R2-D2’s name came from the set of American Graffiti.ĭuring the making of George Lucas’s 1973 film American Graffiti, he was in a room working on the Star Wars script and dozed off. This little moment shared between Artoo and his old friend Obi Wan stunningly ties up a loose end in the original Star Wars outing. “It’s good to fly with you again, my old friend.” The old man said, so softly Han wasn’t sure he had heard him right.” An image that was further reinforced by the old man stroking a hand over its domed head. “ The R2 unit moved to Ben’s side, as if it was his faithful pet. In the novel Star Wars: A New Hope – The Princess The Scoundrel and The Farmboy, Han looks over the falcon to see Ben beckon over Artoo whilst Luke is training with the lightsaber. He simply states “ I don’t seem to remember owning a droid” in his classic coy Obi Wan style – never stating he didn’t know Artoo specifically.
However, we the audience know this isn’t the case from the prequels.Īnd as we also know, old Obi Wan is all for truths “ from a certain point of view”. One of the little confusing plot points about A New Hope is how old Ben Kenobi claims to have no memory of Artoo, and acts as though he doesn’t recognize the droid. Just sayin’… Obi Wan remembered R2-D2 in A New Hope.
If you ask me, gonk droids look more like the Silent Running droids than astromech droids. They pointed out the similarities between Universal’s Battlestar Galactica and Star Wars. However, the suit was quickly dropped by Universal when Fox levied a counter-sue. The likeness of Artoo to Silent Running‘s trio of droids caused Universal Studios to kick off a lawsuit for breach of creative copyright issues. In Silent Running, there was a trio of droids called Huey, Duey and Louie, and George Lucas showed them to legendary concept artist Ralph McQuarrie who designed Artoo using them as inspiration. George Lucas’s original design inspiration for R2-D2 came after the 1972 sci-fi flick Silent Running. These two have lived through generations of amazing galactic adventures, always somehow caught up in the middle of everything.Ĭheck out these 10 facts about this iconic droid duo! The design inspiration for R2-D2 caused a lawsuit between Universal & Fox. Hell, this duo is one of Sci-Fi’s all-round biggest icons – let alone Star Wars‘. In a galaxy full of icons and iconic moments, these two droids are about as iconic as you can get.
There’s Luke and Leia, Han and Chewie, Vader and Sidious – and, of course, R2D2 and C-3PO. One thing I love about the Star Wars universe is the way characters are coupled with each other.
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