robotic, but his Head and torso was still human. So he still had his midichlorians. General Grievous, on the other hand, was NOT a Jedi nor was he a Sith. He was just a general in the Republic who was obsessed with immortality. He was chocked to near death as a human, and some of his organs were transplanted into the robotic body. Hints why he coughed. It was not because he had a cold, but because his brain was still telling him that his neck was being chocked. He says it clearly that he “studied the ways the Jedi fought”. He tells us that he is not a Jedi, but well schooled in their ways. Now, R2 has NEVER had his memory wiped. At the end of three, he was supposed to have it wiped, but in four, he still remembers Ben. I bet somewhere in that body was the brain and maybe even the heart of the Jedi who built him. He probably had it done because he saw what was to come in the future, and knew that he would have something to do with its turn out. Oh. BTW. He probably knew that he couldn’t tell Luke all about Vader and everything because if he did, then Luke would not have done as he had. Luke would have died in Bespin if he had already known.
Resurrected a zombie thread, you have…
Besides, it’s clear that R2 was based on Galifreyan tech anyway, even if he isn’t force sensitive, he’s still part TARDIS, much like The Doctor’s TARDIS though, R2’s Chameleon Circuit is busted, he’s stuck in the form of an R2 series Astromech droid…
I’m with you. Have you ever seen shots of Kenny Baker’s head poking out of the R2 suit? Clearly, it was bigger on the inside.
If you abandon your preconceived ideas of “the force” as the ability to do magic, and accept that it is the narrative force of the story, you will see that Obi-Wan is
the wise mentor, but rather a second rate wise mentor, same with Yoda. They fail Annakin as mentors.
R2-D2 is the embodiment of “the narrative force” and everything that happens successfully when he is around is because of something he does. No Jedi fight ever amounts to anything useful. All end in wounding, death and frustration. R2 opens every door and provides all the information to motivate everyone.
Love it when R2 fights with Yoda in TESB over the food. R2 is the true patient mentor to Luke. Luke did his business with daddy on the Death Star while R2 kicked ass on the forest moon of Endor. There are always two, a master and an apprentice. R2 is the real hidden master.