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.
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.
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".
[and] wanted to fix something in one of the tracks,” recalled Lucas in a 1980 interview. “So Walter asked me to go over to the rack to get R2D2, that's Reel 2, Dialog 2, and I said, 'I like that, that's a great name. ' I wrote down in my little book, 'Great name.
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.
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."
R2-D2 was present when Padmé gave birth to Leia and Luke, so he knew Luke was Anakin's son – but what he didn't know was that Anakin became Darth Vader. In addition to that, Anakin's fall was surely a painful event in R2-D2's life, one that he definitely wouldn't like to remember or even talk about.
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.
That C-3PO can read Sith but cannot talk about it is used for laughs, when it could have worked also as one of the side effects of Luke and Leia's willful blindness and fear of Ben's dark side, and the obfuscation that they brought upon themselves.
A New Hope's marketing material pegged Chewbacca's age at 200, which was confirmed in Solo: A Star Wars Story (at which point in the story he was 190). It also beggars the question of how long Wookiees as a whole are expected to live. There's a canon answer, though it's buried fairly deeply.
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.
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.
Anakin Skywalker's birth mystery is solved - his mother, Shmi Skywalker, reveals that there was no father and she can't explain what happened. Qui-Gon Jinn believed that the Force itself created Anakin in Shmi's womb, making him the Chosen One who would bring balance to the Force.
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.
Darth Vader didn't learn he had a daughter until Return of the Jedi, when he stood before Emperor Palpatine. The Emperor's power probed Luke's mind, attempting to goad him to fall to the dark side, and he discovered Leia's existence. "Sister," the Emperor taunted.
Since Obi-Wan and Anakin often fought together, Obi-Wan was friends with R2-D2 as well. This means that although R2-D2 might not have immediately recognized Obi-Wan on Tatooine due to his age, Obi-Wan should have recognized the droid.
The Invasion of Naboo. R2-D2 repairs the shield generator of Queen Amidala's Royal Starship. In 32 BBY, R2-D2 was in the possession of the Royal Engineers of Naboo, and was assigned aboard Queen Amidala's Royal Starship as a maintenance droid.
Since Bail Organa had C-3PO's memory wiped previously in order to prevent him from spilling the secret of Leia's parentage, it could be that this was a semi-regular occurrence for the droid given he couldn't be trusted to keep quiet about things.
While this issue provides evidence that Chewbacca hates C-3PO, Chewie seemed to get all of that pent-up rage out of his system when he gave Triple-Zero a proper beat-down.
