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|homeworld=[[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]<ref name="C-3PO in the Databank">{{DB|droid|c3po|C-3PO (See-Threepio)|archivedate=20110913045257}}</ref>
|birth=[[112 BBY/Legends|112 BBY]], [[Affa/Legends|Affa]]<ref name="C-3PO's age">{{SWArchive|url=qa/?cat=384&question=2298|text=How old is C-3PO really?|archivedate=20080529033718}}</ref>
|death=[[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]], [[Bespin/Legends|Bespin]] {{C|temporarily dismantled, rebuilt}}<ref name="Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back">{{Film|V}}</ref>
|creator=[[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]]<ref name="Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace">{{Film|I}}</ref>
|manufacturer=[[Cybot Galactica/Legends|Cybot Galactica]]<ref name="C-3PO in the Databank" />
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|model=[[3PO-series protocol droid/Legends|3PO-series protocol droid]]<ref name="C-3PO in the Databank" />
|class=[[Protocol droid/Legends|Protocol droid]]<ref name="CharEnc">''[[Star Wars Character Encyclopedia]]''</ref>
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|height=1.67 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]]<ref name="C-3PO in the Databank" /><ref>*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995 toy line)|text=''Star Wars: The Power of the Force'' (1995)|pack=C-3PO|link=POTF2c3po.asp|archivedate=20190929060826}}</ref>
|mass=75 [[Kilogram/Legends|kilograms]]<ref name="H2H">''[[Star Wars: Head-to-Head Tag Teams]]'', pg 17</ref>
|gender=[[Gender/Legends|Masculine programming]]<ref name="EGC">''[[The Essential Guide to Characters]]''</ref>
|sensor=[[Color/Legends|Yellow]]<ref name="EGC" />
|plating=Gold<ref name="EGC" /> {{C|silver from approx. [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]] to approx. [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]]}}
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|affiliation=*[[Skywalker family/Legends|Skywalker family]]
*[[Lars family/Legends|Lars family]]
*[[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]] {{C|briefly}}
*[[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]
*[[Royal House of Naboo/Legends|Royal House of Naboo]]
*[[Delegation of 2000]]
*[[House of Antilles]]
*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]]<ref name="EGC" />
*[[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]
*[[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances]]
*[[Five Worlds]]
*[[Confederation]]
*[[Bright Tree Village/Legends|Bright Tree Village]]<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi">{{Film|VI}}</ref>
*[[Star Tours/Legends|Star Tours]]}}
{{Quote|I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations.|C-3PO|<ref name="TPM novel">[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (novelization)|''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' (novel)]]</ref>}}
'''C-3PO''', sometimes spelled '''See-Threepio''' and often referred to as '''Threepio''', was a bipedal, [[Humanoid/Legends|humanoid]] [[Protocol droid/Legends|protocol droid]] designed to interact with [[Sentience/Legends|organics]], [[Programmer/Legends|programmed]] primarily for etiquette and protocol. He was fluent in over six million forms of [[Language/Legends|communication]], and developed a fussy and worry-prone personality throughout his many [[Time/Legends|decades]] of operation. After being destroyed and discarded on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]] before [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]], C-3PO was rebuilt; his salvaged nature gave him special qualities that distinguished him from similar [[Droid/Legends|droid]] models. Along with his [[Counterpart/Legends|counterpart]], the [[Astromech droid/Legends|astromech droid]] [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]], C-3PO constantly found himself directly involved in pivotal moments of [[The galaxy/Legends|galactic]] [[Timeline of galactic history/Legends|history]], and aided in saving the galaxy on many occasions. C-3PO considered various droids and organics to be friends of his, and was very dedicated to them, as well as to any master that he served.

Originally activated on [[Affa/Legends|Affa]] in [[112 BBY/Legends|112 BBY]], C-3PO had served as a protocol droid to the emissary of the [[Manakron system/Legends|Manakron system]]. Nearly [[32 BBY/Legends|eighty years later]], he was gutted and discarded on the streets of [[Mos Espa/Legends|Mos Espa]], a [[City/Legends|city]] on the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim]] world of Tatooine. After being rebuilt by the [[Human/Legends|Human]] [[Slavery/Legends|slave]] [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]], C-3PO served Skywalker and his mother [[Shmi Skywalker Lars/Legends|Shmi]] for over ten [[Standard year/Legends|years]], performing household chores and helping Skywalker earn his freedom by [[Boonta Eve Classic/Legends|winning]] a [[Podracing/Legends|pod race]]. Skywalker left Tatooine but returned in [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]] when his mother [[Death/Legends|passed away]], and C-3PO was given to Skywalker, now a [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Padawan/Legends|Padawan]], by Shmi's stepson [[Owen Lars/Legends|Owen Lars]]. C-3PO, Skywalker, R2-D2, and the [[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]] [[Senator/Legends|Senator]] [[Padmé Amidala/Legends|Padmé Amidala]] immediately became embroiled in the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], a galaxy-wide conflict between the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] and the Separatist [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]]. Skywalker [[Wedding of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala/Legends|married]] Amidala and gave C-3PO to her as a [[Marriage/Legends|wedding]] gift, and C-3PO faithfully assisted her in her senatorial duties throughout the three-year conflict. The two often entered the front lines of the war, at times fighting alongside Skywalker and R2-D2.

At the end of the war, Skywalker became a [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]], Amidala passed away, the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]] was [[Great Jedi Purge/Legends|exterminated]], and the Republic was reorganized into a [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]]. C-3PO's memory was erased, however R2-D2's memory was not. C-3PO and R2-D2 were assigned to the [[CR90 corvette/Legends|corvette]] [[Tantive IV/Legends|''Tantive IV'']] of [[Alderaan/Legends|Alderaan]], where they served Alderaan's [[Viceroy/Legends|viceroy]] [[Bail Prestor Organa/Legends|Bail Organa]] for nineteen years. They were, however, separated from Organa during that time period, and got caught up in a wide variety of misadventures, ruining the [[Gangster/Legends|gangster]] [[Tig Fromm]], helping restore the [[Tammuz-an/Legends|Tammuz-an]] [[King/Legends|monarchy]], and aiding the [[Merchant/Legends|merchant]] [[Mungo Baobab]] in reviving [[Baobab family|his family's]] fortune, among other exploits. After rejoining the crew of the ''Tantive IV'' and serving under [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Raymus Antilles/Legends|Raymus Antilles]], they became embroiled in the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], and in [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]], [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] of the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] entrusted them to bring a copy of the [[Death Star plans/Legends|Death Star plans]] to the [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] on Tatooine. After meeting Skywalker's son [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke]] and the [[Smuggler/Legends|smuggler]] [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]], the droids helped rescue [[Prince/Legends|princess]] Leia from the Empire's [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|Death Star]] and became directly attached to the three [[Human/Legends|Humans]], helping them and their rebellion defeat the Empire and restore freedom to the galaxy.

When the Rebellion became a [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]], C-3PO continued to serve Luke and the now-married Han & Leia Solo, helping them defeat remnants of the Empire. Notably, C-3PO helped the [[House of Solo|Solos]] raise their three children, and aided Luke in recruiting trainees for his [[New Jedi Order]]. His [[Interpreter|translation]] abilities proved crucial during major incidents on [[Bakura/Legends|Bakura]], the [[Starship/Legends|starship]] ''[[Teljkon Vagabond]]'', and in the [[Kathol sector]], and in [[17 ABY/Legends|17 ABY]], he and R2-D2 teamed up with a young [[Technician/Legends|mechanic]] named [[Cole Fardreamer]] to foil [[Almanian Uprising|a plan]] to bomb the galactic [[Capital/Legends|capital]] of [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]].

==Biography==
===Life on Tatooine===
====Original activations====
{{Quote|I didn't have many friends when I was a kid, so I built one.|Anakin Skywalker to Padmé Amidala|<ref name="ROTS novel">[[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (novelization)|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'' novelization]]</ref> 3PO ultimately pushed the memory wipe button himself to erase his own memory (also making sure to say goodbye to R2-D2 before going through with it), although he unintentionally ended up erasing [[Unidentified RA-7 protocol droid (Sundered Heart)|an RA-7 protocol droid]] who was guiding him through the process.<ref name="Memory Loss">{{TCWUKCite|volume=7|13|Memory Loss}}</ref> During his time with the Alderaanian royal family, C-3PO served for a time as the ''Tantive IV''{{'s}} cook and maître d'.<ref name="reanimated 2">*{{SW|url=news/the-droids-re-animated-part-2|text=The Droids Re-Animated, Part 2|int=The Droids Re-Animated}}</ref>}}
[[File:3PO_programming.png|thumb|left|250px|C-3PO being programmed by Anakin Skywalker.]]
C-3PO was originally activated on the [[Cybot Galactica/Legends|Cybot Galactica]] foundry [[Planet/Legends|world]] of [[Affa/Legends|Affa]]<ref name="C-3PO in the Databank" /> in the year [[112 BBY/Legends|112 BBY]].<ref name="C-3PO's age" /> Sometime in his early existence, he had served as a protocol droid to the emissary of the [[Manakron system/Legends|Manakron system]].<ref name="TCWEP">{{TCW|Evil Plans}}</ref> Nearly [[32 BBY/Legends|eighty years later]], his head and gutted chassis had been discarded in a street of the [[City/Legends|city]] of [[Mos Espa/Legends|Mos Espa]] on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]], and were discovered by two [[Human/Legends|Human]] youths, [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] and [[Kitster Chanchani Banai|Kitster Banai]]. A poor [[Slavery/Legends|slave]], Skywalker decided to rebuild the [[3PO-series protocol droid/Legends|3PO-series protocol droid]],<ref name="Thank the Maker">{{Tales|6|Thank the Maker}}</ref> and began [[Smuggler/Legends|smuggling]] C-3PO to [[Slave Quarters Row/Legends|his home]] piece by piece.<ref name="Thank the Maker" /> Due to this hodgepodge reconstruction, C-3PO had more mechanical similarities to the [[TC-series protocol droid/Legends|TC-series protocol droid]] than to his original model.<ref name="Essential Guide">''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]''</ref> Skywalker's intention was that the reactivated [[Protocol droid/Legends|protocol droid]] would function as a servant to [[Shmi Skywalker Lars/Legends|his mother]],<ref name="Thank the Maker" /> helping her with chores around the house while he worked at a nearby [[Wald's Parts|junk shop.]]<ref name="Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" /> C-3PO's [[gyro-balance circuitry]] was several decades old,<ref name="Thank the Maker" /> but Skywalker was able to use scrounged and improvised replacement parts to make the [[Droid/Legends|droid]] functional again. C-3PO boasted sound wiring, as well as a standard protocol droid [[Verbobrain/Legends|verbobrain]] and [[TranLang III communications module|communicator module]], but Skywalker could not afford even the simplest of droid coverings, and as such, left the droid's wiring exposed. C-3PO's salvaged nature imbued special qualities in him that were absent from other protocol droids.<ref name="C-3PO in the Databank" />

====Race for freedom====
[[Yoda/Legends|Yoda]] of the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]] dispatched [[Unidentified young new recruit|a Jedi recruit]] to Tatooine to program stories into C-3PO's memory. The young Jedi programmed several tales or anecdotes related to Skywalker, Queen Amidala and the Jedi.<ref name="YCAC">''[[Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center]]''</ref> Despite this fact, C-3PO would claim that he never was good at storytelling.<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope">{{Film|IV}}</ref>

===War's end===
Unbeknownst to either of them, Kenobi stowed away aboard the skiff, and his arrival at Mustafar caused an enraged Vader to choke his wife with the Force. As he and Kenobi left the platform and [[Duel on Mustafar/Legends|engaged]] in a lightsaber duel, C-3PO and R2-D2 brought Amidala back aboard the skiff and attempted to stabilize her condition. Kenobi soon returned, having defeated Vader, and piloted the skiff with C-3PO to the planetoid [[Polis Massa/Legends|Polis Massa]] to rendezvous with Yoda and Senator Bail Organa. Amidala was brought to [[Polis Massa Base/Legends|a medical center]], where C-3PO, R2-D2, Kenobi, Organa and Yoda bore witness to the birth of two twins she had been carrying: [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke]] and [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia]]. Weakened and without the will to continue living, Amidala passed away on the operating table. As the five survivors brought her body to Naboo on Organa's [[CR70 corvette/Legends|corvette]], the ''[[Sundered Heart]]'', Kenobi and Yoda discussed the situation with Organa: The Jedi Order had nearly been wiped out, and the Republic had been reorganized into a [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] with Palpatine as its [[Emperor/Legends|Emperor]]. Yoda and Kenobi went into hiding, the latter watching over Luke, who was entrusted to the Lars family on Tatooine. Leia was adopted by Organa and [[Breha Organa/Legends|his wife]]; the twins would be kept safe from the [[Sith/Legends|Sith]] in the dark times ahead. Organa entrusted C-3PO and R2-D2 to [[Raymus Antilles/Legends|Raymus Antilles]], the Captain of the ''Tantive IV'', who was instructed to treat them well and, to C-3PO's horror, to wipe the protocol droid's memory.<ref name="Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" /> As Organa intended for the droids to one day belong to Leia, he knew that erasing all knowledge of the child's parents from C-3PO was the best way to keep the chatty droid from revealing her true parentage.<ref name="ROTS novel" />

===Early Imperial era===
====Separated from the ''Tantive IV''====
{{Quote|Functioning without a master for even a short time makes one feel so&hellip; inadequate!|C-3PO|<ref name="Marvel Droids 2">[[Droids (1986) 2|''Droids'' (1986) 2]]</ref>}}
In the early years of the Empire's reign, the droid duo were in one of the ''Tantive IV''{{'s}} escape pods while the ship's [[Chief Petty Officer/Legends|Chief Petty Officer]], [[Corla Metonae/Legends|Corla Metonae]], was supervising test launches of the pods<ref name="Corla">{{DB|character|corlametonae|Metonae, Corla|archivedate=20110524235800}}</ref> in the [[Karthakk system|Maramere system]]. The [[Lok Revenants/Legends|Lok Revenants]], a local pirate group, attacked<ref name="reanimated">*{{SW|url=news/the-droids-re-animated-part-1|text=The Droids Re-Animated, Part 1|int=The Droids Re-Animated}}</ref> the ''Tantive IV'', which was forced to flee and to abandon its jettisoned pods. Bail Organa made the finding of such valuable property an imperative priority,<ref name="Corla" /> but the droids were captured by the Lok Revenants. They shared an adventure or two with the freebooters, but after suddenly finding themselves free of their captors, C-3PO and R2-D2 sought out employment with the [[Intergalactic Droid Agency]]. They were placed aboard a [[Intergalactic Droid Agency shuttle|shuttle]] en route to the planet [[Dodz]] to meet their new master: the crystal [[Merchant/Legends|merchant]] [[Lott Kemp]].<ref name="reanimated" />

Aboard the shuttle, several other droids made disparaging wisecracks about the tiny world's barren landscape. After landing, the counterparts trekked to the address they had been given, only to find Kemp's home in ruins. A young Human male named [[Jost Ellon]] appeared with a blaster drawn, but when C-3PO explained himself, Ellon calmed down and revealed that Dodz's [[Governor/Legends|Governor]] [[Kugg]] unleashed a massive [[Destroyer (droid)|Destroyer droid]] against any who refused to pay his exorbitant tax rates. Kemp had been the latest victim, although he had survived and gone missing. Ellon recruited C-3PO and R2-D2 to serve him and help him with lifting things; they then boarded [[Jost Ellon's landspeeder|Ellon's landspeeder]] and made their way to the boy's home.<ref name="Marvel Droids 1">[[Droids (1986) 1|''Droids'' (1986) 1]]</ref>

[[File:C3potakesabath.png|thumb|right|200px|Jost Ellon's Ranger X-1 shoves C-3PO into a tub of water.]]
Having lost his family to the Kugg's Destroyer, Ellon lived in a modest cave dwelling scattered with technology that he scavenged and sold. C-3PO and R2-D2 discovered an old [[Ranger X-One defense robot]], which only activated when Ellon gave it a swift kick. The Ranger's power was almost depleted, but a reflexive shove that sent C-3PO tumbling into a tub of water was enough to convince Ellon that he now had the means with which to stand up to Kugg. The boy and his three droids raced to the main dwelling of the planet's [[Citizen's Council of Dodz|Citizen's Council]], only to find that Kugg had just terrorized them and forced them to pay triple what he had previously asked for. [[Head Councilman]] [[Althon]] had given up hope, but a [[Unidentified old man (Dodz)|mysterious old man]] convinced Ellon to fight against Kugg's tyranny. C-3PO and R2-D2 accompanied Ellon as he journeyed to [[Kugg's mansion]] the next day with his Ranger, and when Kugg unleashed the Destroyer, a battle began. The Ranger gained the upper hand but quickly began to lose power; when Ellon tried to interfere, the Destroyer easily knocked him over. The Ranger only made it back into the fight when R2-D2 fired his cables at the droid and used himself as a medium through which to siphon power from the Destroyer to the Ranger. However, he overloaded, and although the Destroyer exploded, R2-D2 was left severely depleted of power. Kugg was taken into citizens' custody, and Ellon saw the droids safely aboard<ref name="Marvel Droids 1" /> an Intergalactic Droid Agency shuttle that had been dispatched to retrieve them for repairs.<ref name="reanimated" /> It was bound for the [[Lonn Idd's repair station|droid repair station]] of the scientist [[Lonn Idd]],<ref name="Marvel Droids 2" /> whom they hoped would repair R2-D2's microsynapse damage.<ref name="Marvel Droids 1" />

When the [[Annoo-dat]] [[Gangster/Legends|gangster]] [[Tig Fromm]] came to the [[Space station/Legends|space station]] to steal a powerful laser from Idd, C-3PO and R2-D2 helped Idd's children, [[Vik Idd|Vik]] and [[Nikki Idd|Nikki]] free the scientist; C-3PO donned the outer shell of a [[HK Guardian Droid|guardian droid]] and was able to destroy all of Fromm's [[hover guard]] droids, allowing Vik to trap Fromm in a [[packing net]] and turn him over to the authorities.<ref name="Marvel Droids 2" /> Lonn Idd gratefully repaired R2-D2, and his children ferried both droids to a nearby Intergalactic Droid Agency station, where they were almost immediately purchased by [[Ambassador/Legends|Ambassador]] [[Zell]] of [[Majoor]]<ref name="reanimated" /> and assigned to act as tutors and companions of Zell's son [[Llez]], who had dreams of dismantling C-3PO and using R2-D2 for entertainment purposes. During a diplomatic mission to [[Armath]] that saw Zell command a fleet of Majooran [[Consular ship/Legends|consular ships]], Llez fled from his father and took up with the pirate [[Reddjak]], but returned to his father when Reddjak was personally defeated by Zell.<ref name="Marvel Droids 3">[[Droids (1986) 3|''Droids'' (1986) 3]]</ref>

====A wrinkle in time====
{{Quote|Too late, Artoo&hellip; He's disrupted the anti-matter pods!|C-3PO regarding Prince Plooz, just before traveling to the future|<ref name="Marvel Droids 4">[[Droids (1986) 4|''Droids'' (1986) 4]]</ref>}}
After vowing to take a more active role in raising his son, Zell realized that the droids' service was no longer needed. They were dismissed, and the Intergalactic Droid Agency arranged for their sale to an impoverished branch of the [[Republic Diplomatic Corps/Legends|Republic Diplomatic Corps]] in the [[Thanium Worlds|Thanium sector]]. Their assignment was to be [[Diplomat/Legends|diplomatic]] couriers, which C-3PO believed would make them droids of distinction.<ref name="reanimated" /> When they arrived at the [[Royal Palace (Sooma)|Royal Palace]] of the planet [[Sooma]], they found that [[Plooz]]&mdash;son of King [[Gokus]] of nearby [[Alzar]]&mdash;had stowed away aboard a Sooman freighter and ended up in the court of Sooma's King [[Zornog]]. [[Sludd]], First General to Alzar's forces, had in fact concocted a scheme to overthrow his King, and had tricked Plooz into boarding the freighter. C-3PO and R2-D2 stopped a hyperactive Plooz from choking Zornog, and the King gave them his [[Sooman starship|fastest starship]] to use to ferry the Prince back to his furious father. En route, C-3PO was vexed when Plooz began devouring [[Neuvian sundae]]s from the ship's [[food synthesizer]], but began to panic when a graver threat appeared: battleships of General Sludd. C-3PO hailed the vessels and informed them that Plooz was aboard, but Sludd prepared to attack anyway. The protocol droid ordered R2-D2 to prepare the ship's hyperdrive, and Plooz, hoping to help, Plooz inadvertently disrupted the ship's [[antimatter]] pods. With [[electron torpedo]]es incoming, C-3PO ordered his counterpart to jump to hyperspace regardless.<ref name="Marvel Droids 4" />

[[File:PloozAntimatter.png|thumb|left|250px|The anti-matter pods of the droids' vessel are disrupted, opening a time warp in nearby outer space.]]
Aware that there were no [[Star/Legends|stars]] to be seen in the midst of a bright pink opening that surrounded the ship, C-3PO was surprised to learn from R2-D2 that their ship had created a [[Time travel/Legends|time warp]] by causing an anti-matter overload upon jumping to hyperspace.<ref name="Marvel Droids 4" /> After rocketing through the [[Endor Gate/Legends|Endor Gate]] they had created, the ship traveled years into the future<ref name="reanimated" /> and into the [[Endor system/Legends|Endor system]]. C-3PO was able to restrain a wailing Plooz from dashing for an escape pod, but he lost control of the child when attempting to give instructions to R2-D2. As Plooz's pod made its way towards the forest [[Moon/Legends|moon]] of [[Endor/Legends|Endor]], C-3PO and R2-D2 landed the ship to give chase.<ref name="Marvel Droids 4" /> On the moon, they met with [[Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka]], an [[Ewok/Legends|Ewok]] Princess and the daughter of [[Chief/Legends|Chief]] [[Chirpa/Legends|Chirpa]] of the Ewok's [[Bright Tree Village/Legends|Bright Tree Village]], who spoke an [[Ewokese/Legends|obscure dialect]] of the [[Inner Zuma Region|Inner Zuma]] that C-3PO was able to understand. Kneesaa brought them to a peace summit occurring between Chirpa's [[Council of Elders (Ewok)/Legends|Council of Elders]] and King [[Gorneesh]] of the [[Dulok/Legends|Duloks]], another [[Sentience/Legends|sentient]] species native to the moon. Gorneesh was holding a terrified Plooz over a chasm, and C-3PO demanded that he be let go. Just then, rays from Endor's primary star [[Ibleam]] reflected off of C-3PO's plating, giving him the glowing appearance of what the Duloks perceived to be an Ewok demon. The Duloks fled, and Ploz was rescued from the chasm by R2-D2 and the Ewok [[Wicket Wystri Warrick/Legends|Wicket Wystri Warrick]].<ref name="Marvel Ewoks 10">[[Ewoks 10|''Ewoks'' 10]]</ref>

After the Ewoks escorted the droids and Plooz back to their Sooman craft, the trio piloted the ship through the Endor Gate seconds before it closed, and returned to their own time. Sludd's fleet remained where they had left it and began firing on them, but C-3PO took control of the situation and was able to direct R2-D2 to land the damaged craft outside of Gokus's palace. As Plooz entered the palace to find his father, Sludd landed his own ship and held the two droids at gunpoint. When Gokus arrived, demanding an explanation from his general, R2-D2 played a recording of Sludd's earlier threat to kill Plooz and seize control of both Alzar and Sooma. Livid, Gokus had his general and his co-conspirators thrown in [[Prison/Legends|prison]].<ref name="Marvel Ewoks 10" /> C-3PO and R2-D2 remained in Zornog's service, but the fidgety king quickly tired of their constant bickering. The last straw came when R2-D2 inadvertently shorted out the palace's power system, and the droids were abandoned on the planet of [[R-Duba]].<ref name="reanimated" /> They made their way to [[The Droid Store]] of businessman [[Van P. Quist]].<ref name="Marvel Droids 5">[[Droids (1986) 5|''Droids'' (1986) 5]]</ref>

When R2-D2 was purchased by the human [[Kirk Windjammer]], C-3PO found a new owner of his own after Baron [[Gavern Starlock]] bought him to serve as a translator for R-duba's Prince [[Jagoda]]. Starlock soon betrayed his Prince by helping the people of [[Dorande]] attempt to conquer R-duba, but found his efforts thwarted by C-3PO, R2-D2, and Windjammer. In the process, C-3PO stopped Starlock's droid [[BX-00]] from [[Assassin/Legends|assassinating]] the Prince.<ref name="Marvel Droids 5" /> Reunited, the droids left Jagoda's court and suggested that Windjammer be appointed Jagoda's Chief Advisor. Continuing their journey through the stars, C-3PO and R2-D2 stowed away aboard a ship headed for [[Ord Gertoth]].<ref name="reanimated" />

