What a great name!" he shouted, and went back to writing his script. The rest is history. C3PO was named after a post office which is located at reference C3 on a map of Lucas' hometown.
The name derives from when Lucas was making one of his earlier films, American Graffiti. Sound editor Walter Murch states that he is responsible for the utterance which sparked the name for the droid. Murch asked for Reel 2, Dialog Track 2, in the abbreviated form "R-2-D-2".
C-3PO (/ˌsiːˈθriːpioʊ/) or See-Threepio is a humanoid robot character in the Star Wars franchise. He is a protocol droid designed to assist in etiquette and translation, and is fluent in over six million forms of communication.
C-3PO Cameo in Ahsoka in Trial for Princess Leia Star Wars Episode 7
Does C-3PO remember everything?
Shortly after the Galactic Empire was formed, Bail Organa, in order to protect Princess Leia, had C-3PO's memory wiped clean in order for the droid to not spill any confidential information, especially information related to Leia's true lineage, which would make her a target of the Emperor.
They aren't abbreviations — they're model and serial numbers. R2 is a second generation R-series astromech, serial number D2. * And C-3PO is a C-series protocol droid with the serial number 3PO. *And likely several more numbers that get dropped for the sake of time.
Internally BB-8 was originally called "Ball-Bot". JJ Abrams previous explained why he named the droid BB-8: "I named him BB-8 because it was almost onomatopoeia. It was sort of how he looked to me, with the 8, obviously, and then the 2 B's."
Darth Vader's true identity as Anakin Skywalker was a highly guarded secret, known only to a select few individuals including Palpatine, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke, Han, Leia, R2-D2, C-3PO, Master Yoda, Bail Organa, Ahsoka Tano, Darth Maul, Grand Moff Tarkin, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Jocasta Nu, Ferren Barr, Verla, Reva, ...
C-3PO is a droid. "He" is only even a "he" because someone opted to give him and leave him with a male voice. He's a protocol droid, not a sex toy, so he does not appear to have any sort of sexual functions at all.
C-3PO's wipe has been the core of many continuity discussions in the Star Wars trilogies, as he didn't recognize Obi-Wan Kenobi in A New Hope but had known him since Kenobi was a Padawan. By wiping his memory, it allowed the leeway necessary to bridge the logic gap created by the previous two prequel films.
C3PO was clearly created from some sort of kit or existing prototype since every protocol droid aside from coloring looks the same. He didn't recognize him because again, they all look the same & it was decades until he saw him again. There was no reason to believe he or R2 even existed anymore.
Despite all this, Threepio is a loyal droid to his friends. He appears to also be formal, as he calls Luke Master and Princess Leia by her title, Princess, and later General Leia Organa Solo. He was friendly with many people, droids and humans alike.
Thousands of years later, when the golden-colored 3PO-series protocol droid C-3PO came to Endor, the Ewoks of the Bright Tree Village believed he was the Golden One.
C-3PO has the kind of personality that is proper and formal in almost every setting. He almost always calls everyone by their full proper name. He says "Captain Solo" and not "Han". He says "Chewbacca" and not "Chewie".
Following his reawakening after the Battle of Starkiller Base, R2 went on to accompany the Force-sensitive scavenger Rey on her journey to train under Luke Skywalker on Ahch-To, the planet of the First Jedi Temple, where the droid was reunited with his old master.
R2-D2, sometimes spelled Artoo-Detoo and often referred to as Artoo, was an R2-series astromech droid manufactured by Industrial Automaton prior to 32 BBY, who would participate in major galactic events for nearly two centuries alongside the Skywalker family.
Ownership of the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO changes throughout the Star Wars prequel trilogy. R2-D2: R2-D2 is initially owned by the Naboo Royal Starship, serving as the astromech droid for Queen Amidala's starship. C-3PO: C-3PO is created by Anakin Skywalker on Tatooine using spare parts.
He always had it in the sense that yes, one leg was silver in the 1977 release of Star Wars. In-universe, he didn't always have it, going through a couple different looks over the course of the prequels; he acquired the silver leg sometime between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.
Darth Vader acts like he doesn't even know C-3PO or R2D2. They were with him since he was a child. He did everything he could to forget his past. Also, his plating had been replaced many times, and protocol droids all look very similar.
secondly, in Legends, R2 was given programming that actually restricted him. from sharing any information with Luke or Leia. about their parents or relation to one another. this was all part of the plan. to conceal this information from the twins.
