# R2D2 and C3PO (No one's been Boxing Star Wars SPOILERS, this will be no different) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 31, 2005, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r2d2-and-c3po-no-ones-been-boxing-star-wars-spoilers-this-will-be-no-different/306197 "2005-05-31T11:23:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r2d2-and-c3po-no-ones-been-boxing-star-wars-spoilers-this-will-be-no-different/306197/21 "2005-06-01T01:45:10Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Why do they need to do anything? > [@E-Sabbath](#): > > They’re not there to _do_ anything Right. That’s the beauty of it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r2d2-and-c3po-no-ones-been-boxing-star-wars-spoilers-this-will-be-no-different/306197/22 "2005-06-01T01:57:31Z")
> [@Alan Smithee](#): > > Right. That’s the beauty of it! 😃 I know that’s from a movie, but I just can’t put my finger on which one… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r2d2-and-c3po-no-ones-been-boxing-star-wars-spoilers-this-will-be-no-different/306197/23 "2005-06-01T02:12:16Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Considering that Anakin was (a) living in a city with a spaceport, and (b) might have been building C-3PO for years, this isn’t that hard to believe. > > Some schmucks land at Tattoine for a layover, the dust makes their creaky 3PO unit fall apart, Watto picks it up for salvage, Anakin picks a few parts, lather, rince, repeat. Kind of like that old Johnny Cash song where the guy keeps stealing car parts from the factory so he can build his own…except it works. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r2d2-and-c3po-no-ones-been-boxing-star-wars-spoilers-this-will-be-no-different/306197/24 "2005-06-01T04:47:55Z")
So you’re saying that really… He’s an A9, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, C1, C2, C3-PO protocal droid? ---
**Author:** ![Ezekiel25\_17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@Ezekiel25\_17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ezekiel25_17)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r2d2-and-c3po-no-ones-been-boxing-star-wars-spoilers-this-will-be-no-different/306197/25 "2005-06-01T04:57:28Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > Kind of like that old Johnny Cash song where the guy keeps stealing car parts from the factory so he can build his own…except it works. Actually the car he built worked too. It was just a little different [/country music geek nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r2d2-and-c3po-no-ones-been-boxing-star-wars-spoilers-this-will-be-no-different/306197/26 "2005-06-01T06:16:11Z")
> [@Ezekiel25:17](#): > > Actually the car he built worked too. It was just a little different [/country music geek nitpick] Now I’m going to have to go back and listen to the song again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r2d2-and-c3po-no-ones-been-boxing-star-wars-spoilers-this-will-be-no-different/306197.md?page=1)