====Troubles with Tig Fromm====
{{Quote|Oh what a perilous chain of events! We're lost in a game of chance to a new master who turns out to be a smuggler, then we're tossed overboard with the stolen goods whilst he gets himself arrested.|C-3PO, regarding himself and R2-D2|<ref name="The White Witch">{{DroidsCite|The White Witch}}</ref>}}
C-3PO and R2-D2 were kicked off of the ship, however, at a [[Sindee's refueling station|one-woman refueling station]] operated by a [[Bimm (furred species)|Bimm]] businesswoman named [[Sindee]]. As their new master, Sindee taught R2-D2 how to play [[Dejarik/Legends|dejarik]], but her gambling addiction saw her lose both droids to the smuggler [[Zevel Hortine]] in a game of [[Liar's Cut/Legends|Liar's Cut]].<ref name="reanimated" /> In the year [[15 BBY/Legends|15 BBY]],<ref name="Polyhedron 170">{{PolyhedronCite|170|Star Wars Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO}}</ref> Hortine jettisoned a large amount of contraband from his ship while being arrested above the planet [[Ingo/Legends|Ingo]]. The droids were in the ship's cargo bay at the time.<ref name="reanimated" /> After landing in the planet's [[Vaj Desert]], the droids began trekking across the sands before being spotted by two [[Speeder/Legends|speeder]] jockeys, [[Thall Joben/Legends|Thall Joben]] and [[Jord Dusat]]. Having been in search of an R2 unit, the two declared themselves the new masters of the droid duo and welcomed them into Joben's [[Landspeeder/Legends|speeder]]. While traveling to their auto-shop, the jockeys crossed into the desert's restricted zone and were pursued by [[seeker]] probe droids; the chase saw C-3PO fall from Joben's speeder and land in the desert's sands, where he was accosted by a large [[Droid tank/Legends|droid tank]]. Throwing a rock at it, the protocol droid was surprised to see it explode. Unbeknownst to him, the [[Fromm Tower Droid]] had actually been [[Mission to Ingo|destroyed]] by [[Kea Moll]], a young resistance fighter from [[Annoo (Gelefil)|Annoo]] who had made her way to Ingo.<ref name="The White Witch" />

With the seekers successfully evaded, the jockeys brought the droids back to their shop. C-3PO and R2-D2 helped fix up Joben and Dusat's speeders and were shown the ''[[White Witch]]'', a heavily-modified [[C/L-82 landspeeder|speeder]] that the jockeys intended to enter into an upcoming race with R2-D2 flying in its [[Astromech socket/Legends|droid socket]]. Joben then left the shop for the night and brought the droids with him, but noticed pursuit by an unknown party and hid his speeder accordingly. With the pursuers dodged, the trio returned to the shop, only to find that Dusat had been kidnapped. Following the arrival of Kea Moll, who had been seeking a mechanic, R2-D2's [[Sensor/Legends|sensors]] detected movement outside. Investigating, Joben discovered that his speeder had been sabotaged, and soon found himself surrounded by hostile droids. C-3PO, R2-D2, and Moll took the ''White Witch'' outside and saved Joben, before tracking the droids to [[Tig Fromm's base|a base]] belonging to Tig Fromm, the Anoo-Dat gangster that C-3PO and R2-D2 had previously encountered while in the service of Lonn Idd.<ref name="The White Witch" />

[[File:White_Witch_attacked.jpg|thumb|right|275px|The ''White Witch'' is attacked by seeker probe droids.]]After R2-D2 infiltrated the base, a Fromm Tower Droid opened the complex's doors in an effort to locate the intruder. It was swiftly decapitated by the ''White Witch'', which zoomed into the open doors and made its way through a cave system after locating Dusat on a map of the base. After coming to a locked door, Joben cut his way through with a lightsaber that a customer had previously left him, before taking R2-D2 in the ''White Witch'' through the base's tube system to rescue Dusat. Remaining at the [[Computer/Legends|computer]] that displayed the map, C-3PO and Moll monitored Joben's progress and redirected tube traffic out of his way. Their efforts were nearly thwarted by a [[Patrol droid/Legends|patrol droid]] and a maintenance droid, but C-3PO tricked the two into inadvertently destroying each other. The protocol droid's cunning continued as he directed all patrol droids away from the ''Witch'' over a loudspeaker, and convinced two more of the units that he was their ally and had captured Moll.<ref name="The White Witch" />

After rescuing Dusat, Joben and R2-D2 recovered C-3PO and Moll, and piloted the speeder to the base's exit, only to find several [[droid cruiser]]s waiting outside and firing at them. C-3PO located a computer and overrode orders from Tig Fromm that had deactivated several tower droids; the reactivated tanks began battling the cruisers, allowing the ''White Witch'' to escape in the midst of the confusion. Joben destroyed several seeker probes that attempted to follow it, before taking the speeder was to Moll's [[Starrunner-class starship|ship]], the ''[[Sand Sloth]]'', where Moll, the droids, and their masters prepared to take the ''Witch'' to the [[Boonta Speeder Race]]. Aboard the ship, C-3PO and R2-D2 held a discussion regarding speeder racing<ref name="The White Witch" /> before the ship jumped to the [[Annoo system]]. Following the jump, the droids made their way to the ship's hull to enact repairs. C-3PO and the ship's hyperdrive began to float away, but R2-D2 was able to wheel the protocol droid back towards the ship via a [[Rope/Legends|rope]] that C-3PO had attached himself to. C-3PO's servomotors seized up when R2-D2 attempted to keep him stuck to the hull, locking his torso in a position perpendicular to his legs. Although he was able to right himself, the crew of the ''Sand Sloth'' needed a new hyperdrive, and traveled to Annoo to find one.<ref name="Escape Into Terror">{{DroidsCite|Escape Into Terror}}</ref>

Following a scuffle with another droid at Annoo customs, C-3PO and R2-D2 spotted two members of the [[Fromm Gang/Legends|Fromm Gang]] and began to cause a scene, offering a distraction that allowed their human companions to escape. Joben, Dusat, and Moll took the droids to the home of Kea's mother [[Demma Moll|Demma]], where C-3PO and R2-D2 performed various chores while their masters slept. After a [[Sand sloth]] knocked him into a wall, C-3PO unintentionally activated a secret door leading to a rebel base of the [[Annoo resistance]]. When the droids went to wake Joben up and inform him of their discovery, they found an [[Assassin droid/Legends|assassin droid]] spraying the jockey with gas. A brief skirmish ensued that concluded with Moll arriving and shooting the assassin; her mother promptly arrived home and informed her guests that [[Sise Fromm]], the leader of the Fromm gang, was trying to kill Joben and Dusat for having discovered his secret base on Ingo. In that base, the Fromm gang was developing a secret and deadly [[Superweapon/Legends|weapons satellite]] called the ''[[Trigon One]]''. When the humans returned to their slumber, C-3PO prepared himself for an eventual confrontation with the Fromms by practicing [[Unarmed combat|hand-to-hand combat]], but found the endeavor taxing when his servomotors seized up again.<ref name="Escape Into Terror" />

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Tig Fromm moved the ''Trigon One'' into hiding among Ingo's desert cliffs at some point, and Joben and Dusat intercepted a transmission between Tig and his father that revealed as much. Along with C-3PO and R2-D2, they raced to the weapons satellite in the ''White Witch'' and another speeder; C-3PO and Joben fired their vehicle's blasters to distract some guards while Dusat and R2-D2 entered the ''Trigon One'' and disconnected the computer's main memory. The group then returned to the speeder racers' shop to celebrate.<ref name="Neutralizing Trigon I">''[[Neutralizing Trigon I]]''</ref>
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====To take the ''Trigon''====
{{Quote|Freedom is everybody's fight!|C-3PO looses a battle cry while fighting the Fromm Gang|<ref name="Escape Into Terror" />}}
The morning after the gas attack, Dusat and Moll took the ''White Witch'' to a ship that belonged to the Fromm gang, hoping to ride it back to Ingo and sabotage the ''Trigon One''. When Joben, still in recovery from the gas, later woke up, he took the droids and followed his friends, finding them held captive by a pair of [[Annoo-dat Blue|Annoo-Dat]] thugs at one of the gang's [[Freighter/Legends|freighters]]. The gangsters were knocked unconscious in an ensuing confrontation, and Joben and Moll hid themselves in two cargo containers, giving C-3PO a thermal detonator to hold still until they reached Ingo. The droids and Dusat posed as laborers when more gang members passed by, and Dusat then left the scene, intending to remain on Annoo and protect Demma. C-3PO and R2-D2 were soon after witnesses to a conversation between Sise and Tig Fromm regarding their plans for the ''Trigon One''. Under their guise as laborers, they boarded the freighter and were accosted by two other droids during the journey to Ingo. A chance passage through a [[Meteor shower/Legends|meteor shower]] saved them, but also caused them to lose track of the cargo container that Joben and Moll were hiding in.<ref name="Escape Into Terror" />

[[File:Escape_from_Aaron_cropped.png|thumb|left|200px|C-3PO and R2-D2 escape from Aaron.]]At the Fromm gang's base on Ingo, C-3PO saved the life of the gang's head of security, [[Vlix Oncard]], by pushing him out of the way of falling debris. After quickly identifying the container that held his companions, C-3PO asked the grateful security chief to take it to the hangar that held the ''Trigon One''. Oncard agreed, and the droids began making their own way to the hangar, dropping Oncard's name in order to avoid trouble with rowdy gangsters that they passed. Two of the gangsters, however, unintentionally activated the thermal detonator. With only ten minutes until its detonation, the droids hurried to the hangar and rendezvoused with their companions, who, with R2-D2's help, fended off attacking guard droids and boarded the ''Trigon One''. After the thermal detonator destroyed the scaffolding holding the satellite in place, the team took the satellite into atmosphere, where R2-D2 destroyed several attacking [[Droid fighter (Fromm Gang)|droid fighters]].<ref name="Escape Into Terror" />

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After Joben, Dusat, and the droids made off with the weapons satellite, agents of the Fromm Gang captured Moll. Oncard met the droids and their masters at their shop on Ingo and presented Tig Fromm's demands: the return of the ''Trigon One'' in exchange for Moll's freedom. R2-D2 instead hatched a plan to rescue their friend, and the droids flew a starship to [[Sise Fromm's stronghold]] on Annoo and infiltrated the base. After R2-D2 distracted several guards with a [[blinding ray]] and knocked a [[Tin-can guardian|guardian droid]] out of commission with his [[circuit board disruptor beam]], the droids rescued Moll, escaped, and returned to Ingo.<ref name="Kea Kidnapped">''[[Kea Kidnapped]]''</ref>
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C-3PO and R2-D2 were soon afterward kidnapped by the Fromm Gang and brought to their [[Mining/Legends|mining]] [[Fromm Gang facility|facility]] on the planet [[Aaron]]. Imprisoned at the bottom of the complex's eight levels, the droids managed to escape from their cell and ascend all eight levels, evading various Fromm Tower Droids, ceiling-mounted gun emplacements and other hazards along the way, and activating [[Turbolift/Legends|turbolifts]] by entering correct sequences of colored keys. After exiting the facility, the droids found Joben and Dusat waiting to rescue them.<ref name="Escape from Aaron">''[[Star Wars: Droids (video game)]]''</ref>

Back in Joben's care,<ref name="Escape from Aaron" /> the droids traveled back to Ingo with their masters. R2-D2 and Joben hid and sabotaged the ''Trigon One'', ensuring that any subsequent activation of its drives would send it on a collision course with the Fromm gang's stronghold on Annoo. While they were away, C-3PO was modifying a [[subspace transceiver]] in Joben's auto-shop when he unintentionally tuned in to the frequency used by the Fromm gang. Witnessing a conversation between Sise and Tig Fromm, he and Moll learned that Oncard had brought a group of Fromm gangsters to the shop. A swift arrival by Joben and R2-D2 in a speeder saved them, but a subsequent chase through a nearby city concluded with the Fromm gang trapping them in a warehouse.<ref name="The Trigon Unleashed">{{DroidsCite|The Trigon Unleashed}}</ref>

[[File:C3POThallconnive-DroidsS1E3.jpg|thumb|right|C-3PO and Thall Joben plot escape from the Fromm Gang.]]The four were taken [[Prisoner/Legends|prisoner]] and brought to the Fromm gang's Annoo stronghold, where Joben informed Sise Fromm that he had taken the ''Trigon One'' to Ingo. They were then locked in a cell with Dusat, who had been previously captured along with Demma. R2-D2 hatched an escape plan, and C-3PO, preying on their guard's avarice, loudly claimed that his counterpart's dome was filled with jewels. Investigating, the guard was covered with foam by R2-D2, who then used his shock arm to zap Joben's binders. Joben freed his four companions and took Moll to rescue Demma, while Dusat and the droids made their way to a hangar and commandeered a ship. After discovering that the ''Trigon One'' was inbound, R2-D2 informed Dusat and C-3PO of the sabotage, and consequently took a [[Hoversled/Legends|cargo sled]] with C-3PO to aid Joben and Moll, knocking over several patrol droids in the process. The droids activated an evacuation alarm and brought Joben, Moll, and Demma back to the ship, which Dusat had hotwired. However, he needed C-3PO's servomotors to guide the stolen ship. Connecting himself to the ship's navigation controls, C-3PO guided the ship away from the exploding base.<ref name="The Trigon Unleashed" />

With the ''Trigon One'' destroyed and the Fromm gang finished, Joben and Dusat could finally focus on the upcoming speeder race. En route to [[Boonta/Legends|Boonta]], C-3PO and R2-D2 were on the ''Sand Sloth''{{'s}} hull enacting repairs to the ''White Witch''{{'s}} [[Power coupling/Legends|power couplings]] when [[Lambda-class T-4a shuttle/Legends|another starship]] appeared and began firing at them. R2-D2 quickly activated the hyperdrive via external controls, and the droids rode through hyperspace on the hull. After arriving at Boonta, an engine damaged in the firefight caused the ''Sand Sloth'' to crash into a [[Boonta scrapyard|scrapyard]]. An old [[Proto Droid]] named [[Proto One]] appeared and, after befriending R2-D2, offered to fix the ship. Moll agreed, and along with Joben and the droids, brought Dusat to a local hospital, as Dusat had injured an arm during the firefight. The ''White Witch'' had also been damaged in the crash, and when R2-D2 suggested that Proto One fix it, a jealous C-3PO enlisted the help of [[BL-series Battle Legionnaire|a droid]] named [[BL-17]] instead. BL-17 offered the used of a garage that he claimed was owned by his master, and Moll accepted the offer, unaware that BL-17 was actually working for Boba Fett. Fett, now a bounty hunter, had been hired by Sise Fromm, who wanted revenge on the group that had ruined his gang.<ref name="A Race to the Finish">{{DroidsCite|A Race to the Finish}}</ref>

While R2-D2 and Moll were fixing the ''Witch'', C-3PO, unaware of BL-17's duplicity, became fast friends with the droid. BL-17 suggested that they leave the garage to search for Joben, and took the opportunity to lock the door and remotely trigger a gas leak in the garage's welding tanks. When he and C-3PO returned to find the door open and R2-D2 guarding the ''Witch'', C-3PO blamed his old friend for any trouble that might have happened and agreed to BL-17's suggestion to move the speeder to the safety of a nearby processing plant. At the plant, C-3PO and BL-17 ran into Proto One, who had a long-standing rivalry with BL-17. A fight ensued, causing C-3PO to realize his mistake and to regret opening a rift between himself and R2-D2. As if on cue, the astromech droid arrived, and C-3PO took advantage of the distraction by body-checking BL-17 into a pile of rubble which then collapsed on the duplicitous droid. Joben and Moll arrived, but when Fett appeared and began shooting at the group, Joben and R2-D2 fled in the ''Witch'' to participate in the imminent Boonta Race. Proto One then warned C-3PO and Moll of a thermal detonator that the Fromms had placed inside the ''Witch'', set to detonate after ten laps of the race were completed.<ref name="A Race to the Finish" />

[[File:BL17AndC3PO-ARTTF.png|thumb|left|200px|C-3PO unknowingly befriended the duplicitous BL-17, alienating R2-D2 in the process.]]Helpless to intervene, C-3PO and Moll arrived at the racetrack and watched as Joben and R2-D2 participated in the race, dodging [[Silver Speeder|Fett's speeder]] in the process. When the thermal detonator came loose and landed on Fett's vehicle, Joben was able to win the race. While celebrating, he and Dusat were approached by [[Zebulon Dak/Legends|Zebulon Dak]], the owner of [[Zebulon Dak Speeder Corporation/Legends|a powerful speeder corporation]], who offered them both jobs. The jockeys eagerly accepted, but their mirth was interrupted by the arrival of Sise Fromm, Tig Fromm, and Vlix Oncard, who were fuming at having once again been foiled. Proto One arrived as well, however, and arrested them, but Fett was unimpressed by their meddling in his work after having hired him, and captured them in order to deliver them to Jabba the Hutt. C-3PO and R2-D2 joined their masters and Moll aboard the ''Sand Sloth'', where they overheard a conversation between the humans: Dak would not allow C-3PO and R2-D2 to accompany the jockeys unless they were reprogrammed. Having grown attached to the droids' personalities, Joben and Dusat decided not to take the jobs. Accordingly, the droids fled the ship in an escape pod, hoping that their masters would be free to pursue their dreams.<ref name="A Race to the Finish" />

====The lost Prince====
{{Quote|Yorpo says we certainly know how to pick a master.''"<br />"''And I know how to pick my droids.|C-3PO and Jann Tosh|<ref name="The Lost Prince">{{DroidsCite|The Lost Prince}}</ref>}}
C-3PO and R2-D2 made their way back to the Intergalactic Droid Agency, whose agents found them a new owner in the form of [[Doodnik Sharpelz|Doodnik]], a cantankerous [[Chef/Legends|chef]] who owned and operated [[Doodnik's Café|a café]] on the planet<ref name="The Lost Prince" /> [[Tyne's Horky]].<ref name="The Revenge of Kybo Ren">{{DroidsCite|The Revenge of Kybo Ren}}</ref> Arriving at the establishment in one of the world's mining colonies, the droids anticipated respectively being put to work as translator and maintenance droids, but were instead relegated to waiting tables. C-3PO found the task of remembering orders difficult, and after tripping over one another and disrupting the meal of the crime lord [[Kleb Zellock]], he and R2-D2 were disowned by Doodnik and told never to return to the café. Desiring a master, they found their way to a public auction within the colony, where an asking price of 500 [[keschel]]s was given for the two of them. When C-3PO expressed offense at what he believed to be a low price, the auctioneer retaliated by including an [[android]] in the deal. C-3PO picked a young Human male out in the crowd and asked if he would buy them, but the sale was made for sixty keschels to [[Yorpo Mog]], the [[Bodyguard/Legends|bodyguard]] of Zellock whom R2-D2 had earlier sent face-first into his boss's soup. When Mog began manhandling the android, the young man that C-3PO had appealed to intervened and traded his [[Unidentified mining droid model|mining droid]] for Mop's three acquisitions, with the aid of translation by C-3PO. Named [[Jann Tosh]], the young man took his new comrades to his [[48 Roller wheel bike|wheel bike]], but was pursued by Mog after the bodyguard remembered that Zellock had charged him with acquiring the android. C-3PO piloted the vehicle away from Mog, but the bodyguard managed to board it before being quickly shaken off. Tosh and his companions then to return to Tosh's mine.<ref name="The Lost Prince" />

Tosh's uncle [[Putch Gundarian|Gundy]] was less-than-impressed that Tosh had returned home without a [[mining droid]], and his vexation only increased when R2-D2's sensors discovered that the android was in fact an addle-brained member of the [[Tammuz-an (species)/Legends|Tammuz-an]] species. Regardless, all three were put to work; C-3PO performed such duties as making stew, carrying water, and working in the mine. He was often helped by the Tammuz-an stranger, who displayed great strength and impressed Gundy by using it to rescue the miner from a collapsing mineshaft. Tosh dubbed the stranger [[Kez-Iban]], a [[Bocce/Legends|Bocce]] word meaning "He That Returns from Death", and took him and the droids along as he brought an injured Gundy to a local hospital. When R2-D2 witnessed Mog steal Kez-Iban away from the medical facility, Tosh took the droids back to Doodnik's, where they confronted Zellock, leading to a brawl erupting throughout the café. After [[Jessica Meade|a young female Human]] paralyzed one of Zellock's thugs with a [[Stunner/Legends|miniature stunner]], Tosh and the droids rushed out of the eatery, only to find Mog and several more thugs waiting for them. They were brought to Zellock's [[Nergon-14/Legends|Nergon-14]]-filled mine and sentenced to perform labor, but escaped their chains when R2-D2 used a detached lower leg segment of C-3PO to deactivate the power restraints of the mine's power conductor. Their efforts were nearly thwarted by a mining droid, but C-3PO neutralized the threat by throwing a piece of machinery. When the Tammuz-an [[Sollag Den|Sollag]] arrived and presented Kez-Iban with [[Tammuz-an Royal Scepter|a scepter]], Kez-Iban's vitality was restored, and he revealed himself as [[Mon Julpa]], Prince of [[Tammuz-an/Legends|Tammuz-an]]. He thanked Tosh for his kindness, but the joyful moment was cut short when R2-D2's sensors detected rising levels of combustible gas. Fearful of the Nergon-14's impending activation, Tosh, Julpa, Sollag, and the droids rushed out of the mine.<ref name="The Lost Prince" />

[[File:Jann_Tosh_with_companions.jpg|thumb|right|275px|C-3PO and R2-D2 with their new companions at Jann Tosh's mine.]]Several mining droids attempted to repulse them, but were neutralized by R2-D2, the power of Julpa's sceptor, and C-3PO, whose reattached lower leg segment acted on its own due to crossed wires and kicked a droid over. Commandeering a bulldozer, the desperate team drove it through a large door before ascending to Zellock's control platform in a turbolift. The Nergon-14 was activated by the gas leak just as they confronted Zellock and Mog, who fled from the base, pursued by Tosh and his allies. When the latter group split up in order to find their way out of the mine's twisting tunnels, it was C-3PO and R2-D2 who came upon Zellock and Mog arriving at their getaway ship. C-3PO's independent lower leg segment sprang forward, knocking a miniature stunner from Zellock's hand into Mog's, and Mog, having just been betrayed by his boss, fired the weapon at Zellock. Tosh, Julpa, and Sollag arrived, and the group brought Zellock's prone form onto the ship and escaped from the base just prior to its destruction. Returning to his mine, Tosh discovered that his uncle had found a large deposit of keschels where the mineshaft had earlier collapsed; Gundy polished and shone C-3PO and R2-D2 up, but informed them that he intended to keep them working hard at the mine.<ref name="The Lost Prince" />

Hoping to help Julpa regain his rightful place as King of Tammuz-An, Tosh enlisted the help of a stranger named [[Jessica Meade|Old Iron Pants]] to take he, his droids, Julpa, and Sollag to the planet. Before Tosh left his mine, Gundy recorded a farewell hologram inside of R2-D2 and instructed both droids to ensure that only Tosh received it. On the bridge of Iron Pants's ship, she revealed to Tosh that she was actually Jessica Meade, the stranger who had saved him inside of Doodnik's Café. C-3PO and R2-D2 then rushed onto the bridge, where the astromech droid played the hologram to both Tosh and Meade in spite of Gundy's request. Julpa and Sollag entered the bridge just before the ship was attacked by the [[Dianoga (starship)|''Dianoga'']], a hostile starship belonging to the pirate [[Gir Kybo Ren-Cha|Kybo Ren]]. R2-D2 was able to successfully detach the bridge, a starship in its own right, from the rest of the vessel, before the bounty hunter [[IG-88B/Legends|IG-88]], having been hired by Tammuz-an's [[Vizier/Legends|Vizier]] [[Ko Zatec-Cha|Zatec-Cha]] to take Julpa alive, arrived in-system in his own ship and crippled the ''Dianoga''. Free of pirate trouble, Meade brought her ship to ground-level on the planet and was hailed by [[Side Gunner|ships]] belonging to the forces of Zatec-Cha. Thinking quickly, C-3PO asserted that it was the ineptitude of the ships' guards that had allowed them to be attacked by pirates; the guards, fearful of retribution from Zatec-Cha, left Meade's ship alone.<ref name="The New King">{{DroidsCite|The New King}}</ref>

Injured from the firefight, Meade was taken to [[Unit B-6|a hospital]] by Sollag, while the others booked a room at a local inn. At the inn, Julpa revealed that he needed to infiltrate Zatec-Cha's fortress and reach the royal tower in order to hold his scepter up to the rising sun at dawn and be crowned King. Tosh noticed [[Vinga|a spy]] outside of their room and gave chase, while the droids left the inn to check on Meade at the hospital. Discovering that Meade and Sollag had been escorted out of the hospital by the Vizier's guards, they attempted to return to the inn but got lost on the way, eventually discovering Tosh surrounded by the spy, named Vinga, and several of his companions in an alleyway. The distraction of the droids' arrival prompted Tosh to start a fight with his foes, which C-3PO and R2-D2 helped him win by each grabbing a guard's wig and pulling at it, spinning the guard around until he collapsed. With less than three hours until dawn, they rushed to the Vizier's palace to save their missing comrades, whom Julpa had joined the ranks of after being captured by IG-88. After entering the palace via a secret door that Julpa had revealed to them, Tosh and C-3PO fell through a trap door and were followed down by R2-D2. Landing without injury, they were chased by a giant droid that fired lasers from its photoreceptors, but their foe fell from a partially extended bridge into a pit of lava. The next room that the trio found their way into saw its ceiling begin to press in on them, but the crisis was averted when R2-D2 pressed a floor panel that caused the walls to follow suit; the stress created by the walls acting against the ceiling caused both elements to cease their pressure, allowing the trio to escape.<ref name="The New King" />

