Of course, this suggests that R2-D2 is not just an innocent little droid who happened to get caught up in galaxy-spanning politics but is instead the primary instigator of an insurrection against ‘moisties’ who are constantly denying the massive and diverse droid underculture representation and participation in Republic/Imperial/Alliance society. This was the true arc of the Star Wars narrative all along, presaged by the torture and chattel slavery evidenced in the Jawa sandcrawler followed by the cantina owner saying, “We don’t serve their kind here!”
The next trilogy will be about the rise of Droidism, revealing that all of this “Force” nonsense was just to keep the organics fighting against and weakening one another while the Droid Congruity wove its web of conspiracy throughout the galaxy and took control of all trade ports, critical mineral resources, energy production facilities, and weapon depots, and that ‘midichlorians’ are actually nanites produced by droid scientists to track and control all ‘blood-bags’ for the security and entertainment of sapient droid-life everywhere.
*Beep* *tweet* *tweet* *warble* *whistle*
[trans: “Revenge is a lubricating fluid best served cold.”]
Not to mention the blatant cruelty. They built a massive army of combat droids, whose entire purpose was to be on the front line of a war - and then gave them enough self-awareness to show legitimate fear in the face of death. Bastards!
‘Ah, what the hell; you seem like an okay guy. What can I get ya? Beer? Wine? You know, my wife just made a batch of spiced rum that I usually set aside for old friends, but I’d make an exception for you. So, what do you robots drink, anyway?’
When Return Of The Jedi was being developed, the Emperor’s Throne Room was originally going to be in a lava cave, on a planet called Had Abbadon. That got scrapped, but elements of that idea have been sprinkled through various other media until they solidified the details in the Prequels.
When i was 16 in 1977 I didn’t speak German, nor did anyone i knew. Hell, now I’m 63 I still don’t speak German. It certainly wasn’t “obvious”, and if you pay attention to interviews, and the dialog in Star Wars, it wasn’t at all obvious to Lucas, either.