[[File:Trapdoorplummet.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Jann Tosh and the droids fall through a trap door inside of Zatec-Cha's fortess.]]
Unfazed by the hazards, the trio pressed on, soon entering a pit where Julpa was being chased by a [[Durkii]]. The beast's tail lifted C-3PO from the ground and onto its back, but the Durkii lost its aggression and fell asleep when R2-D2 was able to remove several pesterous [[Kleex/Legends|kleexs]] from its body. The droids and Tosh, joined by Julpa and Sollag, rushed after Zatec-Cha to rescue Meade and recover the scepter. They dodged several barrels before Tosh mounted a [[Floater-935]] [[Repulsorlift/Legends|repulsorlift]] vehicle to chase Zatec-Cha and his henchmen, who rode [[Ubrikkian Airhook]]s out of the fortress and into Tammuz-an's pre-dawn air. In a chase around the royal tower, the scepter changed hands repeatedly before R2-D2, riding on an [[Imperial Sniper|Imperial Sniper vehicle]] awkwardly piloted by C-3PO, grabbed it with his claw-arm. It fell again into the hands of Zatec-Cha, who readied himself to approach the [[Keeper of the Tower]] and present it at dawn. Landing his vehicle, C-3PO stood atop R2-D2's dome and donned a cloak over both of them, posing as Vinga, Zatec-Cha's assistant. When Meade wrestled the scepter from the Vizier's hands, C-3PO recovered it and tossed it to Julpa, who presented it to the Keeper of the Tower and was declared King of Tamuz-an. Now loyal to Julpa, the guards took Zatec-Cha and Vinga away. C-3PO and R2-D2 received medals, were polished and shined, and, along with Tosh, were appointed advisors to Julpa's court.<ref name="The New King" />

====The revenge of Kybo Ren====
{{Quote|It's time I did something right for a change. Even if it is the last thing I do.|C-3PO, attempting to sacrifice himself to save princess Gerin|<ref name="The Revenge of Kybo Ren" />}}
Desperate to power his [[R-22 Spearhead starfighter|R-22 Spearhead]] fighters, Julpa tasked Tosh, Meade, and the droids with obtaining fuel and bringing it to Tammuz-an. Tosh flew in a Spearhead while Meade brought the droids aboard her ship. On the return flight to Tammuz-an, a ship was sent ahead containing the fuel, but C-3PO and R2-D2 were kept in the dark and told that it was a decoy meant to attract pirates. The pirate Kybo Ren fell for the ploy, and brought the ''Dianoga'' and several stolen Imperial [[TIE/LN starfighter|TIE fighters]] against Meade and Tosh. Tosh was able to cripple the TIEs, but Ren and several of his crew boarded and seized control of Meade's ship. C-3PO contacted Tosh and informed him of their plight before being stunned with an [[Ion cannon/Legends|ion bolt]]. When R2-D2 reactivated him, C-3PO discovered that Tosh had surrendered to Ren and that the pirate was bringing his quarry to his [[Kybo Ren's base|base]], an island grotto on [[Tarnoonga]].<ref name="Tarnoonga">{{DroidsCite|The Pirates of Tarnoonga}}</ref>

Enamored with her fiery spirit,<ref name="Meade db">{{DB|character|jessicameade|Meade, Jessica|archivedate=20100203122252}}</ref> Ren personally brought Meade as a guest of honor to his court, while Tosh and the droids were separately escorted by guards. C-3PO was too slow to step onto a turbolift, and after falling off of a ledge, he landed on an inflatable mattress released by R2-D2. Bouncing and landing on his feet, C-3PO's bipedal stabilizers contracted, causing his knees to briefly jam in a bent position. Brought before Ren, Tosh and the droids learned that the pirate was planning to invade Tammuz-an, and had pursued the fuel in order to leave the planet defenseless. The following morning, he brought the trio on his [[Bantha-II cargo skiff/Legends|skiff]] to the [[Ocean/Legends|ocean]] surrounding his base, fitted Tosh with [[stun cuffs]], and threw him into the ocean to be eaten by a [[Miridon]] sea monster. R2-D2 plunged into the water after his master, bringing an unwitting C-3PO with him. Tangling with a squid-like creature, the protocol droid sunk to the sea floor while his counterpart used a built-in propeller to navigate through the lake's depths. R2-D2 fitted Tosh with a breath mask and broke his stun cuffs with a shock of electricity, and then began evading the Miridon, Tosh hanging onto the droid and C-3PO hanging onto Tosh. The monster found itself stuck inside of a sunken ship, and R2-D2 propelled his allies back to Ren's base, which the trio entered via an underwater pipe.<ref name="Tarnoonga" />

Back inside the base, they pulled two fishing guards into the water, and the droids donned their uniforms in order to infiltrate the base and rescue Meade. C-3PO mistakenly woke a [[Dark-skinned human pirate of Tarnoonga|sleeping guard]] who wore his hair similar to Meade, causing a scuffle to ensue that saw Tosh and the droids commandeer a boat and pilot it through the base's waters. Several guards gave chase in a boat of their own, but were intercepted by the Miridon, the beast having entered the base through the same pipe as Tosh and the droids. With the guards distracted, Ren stood alone against the trio, and was caught in a net by Meade, who had escaped from her cell. She joined Tosh and the droids in racing to their ships and escaping the planet, the droids inside of Tosh's Spearhead. Several TIE fighters gave chase, leading the starfighter into the tractor beam of Ren's [[Gladiator-class Star Destroyer/Legends|Gladiator-class Star Destroyer]] ''[[Demolisher]]'' that the pirate had stolen from an Imperial repair dock. When the spearhead was brought into a hangar of the [[Star Destroyer/Legends|Star Destroyer]], Tosh was imprisoned and the droids were put to work loading arms as the [[Warship/Legends|warship]] jumped to Tammuz-an.<ref name="Tarnoonga" />

[[File:Squidtangle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|C-3PO tangles with Tarnoonga's fauna after being tossed into the ocean by Kybo Ren.]]
As C-3PO and R2-D2 worked at loading [[Proton torpedo/Legends|proton torpedoes]], the astromech droid inverted one before trapping their [[Demolisher weapons droid|droid overseer]] on a magnetic hoist. The two then made their way to the detention level and freed Tosh, who raced to the bridge while the droids further sabotaged the ship's weapons systems. Having arrived at Tammuz-an, the ''Demolisher'' fired its [[Turbolaser/Legends|turbolasers]] at Meade's ship, and Ren was shocked to discover that it was a decoy. The fully-fueled [[Tammuz-an space navy]] arrived from the planet's atmosphere and [[Battle of Tammuz-an|engaged]] the ''Demolisher'', which became crippled after attempting to fire the inverted torpedo. Tosh and the droids fled the ship in his Spearhead and returned to Tammuz-an, where the droids were treated to an [[Oil bath/Legends|oil bath]],<ref name="Tarnoonga" /> and Ren and his crew were placed in the dungeons.<ref name="The Revenge of Kybo Ren" />

Soon after capturing Ren, Julpa invited the warrior chief [[Malameu Toda|Toda]] to his court, proposing a peace treaty and hoping to end a longstanding rivalry between the royal court and the warrior chief. C-3PO and R2-D2 prepared dessert for the occasion, and after accidentally tossing the prepared food out a window, made a second cake and rushed into the courtroom, crashing into a wall and ending up covered in the cake. Their hijinks cut tension that had been mounting between Toda and Sollag, but Toda remained suspicious of Julpa's motives and decided to wait until the following morning to give Julpa his answer. Later that evening, the droids and Tosh were working on Tosh's spearhead when C-3PO unintentionally sealed the hatch, trapping Tosh and R2-D2 inside. As he searched for Meade, hoping that she could help free them, C-3PO noticed Kybo Ren escaping from the palace and rushed after him. He ended up in Ren's arms and was thrown at [[Gerin Toda|Gerin]], Toda's daughter, who had been ready to fire a miniature stunner at Ren prior to C-3PO's arrival. Ren picked up the stunner and fired it at Gerin and Tosh, the latter having freed himself from the spearhead, before taking Gerin and fleeing the planet in another spearhead. A furious Toda wanted C-3PO destroyed, but Julpa placated the warrior chief by sending Tosh and Meade to rescue Gerin and surrendering himself to Toda until she was safely returned.<ref name="The Revenge of Kybo Ren" />

C-3PO hoped to redeem himself, and hatched a plan to discover where Ren had brought Gerin. He entered the prison cell of Ren's first mate [[Jyn Obah]] and began shouting, with R2-D2 in tow, many of the astromech droid's weapons and tools extended menacingly. C-3PO begged a confused and frightened Obah to reveal the location, and gleaned the word "[[Bogden/Legends|Bogden]]" from Obah's babbled response. He then brought the news to Tosh and Meade, who took the two droids in spearheads to Bogden. In the planet's orbit, R2-D2 detected life-form readings in a shipwrecked starcruiser on the surface, and the [[Rescue of Gerin Toda|rescue]] team proceeded to Ren's makeshift base. After they split up, C-3PO and Tosh found Gerin, having escaped from a cell, surrounded by snarling [[Sungwa]]s. Still feeling guilt over his earlier blunder, the protocol droid offered himself as a meal to the Sungwas and ran away, the beasts in tow. After chewing his left arm off and losing interest in his non-organic body, the Sungwas left him, and he was discovered by Tosh and Gerin. The trio was then contacted by Meade via the base's surveillance system, who told them that Ren was wandering the hallways and was close to them. They hid and spotted Sungwas chasing Ren, and after finding R2-D2 and Meade, followed the pirate to one of the base's landing platforms. Obah and several of Ren's other henchmen had arrived in Ren's ship with a captive Julpa, as Ren had contacted Toda and arranged a prisoner swap. When Ren refused to make the trade, Toda and several of his warriors burst forth from a secret compartment in Ren's ship and attacked Ren's gang. When Ren attempted to escape, C-3PO tripped him, allowing Julpa and Toda to subdue the pirate.<ref name="The Revenge of Kybo Ren" />

Back on Tammuz-an, Meade prepared to return to Tyne's Horky, and Toda's young son [[Coby]] insisted that C-3PO entertain him with tales of the rescue.<ref name="The Revenge of Kybo Ren" /> Coby was soon after accepted into the Imperial<ref name="toshdb">{{DB|character|janntosh|Tosh, Jann|archivedate=20101101222056}}</ref> [[Imperial Academy/Legends|space academy]], and the droids and Tosh were assigned to escort him there. A passenger ship took them from Tammuz-an to [[Chuzalla]], where they would be taking a connecting flight from the planet's [[Spaceport/Legends|spaceport]] [[Zallakesh]]. As Tosh searched for the connection, the droids watched over Coby, holding onto the inheritance he had received from his great-uncle and forbidding him to spend it foolishly. When members of [[Starhunter's Intergalactic Menagerie]] spotted [[Ingey]], Coby's pet [[tessellated Arboreal binjinphant]], they stole the creature and fled aboard [[Starhunter menagerie ark|their ship]]. As Coby pounded on the door, C-3PO attempted to bargain with the starhunters, but ended up crashing to the ground when the ship lifted off, stretching out his neck and fracturing his vocal synthesizer.<ref name="coby">{{DroidsCite|Coby and the Starhunters}}</ref>

[[File:Fuzzums_meet_the_droids.png|thumb|left|250px|C-3PO and R2-D2 encounter a group of Fuzzums.]]
C-3PO was separated from both Coby and R2-D2, and wandered the streets of the spaceport until he was picked up by his two companions in a [[Blackhawk Destroyer]]. In the ship's cockpit, Coby fixed C-3PO's loose neck while R2-D2 flew the vessel and pursued the starhunters. C-3PO intervened and attached the destroyer to the side of the starhunters' vessel via magnetic landing gear; the trio thus traveled with the starhunters through hyperspace to the planet [[Dandelo]]. Within Dandelo's atmosphere, they detached the destroyer, but discovered that it was out of fuel and promptly crashed into the forested ground. Although the ship was destroyed, R2-D2 was able to send out a distress signal immediately before Dandelo's native [[Fuzzum]]s subdued the trio. C-3PO understood their language, and was able to divert their [[Spear/Legends|spears]] by explaining Coby's missing pet. Moved by the boy's plight, the Fuzzums took the trio to the starhunters' base, where they witnessed Ingey being placed in a cell. After C-3PO and R2-D2 restrained Coby from rushing out of their hiding place in the woods, a plan was concocted to [[Skirmish on Dandelo|rescue]] both Ingey and several Fuzzums that the starhunters also held captive.<ref name="coby" />

The protocol droid's role in the plan was to create a diversion: C-3PO imitated the call of a native [[spotted jugadoo]], and the starhunters who were gathered around their base rushed into the forest in an attempt to catch the rare animal. When an actual spotted jugadoo heard the call, it rushed through the forest to C-3PO and wrapped the droid in its trunk. A horrified C-3PO was able to escape, only to find himself ensnared in a net the starhunters had laid as a jugadoo trap. After untangling himself, he exited the forest and found Coby, Ingey, the Fuzzums, and an old man named [[Greej]] standing in the base clearing. The jugadoo was hot on his tail and charged into the clearing, dragging the net along with it. When it loosed the net and picked up C-3PO again, the group noticed that the starhunters had all become trapped in the net. They freed themselves, however, and their [[Stroon|leader]] acquired a blaster that Greej had taken from a patrol droid, only to have it knocked out of his hand by Jann Tosh, who had picked up R2-D2's distress signal and traveled to Dandelo to help. The starhunters were imprisoned, and as the Fuzzums danced in celebration, Tosh and Greej fixed R2-D2, who had been damaged by a patrol droid. Coby and Greej made plans to return all of the starhunters' captive creatures to their natural habitats, and Tosh revealed that he had been accepted into the<ref name="coby" /> Imperial<ref name="toshdb" /> academy. After heartfelt goodbyes were exchanged, Tosh, Greej, and Coby departed the planet, and the spotted jugadoo returned, chasing after a befuddled C-3PO yet again.<ref name="coby" />

====Later owners====
{{Quote|What?! Go on adventures? Explore the galaxy? You must be short-circuiting again! We are droids, after all&hellip; Nothing exciting ever happens to us!|C-3PO to R2-D2|<ref name="Droids (1994) 1">[[Droids (1994) 1|''Droids'' (1994) 1]]</ref>}}
[[File:3po_rebellion.jpg|thumb|right|180px|C-3PO leads the [[droid rebellion]].]]
Tosh brought C-3PO and R2-D2 with him when he traveled coreward to the Imperial Academy on [[Raithal/Legends|Raithal]]. The droids were dropped off at a spaceport on the planet [[Manda/Legends|Manda]], where Tosh caught a commercial starliner. The droids spent [[Standard week/Legends|weeks]] working a hotel at the spaceport, spending their mornings scrubbing saltwater tanks after aquatic guests checked out. A hotel guest named [[Mungo Baobab]], a wealthy heir to the [[Baobab Merchant Fleet]], purchased C-3PO and R2-D2,<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid">''[[C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid]]''</ref> and the droids made their way to the planet [[Biitu]] to meet him. They found their new master imprisoned by the Empire's Admiral [[Terrinald Screed/Legends|Screed]] and a gargantuan droid known as the [[Great Heep]]. Together, the three thwarted the Heep,<ref name="The Great Heep">{{DroidsCite|The Great Heep}}</ref> and the droids later adventured with Baobab on [[Roon/Legends|Roon]], where they discovered some [[Roonstone]]s,<ref name="Tail of the Roon Coments">{{DroidsCite|Tail of the Roon Comets}}</ref> participated in the [[Roon Colonial Games]] in place of the droid [[BIX]],<ref name="The Roon Games">{{DroidsCite|The Roon Games}}</ref> and brought down Governor [[Bisad Koong|Koong]] of the world's [[Tawntoom]] province.<ref name="The Frozen Citadel">{{DroidsCite|The Frozen Citadel}}</ref>

C-3PO and R2-D2 remained in Baobab's service following Koong's defeat, standing by him as he expanded the Merchant Fleet and established lucrative trade between Roon, Manda, and [[Ryloth/Legends|Ryloth]]. C-3PO discovered that the crystalline structure of the Roonstones had "[[Dha Werda Verda]]," an epic poem, etched into them, and Baobab sent both droids to the [[Baobab Archives]] to translate all of the engravings. However, the archives' researchers were happy with the [[TelBrinTel Corporation|TelBrinTel]] [[Science Research Droid|science droids]] assigned to the task and saw no need for a protocol or astromech droid to help them.<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" /> They also took issue with C-3PO's know-it-all attitude and with R2-D2's pushiness, and "mistakenly" arranged for the droids to be sold to the [[Arkanian/Legends|Arkanian]] [[Krellus Barzane]], a trafficker of used technological goods and a renegade technolord.<ref name="reanimated 2" /> C-3PO protested indignantly, but, without electronic confirmation of their orders, he had little recourse.<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" /> The droids helped Barzane stay one step ahead of her enemies, but she eventually met with misfortune. C-3PO and R2-D2 also discovered, to their horror, that the Fromm Gang had been released by Jabba the Hutt.<ref name="reanimated 2" />

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At some point, the masterless droids made their way to a [[Unidentified ship garage|ship garage]] on Roon in a damaged hotrod, which R2-D2 fixed. When they found the ship stolen, C-3PO alerted a technician named [[Nik (technician)|Nik]], who informed them that the ship had taken off just minutes beforehand. The droids told Nik their secret communication code, which allowed them to see the ship thief on a computer monitor: the Fromm Gang's own Vlix Oncard. R2-D2 then revealed the modifications he had made to the ship by jacking into the computer and overriding the craft's controls. The ship returned to the garage, and Oncard asked to be locked up for a long time rather than face the wrath of his boss.<ref name="The Stolen Ship">''[[The Stolen Ship]]''</ref>
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The droids were re-united with Jann Tosh, and C-3PO and R2-D2 accompanied him to [[Roon's communications satellite]] to pay a visit to his old friend, Professor [[Akary Smith]]. Upon their arrival, Smith's droid [[XR]] seized the trio and brought them before Smith, who revealed that his droid had been sabotaged. One of Smith's [[Unidentified Human male (Professor Smith's wallscreen)|friends]] appeared on a [[wallscreen]], but XR aborted the conversation with a laser blast. As the evil General [[Koong (general)|Koong]] was controlling XR via a television camera, C-3PO and R2-D2 began searching for said camera, but the astromech eventually fired his blaster at a mirror. The blast ricocheted off and destroyed XR, thus rescuing Smith and foiling Koong's plans.<ref name="Sabotaged Droid">''[[Sabotaged Droid]]''</ref>

Tosh also took them to a [[Unidentified space station (Broom)|space station]] to make some purchases, and C-3PO fell through a trap door and into the [[Broom's laboratory|laboratory]] of one Professor [[Cantebarius H. Broom]]. While laughing evilly, Broom revealed that he captured droids and experimented on them, and he drew a blaster on R2-D2 and Tosh when they burst into the laboratory. The distraction, however, allowed C-3PO to club the professor in the head with a piece of metal.<ref name="Troublesome Outing">''[[Troublesome Outing]]''</ref>

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The masterless droid duo visited Kea Moll on Annoo at some point, and she offered to serve as their master for the duration of their visit. Aboard a starship, they were fired upon by several fighters, and Moll surmised that they were intentionally missing in order to secure a top secret information disk from her possession. The Fromm Gang sought the disk, as it contained instructions on how to build a [[Nuclear bomb|nuclear-powered missile]], and Vlix Oncard soon appeared on the starship's monitor to demand that they make their way to Tig Fromm's fortress. R2-D2 hatched a plan and copied the disk's contents; C-3PO then blanked the original, and when they were brought before Fromm, the trio happily gave him the empty disk and went on their way.<ref name="The Secret Disk">''[[The Secret Disk]]''</ref>

While searching for new adventures in a [[Unidentified starship (C-3PO and R2-D2)|starship]], C-3PO and R2-D2 flew into a strange cloud, and C-3PO became frightened when he saw several [[Phantom (entities)|phantom]]-like apparitions. The droids then discovered and boarded a [[Tig Fromm's satellite|satellite]] that was producing smoke and thus the cloud&mdash;the satellite belonged to Tig Fromm, who was scheming to use the cloud to eliminate all trace of passing vessels. When a video of Fromm revealing his plans was espied by the droids on a monitor, they simply flipped a switch to deactivate the device and left the satellite.<ref name="The Cloud">''[[The Cloud]]''</ref>
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C-3PO and R2-D2 were assigned menial and unremarkable tasks until they were purchased by [[Wena Havid]], the indulgent governor of the [[Kalarba system]], who roamed the galaxy as a roving ambassador. Aboard his opulent diplomatic starship, every droid was retuned, recalibrated, and treated to a lavish oil bath at least once daily. C-3PO found himself in heaven and never wanted to leave. However, Wena's superiors learned of his extravagance and cut off his funds before forcing him to repay millions of credits. C-3PO and R2-D2 were auctioned off along with most of his possessions, and the two were purchased by a [[Unidentified junk trader|junk trader]] for a rock-bottom price.<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" /> In [[6 BBY/Legends|5.5 BBY]],<ref name="Droids Omnibus">[[Star Wars Omnibus: Droids|''Omnibus: Droids'']]</ref> the droids were placed on a barge bound for [[Hosk Station/Legends|Hosk Station]], a city-covered moon in orbit above [[Kalarba/Legends|Kalarba]] in Wena's own home system.<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" />

On Hosk Station and [[Kalarba/Legends|Kalarba]], the droids were involved in a number of adventures with [[Nak Pitareeze]] and his family, [[Olag Greck]], and [[Jace Forno]]. Though Nak would often disrespect him, C-3PO nonetheless cared for the boy and his family. When Nak was kidnapped by Greck, C-3PO and R2-D2 came to the rescue and foiled Greck's plans. One time, C-3PO fell out of a speeder and cracked his faceplate. The crude repair job he got afterward was two pieces of tape in the shape of an X. That X on his head led him to be mistaken for [[C-3PX]], an extremely dangerous assassin droid who was wanted in seven [[Star system/Legends|systems]]. Some [[Hosk Arena]] promoters who thought C-3PO was C-3PX tried to make him fight in a droid death match. C-3PX later sacrificed himself to save C-3PO, having decided that he had no interest in staying alive in a galaxy where he would eventually die whatever he chose.<ref name="Star Wars Droids: The Kalarba Adventures">''[[Star Wars Droids: The Kalarba Adventures]]''</ref>

C-3PO and R2-D2 later went with a police droid named Unit [[Zed]] to [[Nar Shaddaa/Legends|Nar Shaddaa]], where Jace Forno blasted off C-3PO's right leg below the knee. However, the replacement leg that he got actually contained secret programming that overrode his regular personality. The new C-3PO led a droid rebellion against [[Boonda/Legends|Boonda]] the Hutt. However, his original programming was later restored when R2-D2 replaced his leg. After that, the two droids were owned by an Ithorian botanist named [[Zorneth]] and then a diplomat, Counselor [[Harthan]], before finding their way into the possession of Mistress [[Larka Nimondro]], a young [[Tahlboorean]] who dreamed of seeing the stars.<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" />

[[File:Imnotthepilot.jpg|thumb|left|200px|C-3PO makes last-minute repairs to a Star Tours StarSpeeder 1000.]]
Larka eventually gave way to other masters and mistresses.<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" /> C-3PO drifted through a variety of jobs, including programming [[Binary loadlifter/Legends|binary loadlifters]] and converters. He once spent a month operating a shovel loader, and on another occasion was the personal caregiver of a Huttlet.<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" /> Eventually, the droids finally found their way back to the [[House of Organa/Legends|Royal House of Alderaan]]. C-3PO felt that he had finally come into his own after years of rudderless drifting. Political formalities kept him busy and happy,<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" /> as did the endless state dinners and masquerades. As a member of the Organa Family's entourage, he attended the annual [[Emperor's Ball]] one year and encountered the Sith Lord Darth Vader, who had been encased in a suit of black [[Armor/Legends|armor]] since his [[Duel on Mustafar/Legends|accident]]. While attempting to make small talk, C-3PO mistook Vader for a new model of guard droid, and he was consequently assigned to a year of duty<ref name="Dark Empire Sourcebook">''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]''</ref> at the palace preschool, which he found to be very frustrating.<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" />

C-3PO and R2-D2 were eventually reassigned to the ''Tantive IV'' and its droid labor pool.<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" /> Both droids were given instructions to never again enter an escape pod unless explicitly ordered to do so.<ref name="Corla" /> At some point between 1 BBY and [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]],<ref name="Convenient Daily Departures">{{SW|url=news/convenient-daily-departures-the-history-of-star-tours|text=Convenient Daily Departures: The History of ''Star Tours''|int=Convenient Daily Departures: The History of Star Tours}}</ref> Captain Raymus Antilles lent the two droids to the [[Star Tours/Legends|Star Tours]] travel agency, a new intergalactic space line that sought to preserve unrestricted travel in a galaxy being squeezed by the tightening grip of the Galactic Empire.<ref name="Star Tours II">''[[Star Tours: The Adventures Continue]]''</ref> As the Royal House of Alderaan was suspected by the Empire to have ties to the nascent [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]],<ref name="SW Radio">[[Star Wars (radio)|''Star Wars'' radio drama]]</ref> Antilles's move fueled Imperial suspicion that ''Star Tours'' was operated by the Rebels.<ref name="Star Tours II" />

[[Star Tours Flight 1401]] was the agency's first flight, due to depart from a [[Spaceport THX1138|Star Tours space station]]. Prior to its departure, C-3PO and R2-D2 were tasked with making last-minute repairs to the [[StarSpeeder 1000]] that would be whisking civilian passengers across the galaxy. C-3PO settled into the pilot's seat to inspect a faulty binary [[Motivator/Legends|motivator]] while the [[Pilot droid/Legends|pilot droid]], [[AC-38/Legends|AC-38]], left to inspect the exterior of the vessel, and R2-D2 settled into the ship's droid socket. When the ship was quickly elevated to the passenger boarding level, the two droids were forced to fly the ship on its maiden voyage, even as Imperials attempted to [[Raid at Spaceport THX1138|halt]] them after discovering that a [[Unidentified Rebel spy|Rebel spy]] was aboard. After fleeing the space station and into hyperspace, the droids piloted the ship through a harrowing experience and eventually received coordinates to a Rebel rendezvous point. They were able to safely deliver the Rebel spy.<ref name="Star Tours II" /> After the fiasco, C-3PO, alongside R2-D2, were quietly returned to Antilles.<ref name="Convenient Daily Departures" />

The Organa family were in fact Rebels, and in their service, C-3PO and R2-D2 deactivated an Imperial defense system during the [[Battle on Wayland]], allowing the Alliance Fleet to land on [[Fresia/Legends|Fresia]].<ref name="Star Wars: Empire at War">''[[Star Wars: Empire at War]]''</ref>

===Accidental heroes===
====Escape from the Empire====
{{Quote|No more adventures!|C-3PO to R2-D2, after landing on Tatooine|<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />}}
As the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]] between the Empire and the Rebellion raged across the galaxy, C-3PO continued his service aboard the ''Tantive IV''. Although he worked as Captain Antilles's translator for a time, he was assigned to the corvette's droid labor pool on diplomatic missions that did not require [[Translator droid/Legends|interpreters]]. He and R2-D2 were paired together, with the former acting as the interpreter [[Counterpart/Legends|counterpart]] of the latter. C-3PO found the work to be humiliating drudgery. In [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]], Princess and Senator Leia Organa took the ''Tantive IV'' to the planet [[Ralltiir/Legends|Ralltiir]] to deliver military-grade equipment to Alliance [[operative]]s under the guise of a diplomatic mission to deliver supplies to the [[Ralltiiri High Council]]. Contact with the operatives in the midst of the Empire's [[Subjugation of Ralltiir|subjugation]] of the planet, coupled with info spilled by The Empire's [[Lord/Legends|Lord]] [[Tion (Human)|Tion]] during a dinner with Organa and her father Bail back on Alderaan, alerted the Royal House of Alderaan to the existence of a secret Imperial construction project: The [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|Death Star]], a massive [[battlestation]] with enough power to destroy an entire planet. A tip from a horrified Bail allowed Alliance agents on [[Toprawa/Legends|Toprawa]] to [[Battle of Toprawa|intercept]] the [[Death Star plans/Legends|plans]] to the [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|Death Star]], and Leia Organa prepared to take the ''Tantive IV'' there to [[Operation Skyhook|retrieve them]].<ref name="SW Radio" /> As the corvette was readied to leave Alderaan, C-3PO and R2-D2 boarded while father and daughter hugged farewell.<ref name="Galaxy 6">''[[Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 6]]''</ref>

[[File:Noescapefortheprincessthistime.png|thumb|right|300px|C-3PO and R2-D2 aboard the ''Tantive IV'']]
During the journey to Toprawa, C-3PO and R2-D2 were pressed into service by the [[labor pool overseer]], who required an astromech droid and an interpreter for special work detail. The two reported to Princess Organa and Captain Antilles, who gave them a [[Voice Override: Epsilon Actual|voice override]] indicating that they were to protect all references to the Princess being aboard the vessel and to follow her orders unquestionably. After the ''Tantive IV'' reverted to realspace in the [[Toprawa system]], Organa ordered R2-D2 to exit through an [[Airlock/Legends|airlock]] and pretend to make repairs on the [[Navigation computer/Legends|navigation computer]] sensor suite, all the while making periodic reports to C-3PO via comlink. When the [[Imperial I-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Imperial I''-class Star Destroyer]] [[Devastator/Legends|''Devastator'']] demanded to know why the corvette was in a restricted zone, Organa used the apparently malfunctioning navigation computer as an alibi. While a transmission containing the Death Star plans was beamed to the ''Tantive IV'', R2-D2 returned to the ship's interior; when the transmission concluded, Antilles took the ship into hyperspace and away from the pursuing ''Devastator''.<ref name="SW Radio" />

Bail Organa believed that the Rebellion needed to call on Obi-Wan Kenobi in such a desperate hour, and Organa accordingly took the ''Tantive IV'' to Tatooine. However, the ''Devastator'' had caught the corvette's receipt of the Death Star plans, and it followed them to the [[Tatoo system/Legends|Tatoo system]]. After both ships decanted from hyperspace, the ''Devastator'' [[Battle of Tatooine (Galactic Civil War)|attacked]].<ref name="SW Radio" /> C-3PO and R2-D2 made their way through the ''Tantive IV''{{'s}} corridors as the ship was rocked by explosions; when the ''Devastator'' trapped the corvette in a tractor beam, Imperial [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtroopers]] boarded and engaged the stationed [[Rebel trooper/Legends|Rebel troopers]] in a firefight. The two droids weaved their way through the laser blast. As the Rebel defenders quickly fell,<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" /> a blast struck the wall behind C-3PO, and the exposed circuitry shot an electric current through the protocol droid. He was freed from the tangled wires by his counterpart, and both escaped the notice of Darth Vader, the Imperial Dark Lord of the Sith, as he and a stormtrooper escort passed by.<ref name="ANH novel">[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' novel]]</ref>

[[File:Chattingwithmolepeople.png|thumb|left|225px|C-3PO communicates with the mole people on Tatooine.]]
C-3PO became separated from R2-D2 in the midst of the chaos, and he eventually found him<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" /> near the labor pool. Fearing that a crewmember had betrayed them and smuggled a [[Homing beacon/Legends|homing beacon]] aboard, Organa and Antilles had quickly devised a plan to use her voice override and smuggle the Death Star plans off the ship inside of R2-D2.<ref name="SW Radio" /> C-3PO caught up to his counterpart just as Organa finished giving the astromech droid the plans, and as the Princess fled, C-3PO dismissed R2-D2's claims of a secret mission and tried to stop his counterpart from entering an escape pod. He changed his mind, however, when a laser blast struck a nearby bulkhead, and the two launched for the surface of Tatooine.<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" /> Captain Antilles had already jettisoned a number of decoy escape pods,<ref name="SW Radio" /> and the ''Devastator''{{'s}} gunners neglected to shoot down the droids due to a lack of detected life forms aboard.<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />

R2-D2 was intent on getting the plans to Kenobi, and he steered the pod toward a location Organa had given him. The pod nevertheless landed in the middle of a desert, and C-3PO helped manually lift the astromech out of the crashed vehicle.<ref name="SW Radio" /> C-3PO refused to believe his counterpart's claims of a mission, even when the astromech droid began to make his way toward rocky terrain. The two set off in different directions,<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" /> but C-3PO turned around to give his counterpart one last warning. R2-D2 steadfastly continued on his way, but when he suddenly fell through the sand, C-3PO rushed after him and fell through himself. The two landed in a system of subterranean tunnels, and they were quickly surrounded by a group of [[mole creature]]s. C-3PO attempted to communicate with them, and the little he understood suggested that the moles would serve the droids, their new masters. The underground dwellers then carried the new arrivals through the tunnels, all the while chanting the word "[[Gotar (acid lizard)|Gotar]]," which turned out to be the name of a giant hungry [[acid lizard]]. As it turned out, the moles would indeed "serve" the droids&mdash;to Gotar for dinner. The lizard gobbled the droids up but kept them in his mouth in order to allow the acid there to dissolve them, but R2-D2 shorted out his electrical system, which caused Gotar to spit them out so hard that they landed back on the sand above. C-3PO pleaded for R2-D2 to follow him one last time, but R2-D2 continued toward the mesas, and the two finally parted ways.<ref name="Marvel Droids 6">[[Droids (1986) 6|''Droids'' (1986) 6]]</ref>

====Another Skywalker====
{{Quote|It's all right, you can trust him. He's our new master.|C-3PO|<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />}}
[[File:Ben_3po_luke.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] and [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] help a damaged C-3PO after a [[Tusken Raider/Legends|Tusken Raider]] attack.]]
After several hours of wandering through Tatooine's endless-seeming [[Dune Sea/Legends|Dune Sea]], C-3PO was edging close to an overheat shutdown.<ref name="ANH novel" /> He vocalized a suspicion that R2-D2 had tricked him into going that way, but the sudden appearance of a vehicle on the horizon raised his spirits. He called to it,<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" /> and the vehicle&mdash;a Jawa [[Sandcrawler/Legends|Sandcrawler]]&mdash;homed in on him. With blasters pointed, the Jawas forced C-3PO to wear a [[Restraining bolt/Legends|restraining bolt]]. He accepted his capture and asked if they had spotted an astromech droid wandering through the desert, but they made no reply and instead loaded him aboard the [[Transport/Legends|transport]].<ref name="SW Radio" /> Later on, R2-D2 was indeed brought aboard, and the counterparts had a joyful reunion. As the Sandcrawler plowed through the desert,<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" /> R2-D2 shut himself down both to conserve energy and to tune out C-3PO's complaints.<ref name="ANH novel" /> Guided by a signal [[Flare/Legends|flare]] launched by the homestead's occupants, the Jawas made their way to a dwelling: The Lars homestead,<ref name="SW Radio" /> where C-3PO had lived long ago, prior to his memory wipe.<ref name="Attack of the Clones" /> After waking R2-D2 up, C-3PO joined the line of droids who were marched outside to be displayed in front of a potential buyer.<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />

Despite C-3PO's protests, R2-D2 covertly made some modifications to [[R5-D4/Legends|R5-D4]], another astromech in the line.<ref name="SW Radio" /> Owen Lars, now a much older man, approached the Sandcrawler along with a nineteen-year-old Luke Skywalker, and selected R5-D4 over R2-D2 before approaching C-3PO, whom he did not recognize. Although the moisture farmer had no need of a droid who understood etiquette and protocol, C-3PO touted his ability to understand both the binary language of [[Moisture vaporator/Legends|moisture vaporators]] and the Bocce trade language. Lars was sold, and his two new droids followed Skywalker to the homestead. R5-D4's motivator blew, however, and C-3PO convinced Skywalker and Lars to purchase R2-D2 instead.<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" /> The droids were taken by the young Skywalker to the homestead's tech dome, where C-3PO received an oil bath, R2-D2 recharged, and Skywalker worked on a [[T-16 skyhopper/Legends|T-16 skyhopper]].<ref name="ANH novel" /> He complained about an unfulfulling life on a boring planet, and when C-3PO mentioned the Rebellion, it piqued Skywalker's interest considerably. While cleaning a dirty R2-D2, Skywalker came across the datacard that the Princess had inserted into R2-D2, and an excerpt from Organa's holographic recording suddenly materialized on the dome floor. She spoke a single line: "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />

When C-3PO questioned his counterpart, the astromech suggested that he might be able to play the entire message if his bolt were removed. A mesmerized Skywalker obliged, but R2-D2 subsequently ceased playing the message entirely. Frustrated, Skywalker left the task of uncovering the rest of it to C-3PO and left to eat dinner with his aunt and uncle. The protocol droid scolded his counterpart for disobeying their new master,<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" /> and when R2-D2 promptly left the homestead to continue his search for Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO realized that he had tricked Skywalker into removing the bolt.<ref name="SW Radio" /> Ashamed, C-3PO hid in a corner, and when Skywalker returned and discovered him, the protocol droid revealed what had happened. Since the world's twin suns had set and night had already fallen, Skywalker resolved to search for R2-D2 in the morning, which would allow him and C-3PO safer passage across the desert.<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" /> The protocol droid charged himself overnight and was awoken at dawn by Skywalker, who did not want his aunt or uncle to know about the missing astromech. As the homestead's power was still shut off, C-3PO pushed an [[X-34 landspeeder/Legends|X-34 landspeeder]] outside while Skywalker held the door open manually, and the two then set out with C-3PO behind the controls. As R2-D2's tracks had disappeared, C-3PO suggested checking the area toward which the astromech had been headed from the escape pod, and Skywalker scanned the terrain with his [[Macrobinoculars/Legends|macrobinoculars]].<ref name="SW Radio" />

[[File:Counterparts.jpg|thumb|left|180px|C-3PO, [[Human/Legends|Human]]-[[Droid/Legends|cyborg]] relations, and his counterpart, [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]].]]
As C-3PO took them toward the mesas of Tatooine's [[Jundland Wastes/Legends|Jundland Wastes]], Skywalker told C-3PO about an old hermit named Ben Kenobi who lived in the desert. As R2-D2 was searching for the similarly-named Obi-Wan Kenobi, the youngster wondered if the two Kenobis were related. When they eventually spotted and confronted R2-D2, Skywalker wanted to take him home, and C-3PO suggested deactivating him.<ref name="SW Radio" /> However, the astromech detected some approaching lifeforms, and the group was soon attacked by the Tusken Raider [[URoRRuR'R'R]].<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" /> C-3PO tumbled backward over a sand dune<ref name="ANH novel" /> and lost his left arm in the process. Several minutes later, he was retrieved by Skywalker and Ben Kenobi, who had come to the group's rescue by imitating the call of a local [[Krayt dragon/Legends|Krayt dragon]]. As it turned out, Ben and Obi-Wan were one and the same, and the elderly Obi-Wan Kenobi brought the group to the safety of [[Ben Kenobi's hut|his desert hut]].<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />

Soon after being repaired and R2 showing Obi-Wan the message from Leia, they discovered the ruined Sandcrawler and Jawas who had sold him. Luke had sped off to discover that Owen and Beru Lars had been murdered by [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtroopers]], leaving C-3PO and R2-D2 in Luke's care. After traveling to [[Mos Eisley/Legends|Mos Eisley]] while evading stormtroopers, C-3PO and R2-D2 escaped on the [[Millennium Falcon/Legends|''Millennium Falcon'']] with Luke, Obi-Wan, the ship's captain [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]], and his first mate [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]], with whom he would assist R2-D2 against in a game of [[Dejarik/Legends|dejarik]]. After hearing that Wookiees were known to rip peoples' arms out of their sockets when they lost, he gave R2-D2 one final piece of advice: "let the Wookiee win."<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />

====Entering the Rebellion====
{{Quote|We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.|C-3PO, to R2|<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />}}
When finally arriving in the [[Alderaan system/Legends|Alderaan system]], they found the planet gone and themselves brought aboard the Empire's new weapon, the [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|Death Star]]. He and R2 were left in the hangar control center, with the only advice given to lock the doors if they were to be discovered. Of course this almost became the end for C-3PO's master when Luke, Han, Chewbacca and the now rescued Princess Leia escaped stormtroopers by jumping into a trash compactor and the compactor was initialized. C-3PO had left the [[Comlink/Legends|comlink]] he had been using to stay in touch with the group out while he and R2 hid from stormtroopers. Moments after C-3PO had found the comlink, he cursed his metal body that they had been killed. Fortunately, R2 was able to halt the compactor and unlock the door. Finally, the group was able to make it back to the ''Falcon'' and escape after Obi-Wan Kenobi sacrificed himself while fighting Darth Vader.<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />

[[File:3PO_on_Yavin.jpg|thumb|170px|C-3PO during the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]].]]
Making haste to the Rebel base on [[Yavin 4/Legends|Yavin 4]], a plan was made to attack the Death Star. Despite being constantly annoyed by R2-D2's recklessness and impulsive nature, Threepio discovered that he considered R2 his best friend, and told R2 that he'd better make it back or his life would get boring. When the battle was won, R2-D2 made it back. However, he was badly damaged and C-3PO had offered to donate any of his parts that would be helpful in his repair. R2-D2 was repaired and looked good as new.<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />

===Robotic rebel===
====On assignment for the Alliance====
Following the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]], C-3PO accompanied Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca and R2-D2 on numerous missions for the Alliance. On one such mission, Threepio and Luke encountered the bounty hunter [[Beilert Valance/Legends|Beilert Valance]] on [[Feriae Junction/Legends|Feriae Junction]] while they were looking for parts to repair Artoo. While exploring [[Junction City]], Threepio and Luke met a man named [[Skinker]] who took them to his salvage yard. Unaware of Darth Vader's bounty on himself, Skywalker, and R2-D2, C-3PO and the others fell into a trap. Sensing a trap, Skywalker shoved C-3PO into Skinker's office and dove in after, and then sent the droid out the back way while he tried to hold off the bounty hunter. As Valance was about to deliver the final blow, C-3PO suddenly reappeared and placed himself in front of his master, willing to sacrifice himself to save Skywalker. The boy in turn, concerned for his droid's safety, tried to send him away. Valance, not understanding the droid's actions questioned Threepio. He answered "Certainly it's not widely accepted. But perhaps if it were, even being a cyborg might be easier to bear." Because of Threepio's selfless act, the bounty hunter left them, allowing C-3PO to pick up Skywalker's fallen [[Lightsaber/Legends|lightsaber]] and carry him back to their ship.<ref name="Marvel Star Wars 27: Return of the Hunter">[[Star Wars (1977) 27|''Star Wars'' (1977) 27]]</ref> Another time, C-3PO and R2-D2 accompanied Luke when the latter reluctantly returned to Tatooine after a transport capsule suspected to contain information vital to the survival of the Alliance landed on the planet and was recovered by Jawas. After Luke was infected with Bledsoe's Disease, Threepio ended up under R2's suggestion using the Sandcrawler to travel to the Imperial base to rescue Luke, but the plan only succeeded in demolishing a wall as well as resulted in their capture and near disposal by the base's personnel before Luke rescued them.<ref name="Sojourn">''[[Tatooine Sojourn]]''</ref>

During this time, Threepio served as interpreter for and worked with Leia Organa at the Rebels' ring base. He traveled with Luke Skywalker on a mission to [[Panna/Legends|Panna]] to rescue Han Solo for the first time. After arriving on Panna, Threepio and the others encountered the bounty hunter Boba Fett, who was also on the planet seeking to get information from Luke Skywalker about the Rebel Alliance.<ref name="The Star Wars Holiday Special">''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]''</ref>

C-3PO later related many of these events to [[Mistress Mnemos]], an Alliance [[BRT supercomputer]], for historical preservation.<ref name="Gambler's World">''[[Gambler's World]]''</ref>

In [[1 ABY/Legends|1 ABY]],<ref name="SWG_timeline">{{SWG_timeline}}</ref> C-3PO and R2-D2 visited a [[Helper droid factory|droid factory]] on [[Corellia/Legends|Corellia]] in order to study the programming of the helper droids manufactured there. C-3PO requested a spacer to retrieve several droid interfaces for further analysis.<ref name="SWG:TTLF">{{SWGcite|exp=TCOA|type=class|Legacy|Those Things Last Forever|Corellia}}</ref>

====Crisis on Cloud City====
{{Quote|I thought that hairy beast would be the end of me.|Threepio, after being carried though Cloud City on Chewbacca's back|audio=Harry_beast.ogg|<ref name="Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" />}}
[[File:3POPwnd.jpg|thumb|left|200px|C-3PO is blasted apart by [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtroopers]] on [[Cloud City/Legends|Cloud City]].]]
When the Alliance transferred to the ice world of [[Hoth/Legends|Hoth]], C-3PO continued to work with Princess Leia on some personal matters such as drying out her clothes in the frozen environment. Things became worse when Luke Skywalker went missing on a scouting mission. After failing to pinpoint his exact location, Threepio could do little but wait until Han Solo returned with the latter. Fortunately, Skywalker was saved due to the efforts of Solo. The evening after Skywalker recovered from his [[Bacta/Legends|bacta]] treatment, Echo Base came under attack by a hoard of [[Wampa/Legends|wampa]] ice creatures. Threepio, along with R2-D2, was instrumental in alerting the base's defenders how to help stop the creatures. They noticed that behind each individual attack was one commonality: the high-pitched beeping of the base's astromech droids seemed to drive the wampas into berserker rages. They informed [[Major/Legends|Major]] [[Bren Derlin/Legends|Bren Derlin]], the base's head of security, and the Rebels finally had an advantage. They used recordings of astromech droids to round up the final wampas still hiding within the base, stunned them into incapacitation, and secured them in highly shielded pens.<ref name="GG3">''[[Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back]]''</ref> Later, C-3PO was responsible for identifying the Empire's [[Viper probe droid/Legends|probot]], alerting the Rebels to the Empire's awareness of their location.

Soon afterward in the [[Battle of Hoth/Legends|Battle of Hoth]], C-3PO joined Solo, Organa, and Chewbacca in a desperate race to the ''Millennium Falcon'' while in hot pursuit from an advanced group of the Empire's invading [[Cold assault stormtrooper|snowtroopers]]. During the escape, C-3PO came upon one of the wampa pens. Pasted on the door was a yellow and orange hazard label. An ancient part of him, a holdover from one of his earlier daring masters, seemed to take over. C-3PO reached out, and tore the label off. He continued to run faster than before after his party, disappearing around the next bend in the corridor. The group of pursuing snowtroopers came upon the door, and marched inside with military efficiency. They were quickly slaughtered by the caged wampas inside, buying the escaping Rebels just enough time to flee the planet.<ref name="GG3" /> C-3PO escaped with Solo in the ''Millennium Falcon'', while his partner joined Skywalker in his pursuit of the mysterious [[Yoda/Legends|Yoda]].<ref name="Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" />

During this time, C-3PO and Han developed a strange relationship, with C-3PO quoting odds and Han defying them. Normally, Han would have simply shut C-3PO down but due to the mechanical failures on the ''Falcon'', C-3PO was plugged into the ship and communicated with it to determine the problem (which Han took credit for). He would later comment that the ''Falcon'' had a most peculiar dialect. After a chase through the Hoth asteroid field, the ''Falcon'' escaped to [[Cloud City/Legends|Cloud City]] on [[Bespin/Legends|Bespin]].<ref name="Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" />

[[File:3POIsBackward-ESB.png|thumb|right|260px|"Why, I'm backwards!" (C-3PO, on Cloud City.)]]
Almost immediately after his arrival, C-3PO saw a silver protocol droid with a female program and then heard the sound of an astromech droid in another room. Exploring the room out of curiosity, C-3PO was blasted by [[Drazin|Corporal Drazin]],<ref name="CCGDrazin">{{CCG|set=Endor Limited|link=Endor-Dark/large/corporaldrazin.gif|cardname=Corporal Drazin}}</ref> a stormtrooper from [[Gamma Squad (Galactic Republic)|Gamma Squad]].<ref name="The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader">''[[The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader]]''</ref> Vader demanded his memory be retrieved and when he saw his parts, recognized his creation and ordered its destruction.<ref name="Thank the Maker" /> However, after being gone for far too long, Chewbacca headed to the [[Ugnaught/Legends|Ugnaught]] recycling facility where he found the [[Dismemberment/Legends|dismembered]] droid. When Darth Vader revealed his presence to the group, Chewbacca was sent into a holding cell but, after an apparent change of heart from Vader, was permitted to rebuild the droid, which, much to the displeasure of C-3PO, was done poorly. While still being repaired, Chewbacca carried C-3PO on his back during Han Solo's encasement in [[Carbonite/Legends|carbonite]].<ref name="Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" />

With the help of the city's administrator, [[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]], Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and C-3PO were able to escape. Although Chewbacca upon instant release attempted to choke Lando for Han Solo's capture, C-3PO apologized for the enraged Wookiee's behavior, which he feared would be the end of him. Having C-3PO on Chewbacca's back was beneficial: when Boba Fett escaped the city with Han Solo, C-3PO notified them of pursuing stormtroopers. Finally, after a chase through the corridors of Cloud City, the group made it to the ''Millennium Falcon''. R2-D2, whom they found after Luke Skywalker arrived to rescue them, unlocked the door to the landing pad under C-3PO's command. After successfully escaping Vader's flagship, the [[Executor/Legends|''Executor'']], C-3PO was fully repaired by R2-D2.<ref name="Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" />

====Rescue of Solo and the mission to Endor====
{{Quote|If I told you half the things I'd heard about this Jabba the Hutt, you'd probably short circuit!|C-3PO, to R2-D2|<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />}}
[[File:ProdroidJabba.jpg|thumb|left|250px|C-3PO is abused by his new master, [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba the Hutt]].]]
Shortly after escaping Imperials on Cloud City, C-3PO joined in the search for Solo. When the rendezvous point, [[Haven (rendezvous point)|Haven]] ended up [[Skirmish at Haven|in danger of being exposed]] by the Imperials, C-3PO attempted to talk Luke (who was still recovering from his injuries from his duel with Darth Vader), eventually pointing out with R2-D2 that his ship's undergoing maintenance, thus making the decision final. After the danger was narrowly averted, C-3PO told R2-D2 that his earlier repairs may have been faulty, as C-3PO had an unnatural urge to kick himself, although R2-D2 claimed it was not unnatural, with his explanation why apparently hurting the protocol droid.<ref name="SOE1">[[Shadows of the Empire 1|''Shadows of the Empire'' 1]]</ref> On one occasion, he and Artoo piloted Han's ship, the ''Millennium Falcon'', and rescued Leia from Prince Xizor.<ref name="Shadows of the Empire">''[[Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire]]''</ref>

Roughly a year after escaping Cloud City, Luke commanded C-3PO and R2-D2 to deliver a message to [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba the Hutt]], the gangster who had the encased Han Solo in his palace. Unbeknownst to him, Luke had given the droids to Jabba as a ploy to gain entrance. C-3PO was placed as Jabba's replacement translator while R2-D2 served on his [[Khetanna/Legends|sail barge]]. C-3PO's first translation for the crime lord was of [[Boushh/Legends|Boushh]] claiming the bounty for Chewbacca, whom he had on a chained leash. The meeting became intense when Boushh demanded 50,000 [[Galactic Credit Standard|credits]] and in surprise, Jabba the Hutt smacked C-3PO who then noticed Boushh had a [[Thermal detonator/Legends|thermal detonator]]. Fortunately, C-3PO was undamaged and was able to negotiate the deal of 35,000 credits to Boushh (which came as a relief to the paranoid droid).<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />

While Boushh was discovered to be Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker infiltrated the palace and killed Jabba's pet [[Rancor/Legends|rancor]] in a fierce duel. This angered Jabba and he transferred his court to the sail barge with Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Chewbacca as food for the [[Sarlacc/Legends|Sarlacc]], while Leia served as Jabba's slave. Just as Luke Skywalker was pushed off the plank, he bounded back up and R2-D2 tossed him his lightsaber. In the midst of the battle, C-3PO was attacked by [[Salacious B. Crumb/Legends|Salacious B. Crumb]], yanking one of his sensors out its socket. Salacious was forced off by R2-D2, which gave C-3PO and R2-D2 a chance to escape the sail barge. Making their way to the platform, R2-D2 pushed C-3PO off and rolled off himself into the sands of the Dune Sea. As the sail barge was burning, the two were quickly rescued and the group headed off planet to the Rebels' gathering on [[Home One/Legends|''Home One'']].<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />

[[File:C-3PO_PTA.png|thumb|right|250px|Threepio was mistaken by the Ewoks to be a god.]]
C-3PO accompanied the strike force to forest moon of [[Endor/Legends|Endor]] to disable the shield generator protecting the [[Death Star II/Legends|Death Star II]]. When he, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 were captured by the [[Ewok/Legends|Ewoks]], they thought he was a prophesied god known as the [[Golden One/Legends|Golden One]]. Though C-3PO claimed that pretending to be a deity was "against his programming", the droid was brought to [[Bright Tree Village/Legends|Bright Tree Village]] as an honored guest at a banquet. Meanwhile, his companions were brought to the Ewok village as prisoners, intended to be the main course at a banquet honoring "the Golden One."<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />

Despite the droid's reluctance, Luke Skywalker convinced C-3PO at the banquet to demand that the release of the prisoners. C-3PO told the Ewoks he'd bring down lightning and fire and wrath if his friends were not released. Skywalker then levitated the frightened droid above the clamoring crowd, "proving" to the Ewoks that the droid really did have "magic" powers. Later that night, C-3PO acted as a storyteller, {{Audio|Threepio story.ogg|explaining the history}} and intentions of the Rebels to the tribe. This gained sympathy from the Ewoks and convinced them to help the Rebels at the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]].<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />

C-3PO's part in the Battle of Endor was not yet complete, however. After infiltrating the shield bunker and being captured by Imperial forces, C-3PO began the Ewoks' assault on the Empire by calling over a group of stormtroopers with a false surrender. Chaos ensued as Ewoks jumped from hiding and attacked the Imperials, allowing for Han Solo and Leia to reach the bunker controls. When R2-D2 was forced to assist in infiltrating the bunker, C-3PO nevertheless followed, evading enemy fire. The battle ended with the Death Star II's destruction and the death of the Emperor. C-3PO was present at the celebration afterward.<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />

===After Endor===
====Republic reborn====
{{Quote|If I may be permitted to speak, I found that spectacle utterly appalling. Mechanicals of all kinds will be shocked by this perverse display of&mdash;|C-3PO, addressing the Bakuran Senate|<ref name="The Truce at Bakura">''[[The Truce at Bakura]]''</ref>}}
One day after the victory at Endor, an Imperial [[Elegance message drone|message drone]] addressed to the late Emperor was intercepted by Wedge Antilles in Endorian space. It told of an [[Ssi-ruuvi invasions|invasion]] of the remote planet [[Bakura/Legends|Bakura]] by a mysterious alien species. C-3PO and R2-D2 joined a team led by Organa that was sent by Rebel High Command to help counter the invasion and attempt to gain the allegiance of Bakura, an Imperial world. The team [[Bakura Incident|arrived]] at Bakura and negotiated with Imperial governor [[Wilek Nereus]] while Rebel and Imperial fleets joined forces to ward off attacks by the [[Ssi-ruu]]k of the [[Ssi-ruuvi Imperium]]. The [[Bakuran]]s had been unaware of Palpatine's demise, and after a temporary [[Bakura Truce|truce]] was struck, C-3PO was able to translate the [[Ssi-ruuvi]] language and help decipher the aliens' codes. During a session of the [[Bakuran Senate]] when the Ssi-ruuvi puppet [[Dev Sibwarra]] revealed his masters' intentions of [[Entechment|enteching]] the life forces of Bakura's population into robotic bodies, C-3PO expressed his shock and horror at the spectacle on behalf of all droids. However, it did little to allay the prevalent [[Anti-droid sentiment/Legends|anti-droid sentiment]] among many Bakuran senators, who responded with catcalls.<ref name="The Truce at Bakura" />

[[File:Lumiyavsdroids.png|thumb|left|350px|The droids encounter the Dark Lady Lumiya on [[Herdessa/Legends|Herdessa]].]]
After C-3PO and R2-D2 translated the Ssi-ruuvi communiques, they learned that the Ssi-ruuk planned to capture Skywalker and to attack Bakura in one hour's time.<ref name="The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook">''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]]''</ref> C-3PO was able to convey the information to Solo, as well as the location of Organa, who had been arrested by Nereus following a breakdown in negotiations. After first cutting Solo a highly illegal override code, C-3PO was ordered to dress in a suit of stormtrooper armor forcibly acquired by Solo. He then proceeded to the ''Millennium Falcon'' to rendezvous with Chewbacca and warn Skywalker. However, upon arriving at the light freighter, C-3PO was mistaken for a stormtrooper by Chewbacca and shot down. Although he sustained only minor damage and was able to warn Skywalker about the capture attempt, the protocol droid was indignant at his treatment by the Wookiee.<ref name="The Truce at Bakura" />

The Ssi-Ruuk were [[Battle of Bakura|repelled]] by the combined fleets, and a Bakuran revolt ousted the treacherous Nereus from power.<ref name="The Truce at Bakura" /> The Rebel Alliance transitioned into the [[Alliance of Free Planets]],<ref name="The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook" /> and the Ssi-Ruuk proved not to be the only invaders from beyond, as the Alliance found itself at [[Nagai–Tof War|war]] with the [[Nagai]], a warfaring species from the satellite galaxy known as [[Firefist]].<ref name="The Unknown Regions">''[[The Unknown Regions]]''</ref> C-3PO served in the conflict, which saw the Alliance and the Nagai eventually unite against and [[Battle of Saijo|defeat]] the latters' old enemy, the [[Tof]]s. Secretly fueling the war had been the Dark Lady of the Sith, [[Lumiya]].<ref name="Marvel 107">[[Star Wars (1977) 107|''Star Wars'' (1977) 107]]</ref>

The Alliance of Free Planets was soon [[Declaration of a New Republic/Legends|replaced]] by a [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]],<ref name="The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook" /> and Leia Organa sat on the new government's [[New Republic Provisional Council|Provisional Council]] as a representative from Alderaan. C-3PO attended her in that role as a translator.<ref name="X-Wing 32">[[X-Wing Rogue Squadron 32|''X-Wing Rogue Squadron'' 32]]</ref> He was, however, briefly leant to the Star Tours travel agency along with R2-D2<ref name="Star Tours">[[Star Tours (real-world)|''Star Tours'']]</ref> around 4.3 ABY,<ref name="LC blog">{{Blog|holocron|7|Death Star timeline|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee|archivedate=20071102150522}}</ref> while their owners were out fighting in the late stages of the [[Nagai–Tof War]]. The agency was sending its new [[StarSpeeder 3000/Legends|StarSpeeder 3000]] models on an [[Endor Express]] tour<ref name="Star Tours" /> in an attempt to cash in on the moon's sudden fame,<ref name="CSWE III 189b">{{CSWECite|III|189|Star Tours Travel Agency}}</ref> but C-3PO doubted the competency of the [[RX-Series pilot droid/Legends|pilot droid]], [[RX-24/Legends|RX-24]], who sported a "Remove Before Flight" factory tag. During this time, C-3PO and R2-D2 were hard at work trying to repair one of the 3000 models, [[Transport 22]]&mdash;having near-disasters in the process such as C-3PO forgetting to shut off the main valve when the fuel pressure was getting too high, and nearly causing the cannons to discharge&mdash;as well as commenting on the various advertisements for the various travel destinations, including Hoth, Tatooine, and Endor. Although C-3PO wanted to return to Endor, he wished to avoid returning to Hoth and Tatooine. Nevertheless, RX-24 flew [[Star Tours Flight 45]] from a [[Tomorrowland Starport|Star Tours spaceport]] with R2-D2 in the droid socket, and the protocol droid's fears proved founded when [[Battle of Death Star III|a harrowing flight]] saw the StarSpeeder return to the spaceport in a shaken and beat-up state.<ref name="Convenient Daily Departures" /><ref name="Star Tours" />

[[5 ABY/Legends|One year]] after Endor, C-3PO was present at several meetings of the Provisional Council that discussed an offer made by [[Sate Pestage/Legends|Sate Pestage]], the former Imperial [[Grand Vizier/Legends|Grand Vizier]] who had seized Palpatine's throne following the Emperor's death. Pestage offered Coruscant to the New Republic in exchange for safe haven from his political rivals,<ref name="X-Wing 32" /><ref name="X-wing 33">[[X-Wing Rogue Squadron 33|''X-Wing Rogue Squadron'' 33]]</ref> but his enemies ultimately foiled his plans, and both the Empire and Coruscant were left in the hands of [[Director of Imperial Intelligence]] [[Ysanne Isard]].<ref name="X-Wing 35">[[X-Wing Rogue Squadron 35|''X-Wing Rogue Squadron'' 35]]</ref> Around the same time, C-3PO and R2-D2 were with Solo, Organa, Skywalker, and Chewbacca during the [[Battle of Mindor]] against the Imperial [[Warlord/Legends|warlord]] Lord [[Cronal|Shadowspawn]].<ref name="Mindor">''[[Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor]]''</ref> Also in 5 ABY, the [[Central Committee of Grand Moffs]] made a claim to the Imperial throne in opposition to Isard.<ref name="NEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''</ref> C-3PO and R2-D2 served as members of the [[Senate Planetary Intelligence Network|Senate Planetary Intelligence Network (SPIN)]] and underwent transformation by the [[Droid Modification Team]] to be disguised as [[Kessel/Legends|Kessel]] droids. They then [[Mission to Kessel (Trioculus affair)|infiltrated]] a gathering of Committee-loyal Imperials to find out who was planning to take control of the Grand Moffs' [[Trioculus' Empire|Imperial faction]]. The leader turned out to be the three-eyed [[mutant]] [[Trioculus]],<ref name="The Glove of Darth Vader">''[[The Glove of Darth Vader]]''</ref> who was later defeated by the New Republic.<ref name="Prophets of the Dark Side">[[Prophets of the Dark Side (novel)|''Prophets of the Dark Side'']]</ref>

[[File:NR_Provisional_Council.jpg|thumb|right|300px|C-3PO waits on a meeting of the New Republic Provisional Council.]]
In [[6 ABY/Legends|6 ABY]], a conquest of Imperial-held Coruscant was being planned, and the New Republic Provisional Council met on the world of [[Noquivzor]] to discuss strategy. Organa was attended by C-3PO, who translated into Basic the remarks of the Wookiee Councillor [[Kerrithrarr]]. The plan was a success, as Coruscant was indeed [[Liberation of Coruscant (Galactic Civil War)|taken]] by the New Republic and installed as their new capital world.<ref name="Wedge's Gamble">''[[X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble]]''</ref> Still facing threats from Imperial warlords who had broken away from the chain of command, the New Republic soon afterward sent Organa on a diplomatic mission to the [[Hapes Consortium/Legends|Hapes Consortium]] to request aid in the continuing war.<ref name="The Krytos Trap">''[[X-Wing: The Krytos Trap]]''</ref> [[8 ABY/Legends|8 ABY]] saw [[Hapan]] delegates visit Coruscant in turn, offering their aid in exchange for a marriage between Organa and the Hapan Prince [[Isolder]]. While Organa met with the Hapan delegates in Coruscant's [[Grand Reception Hall]], C-3PO watched from a balcony along with Solo, Chewbacca, and Mon Mothma, translating words that were spoken in the [[Hapan (language)|Hapan language]].<ref name="Courtship chapter 1">''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]'', chapter 1</ref> A jealous Solo enlisted C-3PO to keep an eye on Isolder and Organa during the former's stay on the capital world, and the protocol droid uncovered computer data that named Solo as a descendant of the [[Corellia/Legends|Corellian]] King [[Berethron e Solo]]. C-3PO accordingly proposed to the [[Alderaanian Council]] that Organa marry Solo instead.<ref name="Courtship chapter 6">''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]'', chapter 6</ref>

While accompanying Solo and Chewbacca to the planet of [[Dathomir/Legends|Dathomir]], which the Captain had won in a game of [[Sabacc/Legends|sabacc]], C-3PO was shocked to find that a desperate Solo had kidnapped Organa and smuggled her along aboard the ''Millennium Falcon''.<ref name="Courtship chapter 8">''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]'', chapter 8</ref> Their subsequent adventure on the planet saw C-3PO write a song with at least fifteen verses entitled "[[The Virtues of King Han Solo]]," which he performed in a voice reminiscent of that of popular vocalist [[Jukas Alim]] and with the sound of a full symphony orchestra. The adventure included an encounter with the Force-using [[Witches of Dathomir]] and a final [[Battle of Dathomir (Hunt for Zsinj)|showdown]] with Warlord [[Zsinj]], and in the end, Organa and Solo realized their true love for one another while Isolder fell for a witch named [[Teneniel Djo]].<ref name="Courtship">''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]''</ref> On the day of the [[Wedding of Han Solo and Leia Organa (8 ABY)|Solo-Organa wedding]], C-3PO discovered that Solo's [[Korol Solo|great-grandfather]] had only been a pretender to the [[Corellian/Legends|Corellian]] throne. His panicked decision to spread the news prompted Skywalker to deactivate him and hide him in an empty office of Coruscant's [[Cantham House/Legends|Alderaanian Consulate]],<ref name="Courtship chapter 27">''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]'', chapter 27</ref> but, as C-3PO was the ring-bearer, he was turned back on in time to attend the ceremony.<ref name="Union 1">[[Union 1|''Union'' 1]]</ref>

After the wedding, C-3PO returned to Tatooine with the new married couple in their search for the Alderaanian moss painting ''[[Killik Twilight]]'', which stored a valuable code. The protocol droid reunited with Kitster Banai and W. Wald, childhood friends of Anakin Skywalker, and with their help C-3PO and the others discovered Shmi Skywalker's diary. Inside was valuable information on the man who had become the most feared figure in the galaxy. After reading the diary, Organa remarked that the droid her grandmother described reminded her of C-3PO. The code was eventually found and destroyed, and Organa, having read about her father's innocent childhood, firmly decided that having children of her own despite her family's dark legacy was the right decision.<ref name="Tatooine Ghost">''[[Tatooine Ghost]]''</ref>

====Imperial resurgence====
{{Quote|Actually, Threepio, you could think of this as really just fulfilling your primary programming in a more complete way. I mean, isn't a translation droid supposed to speak for the person he's translating for?''"<br />"''I am primarily a protocol droid. And I say again that this is not the sort of thing covered by any possible stretch of protocol.|Lando Calrissian and C-3PO, on the droid being re-programmed to emulate Leia Organa Solo's voice|<ref name="Heir to the Empire">''[[Heir to the Empire]]''</ref>}}
By [[9 ABY/Legends|9 ABY]], five years after Endor, the New Republic had established itself as the galaxy's dominant power. However, the remnants of the Empire mounted a serious challenge to that rule when [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn]], the last Imperial [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]], returned from exile in the [[Unknown Regions/Legends|Unknown Regions]] and took control of the Imperial fleet. During the [[Thrawn campaign]] of 9 ABY, [[Noghri/Legends|Noghri]] commandos loyal to the Grand Admiral repeatedly tried to kidnap Organa Solo, who was pregnant with twins&mdash;Thrawn's ally, the insane Jedi clone [[Joruus C'baoth]], sought to train the twins in his own twisted ways. C-3PO was part of a New Republic team that had to [[Mission to Bimmisaari|fend off]] a Noghri attack on the planet [[Bimmisaari/Legends|Bimmisaari]], and he later accompanied Solo and Organa Solo to Lando Calrissian's newest [[Nomad City|mining operation]] on the world of [[Nkllon/Legends|Nkllon]]. There, Organa Solo decided to [[Mission to Kashyyyk (Thrawn campaign)|hide from the Noghri]] on Kashyyyk, and C-3PO reluctantly became a part of the ruse used to cover her disappearance. Although he insisted that it was not covered by protocol, the droid's programming was altered so that his voice became identical to Organa Solo's. While Organa Solo fled aboard Calrissian's [[Lady Luck/Legends|''Lady Luck'']], C-3PO sent a transmission from the ''Millennium Falcon'' that was intended to be intercepted by the Empire.<ref name="Heir to the Empire" />
[[File:Safe_passage.jpg|thumb|left|300px|C-3PO makes contact with the native Myneyrshi during a mission to Wayland.]]
Following the [[Battle of Sluis Van]], C-3PO accompanied Captain Solo back to Coruscant aboard the ''Falcon'', but he was banned from the annoyed pilot's presence during most of the journey home. Depite the ruse, Organa Solo had been followed to Kashyyyk, but there the Noghri warrior [[Khabarakh]]&mdash;who had served Darth Vader before the Sith Lord's death&mdash;recognized Organa Solo's scent and declared her the [[Mal'ary'ush]], "daughter of the savior." As such, Organa Solo, C-3PO, and Chewbacca traveled with Khabarakh to the Noghri homeworld of [[Honoghr/Legends|Honoghr]] in order to learn more about their servitude to the Empire. C-3PO acted as a translator, but the group was forced to quickly hide inside a Noghri [[dukha]] building when Thrawn himself showed up in order to impose his will upon his subjects. They successfully avoided the Imperials<ref name="Dark Force Rising">''[[Dark Force Rising]]''</ref> and later returned to Coruscant, where Organa Solo gave birth to her twins: [[Darth Caedus|Jacen]] and [[Jaina Solo Fel|Jaina Solo]].<ref name="The Last Command">''[[The Last Command]]''</ref>

One of the New Republic's newest allies, [[Mara Jade Skywalker|Mara Jade]]&mdash;a former [[Emperor's Hand/Legends|Emperor's Hand]]&mdash;helped the Skywalker/Solo clan obtain a piece of vital intelligence: before his death, Emperor Palpatine had maintained a [[Mount Tantiss/Legends|cloning facility]] on the planet Wayland. Since Thrawn was using clones to fuel his [[Thrawn's confederation|war machine]], a strike team was assembled for a [[Assault on Mount Tantiss|mission to Wayland]] to sabotage the clone production. C-3PO and R2-D2 joined Skywalker, Solo, Calrissian, Chewbacca, Jade, and several Noghri commandos; on the planet's surface, as they made their way through dense undergrowth toward the facility, C-3PO helped them communicate with the world's native [[Myneyrsh]]i. When Skywalker convinced them that the New Republic team was there to help rather than invade, the Myneyrshi allowed the group passage across the planet. Inside the cloning facility, a confrontation with C'baoth and a [[Luuke Skywalker|clone of Skywalker]] saw Jade kill both of their foes, and the mission was a success. Concurrently, Thrawn was murdered by his Noghri bodyguard [[Rukh/Legends|Rukh]] during a [[Battle of Bilbringi (9 ABY)|battle]] with [[Combined Defense Forces of the New Republic|New Republic forces]] over the [[Bilbringi Shipyards]], and his campaign was brought to a halt.<ref name="The Last Command" />

In [[10 ABY/Legends|10 ABY]], not long after the loss of their last Grand Admiral, the remaining Imperial [[Fleet Commander/Legends|Fleet Commanders]] joined forces with surviving members of the [[Imperial Ruling Council/Legends|Imperial Ruling Council]] and launched a sudden and violent campaign from the [[Deep Core/Legends|Deep Core]]. The New Republic, with its fleet out of position in the Rim, quickly lost Coruscant and several other key systems. However, various Imperial factions afterward turned on each other, and the Imperial Mutiny saw them battle it out in an attempt to reap the spoils of the Empire's recent successes. As the [[Imperial Civil War]] raged, the New Republic took advantage of the confusion by using two captured Star Destroyers to conduct hit-and-run attacks inside of war zones.<ref name="NEC 155">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'', p. 155</ref> When the [[Liberator (Imperial I-class)|''Liberator'']] crashed onto Coruscant and stranded Skywalker, Calrissian, Antilles, R2-D2, and the entire crew on-world, C-3PO participated in a rescue mission aboard the ''Millennium Falcon'' alongside Solo, Organa Solo, and Chewbacca. Solo piloted the ship through the mayhem of a [[Second Battle of Coruscant|battle]] between Imperial factions and landed in [[Galactic City|Imperial City]], where C-3PO was reunited with his counterpart.<ref name="Dark Empire 1">[[Dark Empire 1|''Dark Empire'' 1]]</ref>

[[File:Darkempirethreepio.jpg|thumb|right|150px|C-3PO, prisoner of the Emperor's Citadel]]
Having felt a great disturbance in the Force, Skywalker remained on the planet while the rest of the New Republic team escaped. To C-3PO's horror, R2-D2 remained at his master's side, and both man and droid were engulfed by a [[hyperspace wormhole]] created by a powerful [[Force storm (wormhole)|Force storm]].<ref name="Dark Empire 1" /> C-3PO and the rest of the team returned to the New Republic's [[Pinnacle Base]] on the moon [[Da Soocha V]],<ref name="Dark Empire 2">[[Dark Empire 2|''Dark Empire'' 2]]</ref> and several days later, the protocol droid discovered that Organa Solo had collapsed in her quarters after being visited by a Force apparition of her brother. Skywalker had pledged himself to the teachings of a [[Transfer essence|reborn]] Emperor Palpatine in order to destroy the dark side from within. After Organa Solo was brought to an infirmary, C-3PO and Mon Mothma sought out Solo and brought him to his wife. The Force told her that Skywalker was somewhere in the galaxy's [[Deep Core/Legends|Deep Core]], where they would not be able to travel without help from old friends of Solo's. Although Organa Solo felt that the rescue mission was too dangerous for C-3PO, he insisted on coming along in order to potentially help R2-D2.<ref name="Dark Empire 3">[[Dark Empire 3|''Dark Empire'' 3]]</ref>

After an encounter with several bounty hunters on Nar Shaddaa, C-3PO, Solo, Organa Solo, and Chewbacca were able to recruit Solo's old friends [[Shug Ninx]] and [[Salla Zend]] to take them to the Deep Core world of [[Byss/Legends|Byss]]. In the [[Emperor's Citadel]], Skywalker refused to go with them,<ref name="Dark Empire 4">[[Dark Empire 4|''Dark Empire'' 4]]</ref> and although the Emperor imprisoned Solo and Chewbacca, C-3PO and Organa Solo were allowed free reign of the Citadel while Palpatine attempted to bring the latter under his sway. Ninx and Zend soon rescued everyone save for Skywalker, who assured the skeptical group that he knew what he was doing.<ref name="Dark Empire 5">[[Dark Empire 5|''Dark Empire'' 5]]</ref> In the ''Millennium Falcon'', the group rushed to the besieged planet of [[Dac|Mon Calamari]] in order to employ Palpatine's master control signal and priority battle plans, which Skywalker had secretly stored inside R2-D2. The codes were able to shut down the Imperial [[World Devastator]] superweapons that were attacking the planet, and the [[Battle of Calamari|battle]] came to an end. Skywalker and Organa Solo later combined their powers to defeat the Emperor,<ref name="Dark Empire 6">[[Dark Empire 6|''Dark Empire'' 6]]</ref> but he soon afterward returned in a new clone body.<ref name="Dark Empire II 1">[[Dark Empire II 1|''Dark Empire II'' 1]]</ref>

With the squabbling Imperial factions united under his banner, Palpatine's [[Dark Empire]] unleashed a devastating [[Operation Shadow Hand|campaign]] against the galaxy. Amidst the carnage, C-3PO was present on the planet of [[Nespis VIII]] when Organa Solo gave birth to a third child: [[Anakin Solo]]. While on Nespis VIII, C-3PO and R2-D2 were nearly destroyed after they spotted an Imperial installing a homing beacon on the ''Millennium Falcon'', but they were saved by the timely arrival of Captain Solo and Chewbacca. Palpatine's campaign was brought to an end in [[11 ABY/Legends|11 ABY]] after his [[Battle of Onderon (Galactic Civil War)|final death]] and the destruction of his remaining superweapons,<ref name="Empire's End 2">[[Empire's End 2|''Empire's End'' 2]]</ref> and with the Empire in ruins, the New Republic retook Coruscant.<ref name="Jedi Search">''[[Jedi Search]]''</ref>

====Caretaker of the Solo children====
{{Quote|This certainly is a gloomy place, isn't it? If we don't find shelter from this dreadful rain, I shouldn't be at all surprised if my new gold plating gets corroded. I do wish you had left me on Coruscant, Mistress Leia. I'm sure I would have done a much better job taking care of the children.|C-3PO, on Nal Hutta|<ref name="Darksaber">[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']]</ref>}}
After being cared for in hiding by Organa Solo's friend [[Winter Celchu|Winter]] throughout most of the Imperial Civil War, Jacen and Jaina were brought back to Coruscant, where C-3PO aided Organa Solo in caring for them. The protocol droid uploaded information regarding child-rearing into his memory banks and met the challenge with an initial enthusiasm but mixed results. C-3PO sometimes recited stories such as ''[[The Little Lost Bantha Cub]]'' and took the twins on field trips along with Chewbacca, who would keep an eye on them. On one such instance though, while attending a diplomatic reception, the twins started playing near a [[tentacle-cactus]]. When C-3PO went to retrieve them, he himself became entangled in the plant, but was eventually saved.<ref name="Jedi Search" /> On another occasion, Jacen and Jaina escaped from Chewbacca's and C-3PO's watch during a trip to the [[Holographic Zoo of Extinct Animals]] on Coruscant and ended up in the planet's sub-levels. Distraught, the protocol droid frantically searched for them, but they were found by the underworld [[King/Legends|King]] [[Onibald Daykim]] and reunited with their parents.<ref name="Dark Apprentice">[[Dark Apprentice (novel)|''Dark Apprentice'']]</ref>

After Solo and Chewbacca stumbled across the Imperial [[Maw Installation]], which had existed in isolation from the galaxy for years, the Wookiee addressed the [[New Republic Ruling Council]] with the aid of C-3PO's translation skills. They agreed to his proposal to occupy the installation, free its Wookiee prisoners, and confiscate any deadly weapon designs created by its [[Engineer/Legends|engineers]]. Organa Solo assigned C-3PO to the mission alongside Chewbacca and the [[Katarn Commandos]], with his task being to sift through any data found in the installation's computers. While boarding the assault shuttle, C-3PO repeatedly objected to the assignment, and when Chewbacca turned off the droid's power switch, the Wookiee received a round of applause from the gathered commandos. After the team arrived inside the [[The Maw|Kessel Maw]], C-3PO helped the former Imperial scientist [[Qwi Xux]] examine the station's computers, but the New Republic's occupation team soon came under attack by the station's [[Death Star prototype]] and the ''[[Gorgon]]'', flagship of the crazed Imperial Admiral [[Natasi Daala|Daala]]. Chewbacca lifted the protocol droid into the co-pilot's chair of a [[Gamma-class assault shuttle/Legends|''Gamma-class'' assault shuttle]], where he used his electronic brain to coordinate the movements and attacks of five shuttles in total. The [[Battle of the Maw|battle]] was a New Republic victory, and with [[Daala campaign|Daala's campaign]] brought to an end, C-3PO was able to resume helping raise Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin.<ref name="Champions of the Force">''[[Champions of the Force]]''</ref>

[[File:Luke_Skywalker_Eye_of_Palpatine.jpg|thumb|left|300px|C-3PO and Skywalker battle Tusken Raiders aboard the ''Eye of Palpatine''.]]
11 ABY also saw Skywalker begin training members of a [[New Jedi Order]].<ref name="Dark Apprentice" /> [[12 ABY/Legends|One year later]], C-3PO accompanied Skywalker to a [[Herd Meet/Legends|Herd Meet]] on the planet [[Ithor/Legends|Ithor]], where the Jedi Master hoped the Ithorian healers could help his Jedi student, [[Nichos Marr (droid)|Nichos Marr]]. After contracting [[Quannot's Syndrome]], Marr had had his consciousness transferred into a droid body using Ssi-Ruuk technology, and Skywalker believed that C-3PO's translation skills were necessary in order for the healers to help Marr become the [[Nichos Marr|man he had once been]]. Their journey led them to [[Pzob/Legends|Pzob]], where they were picked up by the massive dreadnaught known as the ''[[Eye of Palpatine]]''. Having lain dormant for years, the former Imperial superweapon had recently been [[Ismaren plot|reactivated]] by former Emperor's Hand [[Roganda Ismaren]], and it was following its programming by collecting sentients from across the galaxy to serve as stormtroopers in its original mission to destroy a group of renegade Jedi.<ref name="Children of the Jedi">[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']]</ref>

C-3PO assisted Skywalker in navigating through the ship and communicating with its inhabitants of various species, including Jawas, Talz, [[Kitonak/Legends|Kitonak]], and [[Gamorrean/Legends|Gamorreans]]. While they solved the ship's mysteries, C-3PO supported the Jedi Master following a leg injury suffered by Skywalker at the hands of a Gamorrean wielding a [[Vibroblade/Legends|vibroblade]]. When the ''Eye'' arrived at its target, the planet [[Belsavis/Legends|Belsavis]], Marr and his partner [[Cray Mingla]] sacrificed themselves to destroy the dreadnaught. Although Mingla died, her body became a host for the consciousness of [[Callista Ming|Callista]], a Jedi of the Old Order whose essence had been inhabiting the ''Eye''{{'s}} computers for over three decades following her original sabotage of the ship. While communicating with each other aboard the ''Eye'', Skywalker and Callista had fallen in love.<ref name="Children of the Jedi" /> As her new body was completely insensitive to the Force, she and Skywalker embarked on a galactic journey to rediscover her Force connection, and C-3PO returned to Coruscant, where he resumed his duties with the Solo children. He also helped Organa Solo&mdash;now the New Republic's [[Chief of State (New Republic)|Chief of State]]&mdash;receive Lord [[Durga Besadii Tai|Durga]] the Hutt of the [[Besadii/Legends|Besadii]] [[Kajidic/Legends|kajidic]], who was making a diplomatic visit to the galactic capital.<ref name="Darksaber" />

R2-D2, who had been spending his time at the Jedi Academy, was left in the Solos' care during Skywalker's journey, and he and C-3PO discovered that Durga had stolen the plans to the Death Star from the [[Imperial Palace/Legends|Imperial Palace]]. The droids accompanied Solo, Organa Solo, and Chewbacca in the ''Millennium Falcon'' on a followup mission to the Hutt world of [[Nal Hutta/Legends|Nal Hutta]], where they learned that Durga was building his own superweapon, the [[Darksaber (superweapon)|''Darksaber'']]. Even graver news was that Admiral Daala had [[Imperial Reunification|unified]] the surviving Imperial Warlords into a [[United Warlord Fleets|united fleet]] and was planning to attack the [[Jedi Praxeum|Jedi Academy]] on Yavin IV. During the [[Assault on Yavin 4|defense]] of the world, C-3PO was left alone aboard the ''Falcon'', where he fired on an Imperial AT-ST walker and stopped it from killing his friends. Skywalker's Jedi students were able to repel the attack, and Durga was also foiled when the incomplete ''Darksaber'' attempted to fire its superlaser and ended up [[Battle for the Darksaber|destroying]] itself. Callista, however, vanished into the galaxy, believing that she needed to rediscover the Force on her own.<ref name="Darksaber" />

[[File:Waru.jpg|thumb|right|250px|C-3PO gazes upon Waru.]]
In [[13 ABY/Legends|13 ABY]], C-3PO and R2-D2 accompanied Chief of State Organa Solo to [[Nam Chorios/Legends|Nam Chorios]], where she met with Representative [[Seti Ashgad/Legends|Seti Ashgad]] aboard her flagship, the [[Borealis (cruiser)|''Borealis'']]. When Ashgad and his ally [[Dzym]] kidnapped Organa Solo and unleashed the [[Death Seed]] plague upon the ship's crew, the droids escaped in a [[lifeboat]] along with [[Yeoman/Legends|Yeoman]] [[Marcopius]], who quickly died of the plague's effects. After being picked up by the scout [[Bortrek]], the captain of the [[Pure Sabacc (starship)|''Pure Sabacc'']] who claimed C-3PO and R2-D2 as his own, the droids resorted to taking over the ship and coercing Bortrek into dropping them off on [[Nim Drovis]], which, like Nam Chorios, was in the [[Meridian sector/Legends|Meridian sector]]. They found themselves stranded on the planet, and their many attempts to secure passage offworld finally got them to nearby [[Cybloc XII/Legends|Cybloc XII]], where they encountered Admiral Daala, now the leader of the pro-Imperial [[Independent Company of Settlers]]. Daala tortured C-3PO and R2-D2 into revealing that Ashgad had unleashed the Death Seed plague, and she pledged herself to a fight against Moff [[Tol Getelles]] of the new [[Imperial Remnant]], Ashgad's corrupt ally. A New Republic fleet also participated in the [[Battle of Nam Chorios]], which saw Getelles defeated, Organa Solo rescued, and the Death Seed plague contained.<ref name="Planet of Twilight">''[[Planet of Twilight]]''</ref>

[[14 ABY/Legends|A year later]], when Solo received several mysterious messages in a nearly-extinct language, C-3PO took responsibility for translating and replying to them. They spoke of mysterious events related to a lost Jedi on [[Crseih Station]], a former Imperial prison that orbited a [[Black hole/Legends|black hole]] and a crystallizing [[White dwarf/Legends|white dwarf star]] in the [[Crseih system]]. C-3PO, Solo, and Skywalker traveled incognito to the station; the protocol droid's coat was covered with a purple lacquer. When they arrived, C-3PO set out into the asteroid station to meet with their contact, leaving his Human masters alone. When he located her&mdash;the Human female [[Xaverri]], an old flame of Solo's&mdash;he and his masters were brought by Xaverri to the [[Altar of Waru]]. Beings of various species knelt before [[Waru]], a large blob-like being from [[Waru's universe|another dimension]], upon whom they called to heal them.<ref name="The Crystal Star">''[[The Crystal Star]]''</ref>

Xaverri presented C-3PO to Waru, who had never encountered a droid before. After waxing poetic to Xaverri about the state of the universe, the being healed a sick [[Zeffliffl (species)|Zeffliffl]] by encasing it inside of his golden syrupy ichor, which failed to impress a skeptical Solo. When Solo later witnessed Waru kill an Ithorian who sought healing, he decided that Xaverri was right about the danger that the being posed to the New Republic. As it turned out, Waru had been summoned to Crseih Station by [[Hethrir]], leader of the [[Empire Reborn]] insurgency, who had also [[Kidnapping on Munto Codru|kidnapped]] the Solo children. When Hethrir arrived on the station with baby Anakin, whom he intended to sacrifice to Waru, C-3PO encountered them and demanded that he let the child go. Hethrir responded with the swing of a lightsaber, which cracked through C-3PO's purple varnish but inflicted minimal damage to the droid himself. C-3PO was found and resuscitated by R2-D2, who had arrived on-station with Organa Solo and Chewbacca in pursuit of the kidnapped children, and the [[Confrontation on Crseih Station|ensuing confrontation]] saw Hethrir and Waru defeated and the children returned to their parents.<ref name="The Crystal Star" />

====Ghost ships and droid armies====
{{Quote|I do not overrate my importance! I daresay I am the most humble droid I know.|C-3PO to TDL-3.5, a potential usurper of his child-care duties|<ref name="The New Rebellion">''[[The New Rebellion]]''</ref>}}
When Skywalker embarked on a personal journey in [[16 ABY/Legends|16 ABY]], he brought C-3PO to Yavin IV to manage the administrative needs of the Jedi Academy. Not long afterward, Lando Calrissian arrived on the jungle moon and recruited both C-3PO and R2-D2 on a mission that had been put together by the [[New Republic Intelligence Service]]. C-3PO refused until Calrissian lied and told him that Skywalker had reassigned both droids to the [[New Republic Defense Fleet/Legends|New Republic Defense Fleet]]. Calrissian himself had been enlisted by Admiral [[Hiram Drayson]]&mdash;the mission was to investigate the mysterious [[ghost ship]] known as the ''[[Teljkon Vagabond]]'', which Intelligence had located in deep space near [[Gmar Askilon]]. The droids and Calrissian next went to Cloud City and picked up [[Lobot/Legends|Lobot]], Calrissian's former aide, before joining the [[Belarus-class medium cruiser|''Belarus''-class medium cruiser]] ''[[Glorious]]'' and the rest of the ''Teljkon Vagabond'' task force. They trailed the ghost ship for twenty-two days, during which time it did nothing to acknowledge their presence. When a communication from the ''Vagabond'' was finally received, C-3PO and R2-D2 matched it to a signal it had broadcasted during a sighting four years earlier, but C-3PO was unable to translate the [[Qella language|mysterious language]]. Worried that the task force's impatient Colonel [[Ejagga Pakkpekatt|Pakkpekatt]] would botch the mission with his next move, Calrissian, Lobot, and the droids brainstormed their options aboard the ''Lady Luck'', and Lobot was able to match the language to the extinct [[Qella]] species.<ref name="Before the Storm">''[[Before the Storm]]''</ref>

[[File:TeljkonVagabondExploration-TEC.jpg|thumb|left|250px|C-3PO, R2-D2, Lando Calrissian, and Lobot explore the ''Teljkon Vagabond''.]]
When R2-D2 determined that the communication from the ''Vagabond'' was a partial representation of the Qellas' [[DNA/Legends|genetic code]], Calrissian took the ''Lady Luck'' toward the ghost ship, which protected them from the ''Glorious''{{'s}} tractor beam after C-3PO sang the missing fragment of the genetic code over an open channel. After they secured the retroactive blessing of a furious Pakkpekatt, the ''Vagabond'' began communicating with them via a series of lights. C-3PO suggested following the lights to their source, which elicited the ship to open a portal on its surface. The four of them ventured inside to a zero-gravity environment, and R2-D2 helped Calrissian discover a handle within a membranous bulkhead of the airlock, which Calrissian touched with his bare skin after removing the glove of his [[enviro-suit]]. The portal then closed, and the ''Vagabond'' fled into hyperspace.<ref name="Before the Storm" /> Suddenly separated from the rest of the task force, the quartet took stock of their surroundings. C-3PO attempted to communicate with the ship on a secondary comm channel while R2-D2 searched for inflow vents leading into the airlock. When he found none, Calrissian and Lobot created their own way into the rest of the ship with a [[cutting blaster]]. The ''Vagabond'' accordingly dropped out of hyperspace and attempted to vent them into space, but the quartet were able to hurry through the hole before it sealed itself, thus separating them from both the airlock and the void of space.<ref name="Shield of Lies">''[[Shield of Lies]]''</ref>

The quartet began to explore the mysterious vessel, hoping to gain control of it before the droids ran out of power and the Humans ran out of oxygen. The lack of gravity and seemingly random arrangement of the ship impeded their progress, but R2-D2 was able to create a holographic map as they went on. Seventy-one hours in, they located a control panel, which electrocuted and shut down C-3PO after he inadvertently touched it. The ''Vagabond'' re-entered realspace while he was powered off, and Calrissian rocketed toward the outer hull with his blaster and attached a tracking [[Ion limpet|limpet]]. R2-D2 was able to mostly repair C-3PO, but the protocol droid did not fully regain his vocal faculties until all four of them took a nap to recharge. The quartet then started to explore various chambers when Calrissian and Lobot again used the touch of their bare hands to create doorways; each room contained a Qellan history lesson, one of which prompted C-3PO to engage Lobot and Calrissian in a philosophical discussion on the nature of sentience. The ''Vagabond'', which was currently within space claimed by the [[Constitutional Protectorate of Prakith]], was suddenly attacked by two frigates of the Protectorate's [[Grand Imperial Navy]], and although [[Bloodprice|one]] was destroyed by the ghost ship, the [[Gorath|other]] followed the ''Vagabond'' into hyperspace.<ref name="Shield of Lies" />

Although the limpet had been destroyed, Calrissian revealed a [[Beckon call/Legends|beckon call]] with which he could summon the ''Lady Luck'', that he only intended to use once they gained control of the ''Vagabond''. However, when they dropped out of hyperspace and were attacked by the second Protectorate frigate, C-3PO activated the beckon call so that the ''Lady Luck'' might come and rescue them. The frigate was destroyed, however, and when Calrissian left them to inspect the damage caused by the attack, Lobot and the droids continued to explore the biological ship. Lobot later left them in search of what he called the ''Vagabond''{{'s}} "threshold of awareness." There, Lobot communicated with the ship and discovered that it was returning home to [[Brath Qella|Maltha Obex]], the Qella's ancestral homeworld, bearing the seeds of Qellan civilization. C-3PO and R2-D2 powered down while Lobot spoke with the ship, and when Calrissian turned them back on, they had arrived at Maltha Obex. Lobot convinced the ship to turn a section of the hull transparent, and through the ersatz viewport R2-D2 identified the ''Lady Luck'' and a [[Dobrutz]] [[DB-Four starliner]]&mdash;Pakkpekatt had followed the ''Lady Luck'' after the activation of the beckon call.<ref name="Tyrant's Test">''[[Tyrant's Test]]''</ref>

The ''Vagabond'' sat waiting for contact from its homeworld, but Maltha Obex was in fact undergoing an ice age. Both of the droids finally lost all of their power, and by the time they were recharged, Skywalker had arrived aboard the ship to aid Calrissian. Together with Lobot, the Jedi Master convinced the ''Vagabond'' to use its energy beams to thaw the ice on Maltha Obex, which would allow it to deposit the Qella's genetic material it carried and help revive the species. The group then evacuated the ship aboard Skywalker's ''[[Mud Sloth]]''.<ref name="Tyrant's Test" /> After returning to Coruscant to resume his duties with the Solo children, C-3PO was befuddled in [[17 ABY/Legends|17 ABY]] when Anakin tried to replace him with the [[TDL nanny droid]] [[TDL-3.5]], but the infant's efforts were thwarted by Winter. R2-D2 recruited his counterpart to help him investigate Skywalker's X-wing, which the astromech believed was being sabotaged, and after being briefly imprisoned by a [[Unidentified Kloperian mechanic|Kloperian mechanic]] for trespassing in the hangar, the droids found Skywalker's X-wing wrongfully disassembled. They then reported the anomaly to the Jedi Master, who took R2-D2 to investigate. Later on, while researching new languages to add to his memory, C-3PO was summoned to the hangar by an emergency transmission sent by R2-D2, and he arrived to find that the astromech had been shot and disabled by several [[Kloperian]] mechanics who had wrongfully suspected him of sabotage.<ref name="The New Rebellion" />

[[File:Teltimission.jpg|thumb|right|200px|C-3PO and R2-D2 infiltrate a droid construction facility on Telti.]]
General Wedge Antilles and Chief of State Organa Solo were also present, and the latter reactivated R2-D2, who helped corroborate a story given by the young Human Tatooinian mechanic [[Cole Fardreamer]]: on Skywalker's orders, Fardreamer and R2-D2 had been fixing the Jedi Master's X-wing and had discovered a bomb inside. The bombs were in fact present inside of many X-wings, and Organa Solo ordered a grounding of the entire fleet. C-3PO and R2-D2 proceeded to the [[Senate Hall]] to investigate the wreckage of a recent [[Bombing of the Senate Hall|bombing]] which had taken place there, and the astromech found five detonators emblazoned with the same Imperial insignia they had espied on the X-wing bombs. They were unable to report the news to Organa Solo, who had resigned her [[President of the Senate|presidency]] after a warlord named [[Kueller]] [[Bombing of Pydyr|wiped]] [[Bombing of Auyemesh|out]] the populations of [[Auyemesh]] and [[Pydyr]], two moons of [[Almania/Legends|Almania]], and taken Skywalker hostage. When Mon Mothma, her temporary replacement, could not see them, R2-D2 rushed to a hangar to meet with Fardreamer. Despite C-3PO's protests, the three of them left Coruscant immediately in a stock [[Light freighter/Legends|light freighter]], using Organa Solo's codes to get past space traffic control. R2-D2 claimed he knew the origin of the detonators and guided them to the moon [[Telti/Legends|Telti]], where they landed at a [[Telti droid construction facility|droid construction facility]].<ref name="The New Rebellion" />

R2-D2 snuck into the facility while Fardreamer spoke to its owner, [[Brakiss]], and C-3PO was halted by the [[Warden 10-24 security droid|security droids]] of Kueller's Red Terror army, who resolved to give him a memory wipe. As they led C-3PO through the facility, they came across R2-D2, who had made friends with a heap of unwanted astromech droids. The astromechs [[Droid uprising on Telti|charged]] the Red Terror and allowed the two counterparts to escape, and hundreds of them accompanied C-3PO and R2-D2 in a march through the facility. They were stopped by Brakiss, who threatened to use a droid [[Scrambler (droids)|scrambler]] on C-3PO if R2-D2 did not halt, but more astromechs crashed through a glass panel and sent Brakiss fleeing. R2-D2 then jacked into a computer terminal and shut down all of the droid detonators throughout the galaxy, a task which was only completed when C-3PO pressed a button on the console. They succeeded mere seconds before Kueller, who was [[Battle of Almania|dueling]] Skywalker on Almania, attempted to detonate all of his remaining droid weapons. Organa Solo subsequently shot Kueller in the face and ended his [[Almanian Uprising|uprising]] for good; back on Telti, C-3PO and R2-D2 rescued Fardreamer from a droid torture chamber and contacted Lando Calrissian, who came to the moon to ferry them home.<ref name="The New Rebellion" />

====End of the war====
{{Dialogue|Entoo Needaan E-elz|I've been talking with your droid. He says you're looking for the fabled lost world of Exocron.|Karrde|Threepio?|C-3PO|I'm sorry, sir. I didn't mean to give anything away. He asked if we were searching for Exocron, and I confirmed it without thinking.|E-elz|Please don't blame the droid. Your goal isn't a secret. At least, not to me. You're looking for Jorj Car'das, aren't you?|attr=Entoo Needaan E-elz, Talon Karrde, and C-3PO, while in the Kathol sector|src=<ref name="Vision of the Future">''[[Vision of the Future]]''</ref>}}
C-3PO, R2-D2, and Skywalker accompanied Calrissian on a quest for a potential bride in [[18 ABY/Legends|18 ABY]]. The bachelor became enamored of [[Karia Ver Seryan]] of the planet [[Leria Kerlsil]], and nearly married her before the droids rushed in to reveal some disturbing news: they had discovered that she was a [[Life-bearer|life-witch]] who had the power to give men good health for a few years, after which they would suddenly die. Calrissian fled and continued on his quest, which eventually brought him to [[Tendra Risant Calrissian|Tendra Risant]] of Sacorria. He became quite smitten with the woman, but the governing [[Sacorrian Triad]] had deemed it illegal for a Sacorrian to marry an off-worlder, and Calrissian, Skywalker, and the droids were chased off the planet. They also discovered a mysterious [[Interdiction field/Legends|interdiction field]] blocking hyperspace travel within the [[Corellian system]],<ref name="Ambush at Corellia">''[[Ambush at Corellia]]''</ref> and upon their return to Coruscant, they were tasked with traveling to Bakura and procuring four [[Bakura-class destroyer|''Bakura''-class destroyers]] from the world's [[Bakuran Defense Fleet|defense fleet]], each of which was equipped with an interdiction-countering [[hyperwave inertial momentum sustainer]] system. After arriving in the Corellian system with the gathered fleet, the ''Lady Luck'' and Skywalker's X-wing departed from the belly of the Bakuran [[Namana-class light cruiser|''Namana''-class light cruiser]] [[Intruder (Namana-class)|''Intruder'']] and fought in a space battle with several [[Pocket Patrol Boat]]s of the [[Corellian Defense Force/Legends|Corellian Defense Force]] that were loyal to the insurrectionist [[Human League]].<ref name="Assault at Selonia">''[[Assault at Selonia]]''</ref>

[[File:Specterofthedroids.jpg|thumb|left|196px|C-3PO and R2-D2, at the end of the Galactic Civil War]]
Skywalker and R2-D2 followed the ''Lady Luck'', which was crewed by Calrissian, C-3PO, [[Gaeriel Captison]] of Bakura, and New Republic Intelligence Agent [[Belindi Kalenda]]. Their destination was [[Centerpoint Station]], a massive space station in the Corellian system that had as of late been [[Corellian Crisis|destroying stars]]. Within, they were met by Administrator [[Jenica Sonsen]], who brought them to [[Hollowtown]], located in the center of the space station. When C-3PO revealed that Hollowtown's temperature was dangerously rising, the group fled, and they were soon afterward reunited with the Solos, who had been on Corellia to attend a [[Corellian Trade Summit|trade summit]]. During the crisis's [[Battle of Centerpoint Station (Corellian Crisis)|final battle]], C-3PO was with the Solo children within Drall's [[planetary repulsor]] when Anakin, who had earlier imprinted himself upon the repulsor, used the Force to aim it at Centerpoint Station and stop the station from destroying the star [[Bovo Yagen (star)|Bovo Yagen]]. The Human League and their Sacorrian Triad overlords were defeated and the Corellian crisis was averted, and Calrissian and Risant soon afterward were married.<ref name="Showdown at Centerpoint">''[[Showdown at Centerpoint]]''</ref> A [[Caamas Document Crisis|new crisis]] gripped the galaxy [[19 ABY/Legends|one year later]] when a partial copy of the [[Caamas Document]] was discovered in the Emperor's former storehouse on Wayland.<ref name="Specter of the Past">''[[Specter of the Past]]''</ref>

The document implicated members of the [[Bothan/Legends|Bothan]] species in the [[Caamas Firestorm]] thirty-eight years earlier, and with anti-Bothan sentiment stirred up across the galaxy, the Solos embarked on a quest to find a complete copy of the document, which would implicate specific Bothan perpetrators and thus vindicate the species as a whole. On the planet [[Bothawui/Legends|Bothawui]], C-3PO was torn apart by a rioting anti-Bothan crowd, and was later put back together. When the Solos returned to Coruscant, they met with Calrissian and the [[Information broker/Legends|information broker]] [[Talon Karrde]] in their apartment in [[Orowood Tower]]. Karrde agreed to travel deep into the [[Kathol sector]] to locate his former boss, [[Jorj Car'das]], whom he suspected might have a complete copy of the Caamas Document, and C-3PO was assigned to his [[Hunt for Jorj Car'das|mission]] as a translator droid.<ref name="Specter of the Past" /> Aboard the information broker's ''[[Wild Karrde]]'', the group first traveled to [[Pembric II]], in the Kathol sector's [[Pembric system]], where C-3PO was able to translate the native [[Jarellian]] dialect used by [[Erwithat Space Control]]. The protocol droid remained with the ship while Karrde and his companion [[Shada D'ukal]] secured the protection of the crime lord [[Crev Bombaasa/Legends|Crev Bombaasa]], who nevertheless warned them of another, dangerous pirate gang that operated in the sector.<ref name="Vision of the Future" />

The ''Wild Karrde'' repulsed a pirate attack at [[Dayark]] before landing on the moon, where C-3PO led Karrde and D'ukal to the [[Ithor Loman]] [[Tapcafe/Legends|tapcafe]], whose sign was written in [[Ithorese/Legends|Ithorese]]. There they met General [[Jutka]], who warned them about the pirate [[Rei'Kas]]; and an aide named [[Entoo Needaan E-elz]], whom C-3PO found curious and who helped them find the legendary lost world of [[Exocron]], which was located near the [[Kathol Rift/Legends|Kathol Rift]]. On Exocron, E-elz took C-3PO, Karrde, and D'ukal to [[Jorj Car'das's fortress]], where Car'das lay in bed as a senile and feeble old man. Karrde was disappointed, but when Rei'kas tracked him to Exocron, Karrde pledged his ship to the [[Exocron Combined Air-Space Fleet]] and aided in the [[Battle of Exocron|defense]] of the world. C-3PO served at a spotting station aboard the ''Wild Karrde'', but the battle ended swiftly when a fleet of ships belonging to the mysterious [[Aing-Tii/Legends|Aing-Tii]] monks arrived and easily wiped out Rei'kas's fleet. Realizing that Car'das had used him to lure Rei'kas to his doom, Karrde returned to Exocron with C-3PO and D'ukal and found that Car'das was in fact full of vigor. The old man was delighted with C-3PO's presence, as he had rarely had the opportunity to speak with anyone in [[Old Tarmidian]] or the [[Cincher]] dialectory.<ref name="Vision of the Future" />

[[File:Lukesushers.jpg|thumb|right|200px|C-3PO becomes an usher at the wedding of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade.]]
Car'das did not have a copy of the Caamas Document, but he did have a datacard that would prove pivotal in ending the current galactic crisis: The Imperial Remnant had been reinvigorated under the leadership of a revived Grand Admiral Thrawn, but the datacard revealed that "Thrawn" was in fact a [[con artist]] named [[Flim]]. The Aing-Tii monks used their ability to [[fold space]] with the Force and instantaneously transported C-3PO and the rest of the ''Wild Karrde''{{'s}} crew across the galaxy, where Karrde met with the Remnant's Grand Admiral [[Gilad Pellaeon/Legends|Gilad Pellaeon]], who himself had been left out of the coup involving Flim and in fact wanted peace with the New Republic. With Flim's deception exposed, Pellaeon's plans were realized, and the Grand Admiral signed [[Pellaeon&ndash;Gavrisom Treaty|peace accords]] with the New Republic's President [[Ponc Gavrisom|Gavrisom]]. Those events, coupled with the discovery of a complete copy of the Caamas Document by R2-D2 [[Mission to Nirauan|while on]] [[Nirauan/Legends|Nirauan]] with Skywalker and Mara Jade, finally brought the Galactic Civil War to an end.<ref name="Vision of the Future" />

Jacen and Jaina Solo began their Jedi Training on Yavin IV in [[23 ABY/Legends|23 ABY]], four years after the wedding,<ref name="Reader's Companion">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''</ref> but they returned to Coruscant on a vacation in that year, and C-3PO and Anakin Solo helped them comb the Coruscant undercity for their missing friend, a young bounty hunter named [[Zekk]].<ref name="The Lost Ones">''[[Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones]]''</ref> [[24 ABY/Legends|One year later]],<ref name="Reader's Companion" /> C-3PO attended the twins' graduation from the Academy inside of Yavin IV's Great Temple.<ref name="Crisis at Crystal Reef">''[[Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef]]''</ref>

==Skills and abilities==
===Languages known===
[[File:ThreepeeoBlueprints-SWBTUC.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Blueprints of C-3PO (right), and of his counterpart, [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]] (left).]]
C-3PO frequently suggested that he was fluent in over 6 million forms of communication.<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" /> Some of those he has demonstrated are:
*[[Galactic Basic Standard/Legends|Galactic Basic Standard]]<ref name="Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" /><ref name="Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" /><ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" /><ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" /><ref name="Attack of the Clones" /><ref name="Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" />
*[[B'rknaa language]] {{C|Learned with the native speakers}}<ref name="SWDK4">[[Droids (1994) 4|''Droids'' (1994) 4]]</ref>
*[[Bimmini]]<ref name="Heir to the Empire" />
*[[Bith (language)/Legends|Bith]]<ref name="Planet of Twilight" />
*[[Bocce/Legends|Bocce]]<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />
*[[Binary/Legends|Binary]]<ref name="Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" /><ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" /><ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />
*[[Ewokese/Legends|Ewokese]]<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" /> {{C|Via Yuzzum}}<ref name="IWSWT">''[[Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy]]''</ref>
*[[Gacerian (language)|Gacerian]]<ref name="Planet of Twilight" />
*[[Gamorrese]]<ref name="Planet of Twilight" />
*[[Horansi (language)|Horansi]]<ref name="Planet of Twilight" />
*[[Huttese/Legends|Huttese]]<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />
*[[Ithorese/Legends|Ithorese]]<ref name="Star Wars Droids: Season of Revolt 1">[[Droids (1995) 5|''Droids (1995)'' 5]]</ref>
*[[Jawa Trade language]]<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />
*[[Myneyrsh (language)|Myneyrsh]]<ref name="The Last Command" />
*[[Old Tarmidian]]<ref name="Vision of the Future" />
*[[Psadan (language)|Psadan]]<ref name="The Last Command" />
*[[Shyriiwook/Legends|Shyriiwook]]<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />
*[[Ssi-ruuvi]] {{C|Learned by himself}}<ref name="The Truce at Bakura" />
*[[Talz (language)|Talzzi]]<ref name="Trespass" />
*[[Ubese (language)/Legends|Ubese]]<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />
*[[Tusken/Legends|Tusken]]<ref>[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (novelization)|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'' novelization]]</ref>
*[[Yeb language]]<ref name="Planet of Twilight" />
*[[Yuzzum (language)/Legends|Yuzzum]]<ref name="IWSWT" />

===Other skills===
C-3PO possessed other abilities besides his lingual ones. He was proficient in calculating odds, and could also pilot speeders.<ref name="Trespass" />

==Personality and traits==
{{Quote|You stupid furball! Only an overgrown mophead like you could make such a ridiculous mistake!|Threepio, after being incorrectly re-assembled by [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] on Cloud City|<ref name="ESB Radio">''[[The Empire Strikes Back (radio)]]''</ref>}}
[[File:RiddellC3POBP.jpg|thumb|C-3PO head blueprint]]
C-3PO was programmed for over thirty secondary functions besides protocol.<ref name="ANH novel" /> C-3PO had been shown as rather cowardly as shown when he fled in terror when attacked by Imperials on Hoth. However, in large part because of some leftover pieces of earlier programming, he has shown some instances of ingenuity and even deviance, as evidenced by his briefly stopping his fleeing from Imperial forces and removing a warning label over the Wampa pen as a means to create a trap for pursuing Imperial forces in the same event. C-3PO was rather polite and quirky towards his companions, especially R2-D2, although he could be sarcastic and indignant when mistreated by individuals like Jabba the Hutt. 3PO also had some knowledge on taunts, as evidenced by one of his earlier misadventures during the Imperial period, where he alongside R2-D2 taunted a group of individuals by putting his hands to each side of his face and wagged his fingers.<ref name="reanimated" /><ref name="Droids">''[[Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO]]''</ref> Luke Skywalker felt that C-3PO always possessed a certain inherent dignity that one should respond to in kind, regardless of how silly he might look in any given situation.<ref name="Dark Force Rising" />

==Behind the scenes==
[[File:MCQ-counterparts.jpg|thumb|left|210px|Concept art of C-3PO and R2-D2 by Ralph McQuarrie]]
===Origins===
{{Quote|I'm See Threepio, Human-Cyborg Relations. Your kindness is greatly appreciated.|See Threepio on several occasions in the rough draft of ''The Star Wars''|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113005217/http://www.starwarz.com/starkiller/scripts/thestarwars_rough_draft.htm}}
Although C-3PO and R2-D2 did not appear in [[1973]]'s original fourteen-page [[The Star Wars: Story Synopsis|story synopsis of "The Star Wars,"]]<ref>{{Cite_web|url=http://www.starwarz.com/starkiller/scripts/thestarwars_synopsis.htm|title=THE STAR WARS Story Synopsis|publisher=Starkiller - The Jedi Bendu Script Site|archivedate=20100113004912}}</ref> their characters were featured in the 132-page [[The Star Wars: Rough Draft|rough draft]] of "The [[Star Wars]]," completed in [[May]] [[1974]], as See Threepio and Artoo Detoo. Threepio is described as being tall, thin, old, battered, and of Human proportions, and the two droids are written as construction robots in an Imperial Space Fortress. As the Fortress is attacked by [[Aquillian Ranger/Legends|Aquilaean]] starships, Threepio is the robot who decides to abandon ship, while ARTWO is hesitant to desert their duty. The two then land in the dune sea of [[Utapau/Legends|Utapau]], where they meet [[Annikin Starkiller|Starkiller]].<ref>{{Cite_web|url=http://www.starwarz.com/starkiller/scripts/thestarwars_rough_draft.htm|title=THE STAR WARS by George Lucas - Rough Draft|publisher=Starkiller - The Jedi Bendu Script Site|archivedate=20100113005217}}</ref> By [[1975]], when [[George Lucas]] had written [[Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode I: The Star Wars]], the story began with the two droids aboard a Rebel Spacefighter and oriented itself around their evacuation, landing on Utapau, and being captured by Jawas.<ref>{{Cite_web|url=http://www.starwarz.com/starkiller/scripts/thestarwars_second_draft.htm|title=ADVENTURES OF THE STARKILLER (episode one) - "The Star Wars" by George Lucas|publisher=Starkiller - The Jedi Bendu Script Site|archivedate=20020809190949}}</ref> With relatively few changes, this storyline went on to appear in the original [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'' film]].<ref name="Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" />

When creating the characters of C-3PO and R2-D2, Lucas looked to [[Wikipedia:Akira Kurosawa|Akira Kurosawa's]] 1958 film [[Wikipedia:The Hidden Fortress|''The Hidden Fortress'']], which he credits as one of his inspirations for ''Star Wars''. ''The Hidden Fortress'' is told from the point of view of the peasants<ref name="characters">The Characters of ''Star Wars'' - [[Star Wars Trilogy (DVD)]]</ref> Tahei and Matashichi,<ref name="The Hidden Fortress">{{Cite_web|url=http://bushidodreams.com/2009/07/the-genius-of-kurosawa-the-hidden-fortress|title=The Genius of Kurosawa – The Hidden Fortress|publisher=Bushido Dreams|nobackup=1}}</ref> who are the film's comic relief duo that travel Japan in the company of a General and a Princess, and, despite coming from the lowest possible social class, are privy to an adventure taking place on a grand level of international diplomacy. Lucas thus wrote C-3PO and R2-D2 into ''Star Wars'' as similar comic characters and narrators to ''The Hidden Fortress''{{'s}} peasants.<ref name="characters" />

Lucas felt that the two droids had to be very different from one another in both personality and appearance, and envisioned an elegant and sophisticated anthropomorphic design for C-3PO, whom he saw as coming from an elegant and sophisticated environment. C-3PO's original appearance, visible in concept art by [[Ralph McQuarrie]], was based on the robot from the 1927 silent film [[Wikipedia:Metropolis (film)|''Metropolis'']]. Lucas wanted C-3PO's face to be a completely neutral one that the viewer could read emotion into based on the droid's environment, and conceived of the character's personality as being akin to a used-car salesman who would say whatever was necessary to please others.<ref name="characters" />

In an early draft for ''The Phantom Menace'', C-3PO's original name was reduced to just "CPO". The 3 was then added when Padmé told Anakin Skywalker that her favorite number was 3.<ref>{{Cite_web|url=http://theforce.net/episode1/cutting_room/cutting_room_03.asp|title=TheForce.Net - Episode I - Cutting Room Floor - Page 3|publisher=[[TheForce.net]]|archivedate=20190730110754}}</ref>

===Portrayal===
{{Quote|I didn't want to go, because [my agent] said it's the part of a robot, so I said 'You're mad! I don't play robots.'|Anthony Daniels, on his audition for the part of C-3PO|<ref name="video interview">{{Cite_web|url=https://dailypop.wordpress.com/2007/06/01|title=Anthony Daniels interview|date=2007-06-01|publisher=The Daily P.O.P|archivedate=20160917231337}}</ref>}}
[[File:Anthonydaniels.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Anthony Daniels, the man behind C-3PO]]
British actor [[Anthony Daniels]] was cast in the role of C-3PO, having both the slender build necessary to fit into the costume, and training as a [[Wikipedia:mime artist|mime artist]].<ref name="Empire of Dreams">''[[Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy]]''</ref> Daniels was hesitant to audition for the part of a robot, but after being convinced by his agent to meet George Lucas and read ''Star Wars''{{'s}} script, he began to feel that C-3PO was a very likable character with a large personality.<ref name="video interview" /> McQuarrie's painting of C-3PO and R2-D2 also played a role in convincing Daniels to take the part, as he saw a vulnerability in the character's face that invoked pity. Rather than play C-3PO as a used-car salesman, Daniels channeled the voice of a fussy British butler, feeling that it fit the character's personality. Lucas briefly considered casting another actor to provide the droid's voice, but was convinced by sound designer [[Ben Burtt]], among others, that Daniels's vocal performance was an excellent one that he had synchronized well with his body motions.<ref name="Empire of Dreams" /> Daniels thus re-recorded every line of C-3PO's dialogue.<ref name="Daniels bio">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.anthonydaniels.com/biography/content.html|title=Biography|publisher=The Official Anthony Daniels Web Site|archivedate=20200731020414}}</ref> Burtt credits Daniels's complete performance as having created a total character.<ref name="Empire of Dreams" />

Following the success of ''Star Wars'' in [[1977]],<ref name="box office">{{Cite_web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0076759|title=Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)|publisher=Box Office Mojo|archivedate=20191222175710}}</ref> Daniels went on to reprise his role as C-3PO in the film's two sequels, [[1980]]'s [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''The Empire Strikes Back'']] and [[1983]]'s [[Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi|''Return of the Jedi'']]. He reprised the role again in all three ''Star Wars'' [[Prequel trilogy|prequels]], respectively released in [[1999]], [[2002]], and [[2005]]. Daniels is the only actor to appear in all six primary ''Star Wars'' films.<ref name="Daniels bio" />

Daniels has performed as or voiced the protocol droid in a multitude of spin-off material, beginning with [[1978]]'s ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' and its embedded animated short ''[[The Story of the Faithful Wookiee]]''.{{Fact}} He has also appeared in all three radio dramas of the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy<ref name="ANH Radio">''[[Star Wars (radio)]]''</ref><ref name="ESB Radio" /><ref name="ROTJ Radio">''[[Return of the Jedi (radio)]]''</ref> (for which he made notations in the scripts and revised C-3PO's dialogue),<ref name="Omnibus: Droids">Forward to [[Star Wars Omnibus: Droids|''Omnibus: Droids'']]</ref> Disney's [[Star Tours (real-world)|''Star Tours'']], all thirteen episodes of the animated series [[Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO|''Star Wars: Droids'']] and its hour-long special ''[[The Great Heep]]'', the animated series ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', and the [[2008]] film [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'']] and its accompanying [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|television series]].{{Fact}} Daniels has voiced C-3PO in the [[video game]]s ''[[Star Wars: Pit Droids]]''<ref name="Star Wars: Pit Droids">''[[Star Wars: Pit Droids]]''</ref> and ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance]]''.{{Fact}}

Outside of the ''Star Wars'' [[Canon|continuity]], Daniels has guest-starred as C-3PO in a number of appearances, including guest roles on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', ''[[Sesame Street]]'', [[Wikipedia:Jeopardy!|''Jeopardy!'']], [[Wikipedia:Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)|''The Donny and Marie Show'']], and at the [[Wikipedia:Academy Award|Academy Awards]].<ref name="Daniels bio" /> He has also played the droid in [[Infinities|non-canon]] ''Star Wars'' material such as 1977's ''[[The Making of Star Wars]]'' television special, 1980's [[Christmas in the Stars|''Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album'']],<ref name="Christmas in the Stars">''[[Christmas in the Stars]]''</ref> [[1996]]'s ''Star Wars'' [[Wikipedia:Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]] board game, and all three ''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga|LEGO Star Wars]]'' video games.{{Fact}} Daniels's C-3PO résumé further includes public service announcements concerned with whooping cough immunizations<ref name="whooping cough">{{Cite_web|url=http://technabob.com/blog/2009/10/24/r2-d2-c-3po-revealed|title=Behind the Scenes of a Star Wars Psa Reveals C-3PO & R2-D2′S Secret|author=Varias, Lambert|date=2009-10-24|publisher=Technabob|archivedate=20161010082800}}</ref> and [[Star Wars Anti-Smoking PSA|anti-smoking campaigns]], as well as commercials for C-3PO-themed breakfast cereal and children's underwear.<ref name="the poop">{{Cite_web|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/parenting/2009/10/06/c-3po-still-wants-you-to-stop-smoking|title=C-3PO still wants you to stop smoking &hellip;|author=Hartlaub, Peter|date=2009-10-06|publisher=SFGate|archivedate=20171122133032}}</ref>

C-3PO has been voiced by [[Tom Kane]] in several video games: the [[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (video game)|adaptation]] of ''The Phantom Menace'', ''[[Star Wars: Force Commander]]'', ''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]'', ''[[Star Wars: Empire at War]]'', ''[[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]'', ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes]]'', and the ''[[Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide]]''. [[Ross King]] voiced the droid in ''[[Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter]]'',{{Fact}} and [[Jim Ward]] provided vocal talents for all three ''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire]]'' audio dramas.<ref name="Dark Empire (audio)">''[[Dark Empire (audio)]]''</ref><ref name="Dark Empire II (audio)">''[[Dark Empire II (audio)]]''</ref><ref name="Empire's End (audio)">''[[Empire's End (audio)]]''</ref>

During filming of ''The Phantom Menace'', [[Industrial Light & Magic]] Chief Model maker [[Michael Lynch]] built a puppet that was used to portray C-3PO's unfinished appearance, with Daniels providing the character's voice. C-3PO's motions were realized by Lynch acting as a puppeteer dressed in a full-color suit, at times on-set with the other actors and at others filmed against a green screen. Daniels remained off-camera and delivered the lines, guiding Lynch's movements as he brought the puppet to life.<ref name="literally behind">{{SWArchive|url=episode-i/bts/production/f19991102/index.html|text=The Man (Literally) Behind C-3PO|archivedate=20050227224519}}</ref>

====Costume====
{{Quote|If you've ever met [producer] Rick McCallum, you'll know they're not about to make a new costume every time we do this thing, so I'm actually wearing the same costume as I did back then.|Anthony Daniels in 2005|<ref name="BBC">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/05/18/anthony_daniels_star_wars_episode_iii_interview.shtml|title=Movies - interview - Anthony Daniels|author=Brett, Anwar|publisher=BBC|archivedate=20161017014758}}</ref>}}
[[File:AnthonyDanielsisastandupguy.jpg|thumb|left|205px|Unable to sit down, Anthony Daniels had to lean against a board while wearing his C-3PO costume during the shooting of ''Star Wars''.]]
The C-3PO costume was constructed such that Daniels could not sit down while wearing it; he thus had to lean against a board to rest between shots. Scenes where C-3PO sits down required the costume to be partially disassembled.<ref name="The Making of Star Wars">''[[The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film]]''</ref><ref name="ign">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/07/05/star-wars-secrets-off-camera-action|title=Star Wars Secrets: Off-Camera Action|author=Gilchrist, Todd|date=2006-07-05|publisher=IGN|archivedate=20160513125138}}</ref> The costume was in part created by Liz Moore, who had previously designed the star child in [[Wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|''2001: A Space Odyssey'']], a film that Daniels had walked out of, but later appreciated.<ref name="Seattle Times">{{Cite_web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2010034957_starwars12.html|title=A Q&A with Anthony Daniels (C3PO), touring with "Star Wars: In Concert"|author=Keogh, Tom|date=2009-10-12|publisher=The Seattle Times|archivedate=20091016070250}}</ref>

Filming for ''Star Wars'' began in [[Tunisia]], and on the first day of shooting, the costume was yet to be completed. The combined efforts of six people were able to dress Daniels completely in a total of two hours.<ref name="Pittsburgh">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.etc.cmu.edu/global_news/?q=node/229|title=Anthony Daniels interview in December issue of Pittsburgh Magazine|author=Melada, Geoffrey W.|date=2008-12-17|publisher=ETC Global News|archivedate=20110623222836}}</ref> Twenty-five years later, Daniels wore the same costume while working on the prequel trilogy.<ref name="BBC" /> In [[2009]] and [[2010]], the C-3PO costume toured with ''[[Star Wars: In Concert]]'', being displayed in the exhibition area of each arena.<ref name="polite chat">{{Cite_web|url=http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2009/12/a_polite_chat_with_anthony_daniels_voice_of_c3po_star_wars_in_concert_tour_holiday_special_st_louis_meco_symphony_john_williams_movie_scores.php|title=A Polite Chat with Anthony Daniels, the Voice of ''Star Wars''{{'}} C-3PO, who Comes to St. Louis Thursday for ''Star Wars In Concert''|last=Lucchesi|first=Nick|date=2009-12-09|publisher=blogs.riverfronttimes.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420041646/http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2009/12/a_polite_chat_with_anthony_daniels_voice_of_c3po_star_wars_in_concert_tour_holiday_special_st_louis_meco_symphony_john_williams_movie_scores.php|archivedate=20100420041646}}</ref>

===In ''Star Wars'' media===
{{Quote|Some of the pages are as convincing in character to me, as though I were actually there, playing the part. When a character you have created and loved has been reproduced commercially in every way from bubble bath to bubble gum, you can get a little protective. But with these stories, I know Threepio is safe.|Anthony Daniels on Dark Horse Comics' ''Droids'' series|Omnibus: Droids}}
In addition to appearing in all six principal episodes of ''Star Wars'', C-3PO holds the honor of speaking the first and last lines of the entire saga. In the opening scene of the original ''Star Wars'', the protocol droid kicks off the film's dialogue by asking R2-D2, "Did you hear that? They've shut down the main reactor. We'll be destroyed for sure! This is madness. There'll be no escape for the Princess this time." Nearly thirty years later, the spoken portions of ''Revenge of the Sith'' concluded with C-3PO reacting to the news that he would receive a memory wipe by uttering "Oh no!" The respective scenes both take place aboard the starship ''Tantive IV'', and were filmed on the same set.<ref name="BBC" />

Outside of Episodes I through VI, C-3PO has appeared in myriad works within the [[Star Wars Legends|Expanded Universe]]. Along with his counterpart R2-D2, he starred in an animated series that ran from [[1985]] to [[1986]] on [[ABC Television Network|ABC]],{{Fact}} as well as [[Star Wars comic books|comic books]] based around the series published by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and [[Dark Horse Comics]].<ref name="marvel droids">[[Star Wars: Droids (1986)|''Star Wars: Droids'' (1986)]]</ref><ref name="dark horse droids">''[[Star Wars: Droids (Dark Horse)]]''</ref> C-3PO and R2-D2 played prominent roles in many of the novels published by [[Bantam Spectra]] throughout the 1990s taking place in the years following ''Return of the Jedi'', sometimes accompanying Luke, Han, and Leia,<ref name="Heir to the Empire" /><ref name="Ambush at Corellia" /> and sometimes being caught up in adventures of their own.<ref name="Planet of Twilight" /><ref name="The New Rebellion" /> When [[Del Rey]] took over ''Star Wars'' novel publishing in 1999, the droid duo faded into the background somewhat as a new generation of heroes began to develop,<ref name="The New Jedi Order">[[Star Wars: The New Jedi Order|''The New Jedi Order'']]</ref> although C-3PO did undergo a character arc that involved him contemplating the prospect of deactivation and questioning his own mortality.<ref name="Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial">''[[The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial]]''</ref> [[In-universe]], C-3PO is still faithfully serving the Skywalker and Solo families forty-three years after the events of the original ''Star Wars''.<ref name="Backlash" />

Although relatively absent from the original [[Clone Wars multimedia project]], C-3PO has thus far played a recurring role in the CGI-animated series ''The Clone Wars''.{{Fact}} His origins were laid down by George Lucas via a tape recorder in 1977, who established that he had been constructed on the world of Affa and later reassembled by a young boy working for a junk dealer.<ref name="The Making of Star Wars" /> Lucas reused the latter half of this concept in ''The Phantom Menace'', and the former half was canonized by the [[StarWars.com]] [[Databank (original)|Databank]].<ref name="C-3PO in the Databank" />

====Continuity peculiarities====
C-3PO's name is often erroneously spelled C-3P0, even in official sources.<ref name="Mindor" /> In the novel ''[[Legacy of the Force: Tempest]]'', he is described as dropping his chin, despite not having one.<ref name="Tempest">''[[Legacy of the Force: Tempest]]''</ref>

In [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|the novelization of ''A New Hope'']], C-3PO once refers to himself as "CV-3PO" when introducing himself to Owen Lars. In this passage, C-3PO claims that "V" stands for his "middle name", "Versatility".<ref name="ANH novel" /> [[Leland Chee]] has indicated that this is not to be taken literally as part of the droid's official name.<ref name="Leland Chee on CV-3PO">{{Twitter|HolocronKeeper|status/386601312332173312|[[Leland Chee]]|quote=@reeldefiction Are there really people out there thinking that "Versatility" is part of 3PO's official designation?|archivedate=20190722103238}}</ref>

===Actor and author comments===
{{Quote|As I look up through the clouds and to the sun, I'm wondering where did [C-3PO] come from? But I'm very glad he certainly did end up in my pocket.|Anthony Daniels|<ref name="polite chat" />}}
As of 2014, Daniels is still portraying C-3PO.{{Fact}} In a 2009 interview, he stated that the character has never left him, and expressed his fondness for the droid. Although he has at times considered moving on to other things, the notion has never remained with him for very long. He feels that he knows the character better than anyone, and sees C-3PO as being like his best friend,<ref name="Trespass interview">{{SWArchive|url=theclonewars/news20090127.html|text=C-3PO Plays a Pivotal Role in "Trespass"|archivedate=20090131023952}}</ref> one that he feels a responsibility to continue playing, else C-3PO would be very upset.<ref name="big shiny robot">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/7319|title=COMIC-CON INTERVIEW: Anthony Daniels talks Star Wars|author=Swank-mo-tron|date=2009-08-08|publisher=Big Shiny Robot!|archivedate=20110827011347}}</ref> He also admits to feeling protective of the character.<ref name="Omnibus: Droids" /> Daniels maintains that he himself is very different from C-3PO, and has called the character a "strange creation that came out of somewhere," but nevertheless a creation that he is proud of.<ref name="polite chat" />

[[File:Kersh07_bg.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Anthony Daniels rehearses a scene with Director [[Irvin Kershner]] during filming of ''The Empire Strikes Back''.]]
From his first read-throughs of the script of ''Star Wars'', Daniels thought that C-3PO had a likable personality;<ref name="video interview" /> he sees the character as not heroic, but very thoughtful, loyal,<ref name="Trespass interview" /> and loving,<ref name="big shiny robot" /> traits that make up for his uptightness and complete lack of a sense of humor or irony. He has described the droid as being loyal to his final nut and bolt, and therefore someone who would remain at a friend's side until the end of the droid's existence.<ref name="Trespass interview" />

Despite assumptions to the contrary,{{Fact}} Daniels cites portraying C-3PO as having been a considerable challenge. As [[Kenny Baker]], playing R2-D2, could not talk to him during shooting, perfecting their comic timing proved difficult.<ref name="Pittsburgh" /> Speaking in C-3PO's voice is also challenging, as it creates tension and uptightness in his back muscles, leaving them knotted and sore after a recording session. As C-3PO is not a relaxed character, Daniels cannot perform the voice in a relaxed manner.<ref name="big shiny robot" /> He also cites difficulties involved with wearing the suit as obstacles that he had to overcome while shooting the [[Original trilogy]].<ref name="Pittsburgh" /> Daniels's voice work has been praised by [[Dave Filoni]], the supervising director of the animated series ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', who credits Daniels as having fantastic insight into every word and phrase spoken by C-3PO, and as able to adapt nearly every line to the character's cadence.<ref name="Trespass interview" />

While seeking writers for Dark Horse Comics' ''Droids'' series, editors [[Ryder Windham]] and [[Dan Thorsland]] were dismayed that many of their potential hirees regarded C-3PO and R2-D2 as little more than comic relief. The two eventually settled on Thorsland himself to write the series, who felt that the droid duo were intelligent machines that often found themselves in an unfortunate plight, being treated worse than slaves. Daniels later praised Thorsland's writing of C-3PO and wrote an introduction for [[Star Wars Droids: The Kalarba Adventures (TPB)|one]] of the series' [[Star Wars comic books|trade paperbacks]].<ref name="Omnibus: Droids" /> When writing [[2003]]'s ''[[The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force]]'', the finale of the nineteen-book series [[Star Wars: The New Jedi Order|''The New Jedi Order'']], author [[James Luceno]] found himself drawn to C-3PO, among other characters, as the droid had been forced to rethink many truths he had long accepted throughout the series.<ref name="luceno">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.theforce.net/books/unjoh/interviews/lucenotos.html|title=Wrapping It All Up - An Interview with James Luceno|work=The Unofficial NJO Homepage|publisher=TheForce.Net|archivedate=20200201043532}}</ref>

===Impact on popular culture===
{{Quote|After all, Threepio is as much an icon of Star Wars as Darth Vader.|Dave Filoni|<ref name="Trespass interview" />}}
[[File:Cereal_Box_C3P0s.jpg|thumb|left|120px|A crunchy new Force at breakfast.]]
As a principal character in a wildly popular film saga,<ref name="Empire of Dreams" /> C-3PO has become a cultural icon of sorts, having been referred to as one of the most iconic characters in all of popular science fiction.<ref name="rocks off">{{Cite_web|url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2009/10/talking_with_c-3po_himself_ant.php|title=Talking With C-3PO Himself, Anthony Daniels, About Star Wars: In Concert|author=Hlavaty, Craig|date=2009-10-22|publissher=Rocks Off|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910031201/http://www.houstonpress.com/music/talking-with-c-3po-himself-anthony-daniels-about-star-wars-in-concert-6501753}}</ref> A wide variety of C-3PO merchandise has been produced over the years, including scores of action figures,<ref name="rebelscum1">{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (toy line)|text=''Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back''|pack=See-Threepio (C-3PO) With Removable Limbs|link=VINtC3POlimbs.asp|archivedate=20170724124142}}</ref><ref name="rebelscum2">{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995 toy line)|text=''Star Wars: The Power of the Force'' (1995)|pack=C-3PO with Realistic Metalized Body|link=POTF2c3po.asp|archivedate=20190929060826}}</ref><ref name="rebelscum3">{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: Episode I|pack=C-3PO|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/episodeIC3PO.asp}}</ref><ref name="rebelscum4">{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Collection|pack=C-3PO|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/OTC13c3po.asp}}
</ref><ref name="rebelscum5">{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith|pack=C-3PO (Protocol Droid)|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/ROTS0518c-3po.asp}}</ref> busts,<ref name="rebelscum6">{{GentleGiantCite|set=Collectible Mini Bust|pack=C-3PO|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/gg04c3po.asp|archivedate=20180129041933}}</ref> a life-sized figure,<ref name="life-sized">{{SideshowCite|set=Life-size Figure|pack=C-3PO|altlink=http://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_022509b.htm|archivedate=20180824003054}}</ref> pez dispensers,<ref name="pez">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.pezdispenser.org/star-wars-pez-dispensers/12-tall-c3po-star-wars-pez-dispenser-2|title=12″ Tall C3po Star Wars Pez Dispenser|publisher=Pez Dispenser: Blog Archive|nobackup=1}}</ref> and even a breakfast cereal.<ref name="the poop" />

C-3PO has been parodied in a wide variety of media, including appearances on the American cartoons [[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|''The Simpsons'']] (one of the episode appearances, "Mayored to the Mob" also having C-3PO having to fight the Cylons in ''Battlestar Galactica'', also having him express anger and hate towards R2-D2 for the latter's refusal to help), [[Wikipedia:Futurama|''Futurama'']], [[Wikipedia:Robot Chicken|''Robot Chicken'']],{{Fact}} and [[Wikipedia:Family Guy|''Family Guy'']].<ref name="family guy">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.planet-familyguy.com/pfg/episodes/57/BlindAmbition|title=Episode guide: Blind Ambition|publisher=Planet Family Guy|archivedate=20120708074437}}</ref> In ''Family Guy''{{'s}} ''Star Wars''-themed episodes [[Wikipedia:Blue Harvest|Blue Harvest]] and [[Wikipedia:Something, Something, Something, Dark Side|Something, Something, Something, Dark Side]], the character [[Wikipedia:Glenn Quagmire|Glenn Quagmire]] plays the role of C-3PO.{{Fact}} [[Wikipedia:Mel Brooks|Mel Brooks's]] [[1987]] ''Star Wars'' spoof, [[Wikipedia:Spaceballs|''Spaceballs'']], features a feminine robot satirizing C-3PO named Dot Matrix, voiced by comedian [[Wikipedia:Joan Rivers|Joan Rivers]].<ref name="Dot Matrix">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen/news/1828651/3/total_recall_best_movie_robots|title=Total Recall: Best Movie Robots|author=Atchity, Matt|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|archivedate=20090626050626}}</ref>

In [[2004]], C-3PO was inducted into the robot hall of fame.<ref name="hall of fame">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.robothalloffame.org/04inductees/c3po.html|title=The 2004 Inductees: C-3PO|pub lisher=The Robot Hall of Fame|archivedate=20090220122836}}</ref> Daniels accepted the honor on the character's behalf, as C-3PO was unable to attend himself.<ref name="Pittsburgh" />

===Non-canon appearances===
{{Quote|See-threepio, Artoo never told you what happened to your creator.''"<br />"''He informed me sufficiently. He told me you killed him.''"<br />"''No&hellip; ''I am your creator!''<nowiki></nowiki>''"<br />"''No&hellip; no&hellip; That's not true. That's impossible! The odds against you being my creator are&hellip;''"<br />"''Search your feelings, you know it to be true.''"<br />"''<nowiki></nowiki>''Noooo!!'' You see, sir, shortly after the Jedi were wiped out, my memory was erased. So that could explain why I'm having difficulty verifying your statement.|Darth Vader and C-3PO in ''Vader vs. Artoo & Threepio''|<ref name="Vader vs. Artoo & Threepio">''[[Vader vs. Artoo & Threepio]]''</ref>}}
[[File:Threepio_Jedi_TFU.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A non-canon C-3PO in ''The Force Unleashed''.]]
In the alternate comic series ''[[Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope]]'', C-3PO is taken into the custody of the Empire and is reprogrammed with a more aggressive personality while Princess Leia is trained in the ways of the Sith.<ref name="Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope">''[[Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope]]''</ref> Its sequel, ''[[Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back]]'', sees Darth Vader recognize the droid as the same one he created years earlier, and dismantle C-3PO, tearing the location of Dagobah from his memory.<ref name="Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back">''[[Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back]]''</ref> In [[Star Wars Infinities|the trilogy's]] final installment, ''[[Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi]]'', C-3PO is decapitated by an angry blow from Jabba the Hutt, and is later destroyed when the gangster's throne room is destroyed by Leia's thermal detonator.<ref name="Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi">''[[Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi]]''</ref>

C-3PO and R2-D2 similarly star in another alternate take on the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy: ''[[Vader vs. Artoo & Threepio]]'', published in [[Tokyopop]]'s ''[[Star Wars Manga: Silver]]''. Merging the endings of the trilogy's latter two installments, the comic tells their story with the droids in place of Luke and Leia.<ref name="Vader vs. Artoo & Threepio" />

C-3PO is unlockable as a playable model in the video game [[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'']]. The player is allowed an opportunity to use the droid as a lightsaber-swinging character.<ref name="Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)">''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)]]''</ref> He also appears in every entry in the ''LEGO Star Wars'' series.{{Fact}}

C-3PO makes an appearance as a main character on [[LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace]], where he is the primary guardian of the Jedi [[Youngling/Legends|Younglings]] while they are on their mis-adventures.

Though not a technical appearance, a villain named Dark Aegis from the 1994 ''Iron Man: The Animated Series'' calls Iron Man "C-3PO" in the episode "Distant
Boundaries".

In [[Angry Birds Star Wars]], White Bird plays C-3PO.

C-3PO also ended up getting into a tag-team robot wrestling match with the [[Wikipedia:Cylon (1978)|Cylons]] in ''The Simpsons'' episode "Mayored to the Mob", where 3PO ended up easily clobbered by the Cylons. He attempted to beg for R2-D2's (his partner in the match) help. However, R2-D2 refused to give aid and left, causing C-3PO to angrily insult him by referring to him as a "stupid little trap," calling him boring, and then declaring that he hated R2 before being pummeled more. Bill and Marty (portraying aliens), when covering the event for their advertisement for Springfield's Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con (Bi-Monthly Science Fiction Convention), referred to the pair as the "gay robots from ''Star Wars''." C-3PO in this appearance was voiced by Dan Castellaneta, who voiced him in a manner similar to Anthony Daniels.

C-3PO, along with Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, and Chewbacca, cameo in ''The LEGO Movie''. While trying to build a spaceship, the heroes realize that they need a hyperdrive. Batman wonders aloud where they could find a hyperdrive, and is swiftly interrupted by the timely arrival of the ''Millennium Falcon''. Anthony Daniels reprised his role.

==Translations==
*For a long time, C-3PO's name has been misspelled "'''Z-6PO'''" in all French versions of ''Star Wars'' media due to a translation error.{{Fact}}
*In Italian, during the [[original trilogy]] era, C-3PO was called "'''D-3BO'''" ("'''Di-Trebio'''" or "'''Trebio'''").

==Appearances==
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*[[Droids (1986) 1|''Droids'' (1986) 1]]
*[[Droids (1986) 2|''Droids'' (1986) 2]]
*[[Droids (1986) 3|''Droids'' (1986) 3]]
*[[Droids (1986) 4|''Droids'' (1986) 4]]
*[[Droids (1986) 5|''Droids'' (1986) 5]]
*{{DroidsCite|The White Witch|The ''White Witch''}}
*''[[The White Witch: A Droid Adventure]]''
*[[The White Witch (book)|''The White Witch'']]
*{{DroidsCite|Escape Into Terror}}
*[[Escape Into Terror (book)|''Escape Into Terror'']]
*''[[Neutralizing Trigon I]]'' {{C|ambiguously canonical appearance}}
*''[[Kea Kidnapped]]'' {{C|ambiguously canonical appearance}}
*''[[Star Wars: Droids (video game)]]''
*{{DroidsCite|The Trigon Unleashed|The ''Trigon'' Unleashed}}
*[[The Trigon Unleashed (book)|''The Trigon Unleashed'']]
*{{DroidsCite|A Race to the Finish}}
*[[A Race to the Finish (book)|''A Race to the Finish'']]
*''[[The Stolen Ship]]'' {{C|ambiguously canonical appearance}}
*{{DroidsCite|The Lost Prince}}
*''[[The Lost Prince: A Droid Adventure]]''
*''[[The Pirates and the Prince]]''
*{{DroidsCite|The New King}}
*{{DroidsCite|The Pirates of Tarnoonga}}
*''[[The Pirates of Tarnoonga: A Droid Adventure]]''
*{{DroidsCite|The Revenge of Kybo Ren}}
*''[[Sabotaged Droid]]'' {{C|ambiguously canonical appearance}}
*''[[Troublesome Outing]]'' {{C|ambiguously canonical appearance}}
*{{DroidsCite|Coby and the Starhunters}}
*''[[The Secret Disk]]'' {{C|ambiguously canonical appearance}}
*''[[The Cloud]]'' {{C|ambiguously canonical appearance}}
*{{DroidsCite|The Great Heep}}
*{{DroidsCite|Tail of the Roon Comets}}
*''[[Escape from the Monster Ship: A Droid Adventure]]'' {{C|Adaptation of "Tail of the Roon Comets"}}
*''[[Treasure of the Hidden Planet]]''
*{{DroidsCite|The Roon Games}}
*{{DroidsCite|Across the Roon Sea}}
*{{DroidsCite|The Frozen Citadel}}
*''[[Star Wars: Droids Special 1]]''
*''[[Star Wars Droids: The Kalarba Adventures]]''
*{{GalaxyCite|1|Droids: Artoo's Day Out}}
*''[[Star Wars Droids: Rebellion]]''
*[[Droids (1995) 5|''Droids (1995)'' 5]]
*[[Droids (1995) 6|''Droids (1995)'' 6]]
*[[Droids (1995) 7|''Droids (1995)'' 7]]
*[[Droids (1995) 8|''Droids (1995)'' 8]]
*''[[Star Wars Droids: The Protocol Offensive]]''
*''[[Shiny as a Droid]]''
*''[[Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice]]''
*''[[Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters"]]''
*''[[Luke's Fate]]''
*[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' novel]] {{1st}} {{1stID|See Threepio}}
*{{Film|IV}}
*''[[Star Wars: A Storybook]]''
*''[[Escape from the Death Star]]''
*''[[R2-D2's Mission: A Little Hero's Journey]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 1|''Star Wars'' (1977) 1]]
*[[Droids (1986) 6|''Droids'' (1986) 6]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 2|''Star Wars'' (1977) 2]]
*''[[A More Wretched Hive: The Mos Eisley Cantina]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 3|''Star Wars'' (1977) 3]]
*[[Droids (1986) 7|''Droids'' (1986) 7]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 4|''Star Wars'' (1977) 4]]
*[[Droids (1986) 8|''Droids'' (1986) 8]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 5|''Star Wars'' (1977) 5]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 6|''Star Wars'' (1977) 6]]
*[[Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)|''Star Wars: Rebellion'']] {{Gamecameo}}
*''[[The Day after the Death Star!]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 1: Assault on Yavin Four]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 2: Escape from Thyferra]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 3: Attack on Delrakkin]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 4: Destroy the Liquidator]]''
*''[[Tatooine Manhunt]]'' {{Imo}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Three|story=Tatooine Manhunt}} {{Imo}}
*[[Starfall (adventure)|''Starfall'']] {{Mo}}
*''[[Graveyard of Alderaan]]''
*{{WEGCite|story=Graveyard of Alderaan|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Two}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 7|''Star Wars'' (1977) 7]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 8|''Star Wars'' (1977) 8]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 9|''Star Wars'' (1977) 9]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 11|''Star Wars'' (1977) 11]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 12|''Star Wars'' (1977) 12]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 13|''Star Wars'' (1977) 13]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 14|''Star Wars'' (1977) 14]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 15|''Star Wars'' (1977) 15]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 24|''Star Wars'' (1977) 24]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 16|''Star Wars'' (1977) 16]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 17|''Star Wars'' (1977) 17]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 18|''Star Wars'' (1977) 18]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 19|''Star Wars'' (1977) 19]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 20|''Star Wars'' (1977) 20]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 21|''Star Wars'' (1977) 21]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 22|''Star Wars'' (1977) 22]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 23|''Star Wars'' (1977) 23]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 25|''Star Wars'' (1977) 25]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 26|''Star Wars'' (1977) 26]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 27|''Star Wars'' (1977) 27]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 29|''Star Wars'' (1977) 29]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 31|''Star Wars'' (1977) 31]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 32|''Star Wars'' (1977) 32]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 33|''Star Wars'' (1977) 33]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 34|''Star Wars'' (1977) 34]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 35|''Star Wars'' (1977) 35]]
*[[Star Wars Annual (1977) 1|''Star Wars Annual'' (1977) 1]]
*''[[Untitled Pizzazz Star Wars Story, Part I]]''
*''[[Untitled Pizzazz Star Wars Story, Part II]]''
*''[[Dread Discovery!]]''
*''[[A Matter of Monsters!]]''
*''[[Pursuit among the Ruins!]]''
*''[[Do You Know What Your Children Are?]]''
*''[[Caverns of Mystery!]]''
*''[[The Keeper's Secret!]]''
*''[[The Final Fury!]]''
*''[[The Kingdom of Ice!]]''
*''[[The Snow Demons!]]''
*''[[Treachery!]]''
*''[[Death Trap!]]''
*''[[Snow Fury!]]''
*''[[The Ice Worm Cometh!]]''
*[[Showdown (Pizzazz)|''Showdown'']]
*''[[Pursuit!]]''
*''[[The Weapons Master!]]''
*''[[World of Fire!]]''
*''[[The Word for World is Death!]]''
*''[[The Guardian of Forever!]]''
*''[[The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell]]''
*''[[Darth Vader Strikes]]''
*''[[The Serpent Masters]]''
*''[[Deadly Reunion]]''
*''[[Traitor's Gambit]]''
*''[[The Night Beast]]''
*''[[Star Wars 3-D]]''
*[[Vader's Quest 1|''Vader's Quest'' 1]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 36|''Star Wars'' (1977) 36]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 37|''Star Wars'' (1977) 37]]
*{{Shortstory|story=A Bad Feeling: The Tale of EV-9D9|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*''[[Star Wars Missions 5: The Hunt for Han Solo]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 6: The Search for Grubba the Hutt]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 7: Ithorian Invasion]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 8: Togorian Trap]]''
*''[[The Rebel Thief]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 10: Showdown in Mos Eisley]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Star Wars Missions 11: Bounty Hunters vs. Battle Droids]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 12: The Vactooine Disaster]]''
*''[[X-Wing Marks the Spot]]''
*''[[Super Star Wars (video game)]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 17: Darth Vader's Return]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 18: Rogue Squadron to the Rescue]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 19: Bounty on Bonadan]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 20: Total Destruction]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 13: Prisoner of the Nikto Pirates]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 14: The Monsters of Dweem]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 15: Voyage to the Underworld]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 16: Imperial Jailbreak]]''
*''[[The Return of Ben Kenobi]]''
*''[[Iceworld]]''
*''[[Revenge of the Jedi]]''
*''[[Doom Mission]]''
*''[[Race for Survival]]''
*''[[The Mystery of the Rebellious Robot]]''
*''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]''
*''[[Galaxy of Fear: Eaten Alive]]''
*''[[Galaxy of Fear: City of the Dead]]''
*''[[Galaxy of Fear: Army of Terror]]''
*''[[Dark Knight's Devilry]]''
*''[[Gambler's World]]''
*''[[Tatooine Sojourn]]''
*''[[The Second Kessel Run]]''
*''[[Bring Me the Children]]''
*''[[As Long As We Live...]]''
*''[[The Frozen World of Ota]]''
*''[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]''
*[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye (comics)|''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'' comic]]
*''[[The Constancia Affair]]''
*''[[The Kashyyyk Depths]]''
*''[[The Paradise Detour]]''
*''[[A New Beginning]]''
*''[[Showdown]]''
*''[[The Final Trap]]''
*{{WEGCite|book=No Disintegrations (West End Games)|text=''No Disintegrations''|story=Abregado-Rae Intrigue}} {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' novel]]
*{{Film|V}}
*''[[The Empire Strikes Back: A Storybook]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 39|''Star Wars'' (1977) 39]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 40|''Star Wars'' (1977) 40]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 41|''Star Wars'' (1977) 41]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 42|''Star Wars'' (1977) 42]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 43|''Star Wars'' (1977) 43]]
*''[[One Step Ahead]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 44|''Star Wars'' (1977) 44]]
*{{WEGCite|book=Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook|story=Droids Can't Fly|stext=''Droids Can't Fly''}}
*''[[Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back]]''
*''[[The Hoth Adventure]]''
*[[Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Galoob)|''Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire'' Galoob minicomic]]
*[[Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Ertl)|''Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire'' Ertl minicomic]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 47|''Star Wars'' (1977) 47]]
*''[[The Further Adventures: Droid World]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 48|''Star Wars'' (1977) 48]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 49|''Star Wars'' (1977) 49]]
*''[[Rust Never Sleeps]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 50|''Star Wars'' (1977) 50]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 51|''Star Wars'' (1977) 51]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 52|''Star Wars'' (1977) 52]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 54|''Star Wars'' (1977) 54]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 55|''Star Wars'' (1977) 55]]
*''[[The Further Adventures: Planet of the Hoojibs]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 58|''Star Wars'' (1977) 58]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 61|''Star Wars'' (1977) 61]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 62|''Star Wars'' (1977) 62]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 64|''Star Wars'' (1977) 64]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 67|''Star Wars'' (1977) 67]]
*[[Star Wars Annual (1977) 2|''Star Wars Annual'' (1977) 2]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 68|''Star Wars'' (1977) 68]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 69|''Star Wars'' (1977) 69]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 70|''Star Wars'' (1977) 70]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 71|''Star Wars'' (1977) 71]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 86|''Star Wars'' (1977) 86]]
*[[Shadows of the Empire (novel)|''Shadows of the Empire'' novel]]
*[[Shadows of the Empire (audiobook)|''Shadows of the Empire'' audiobook]]
*[[Shadows of the Empire (junior novelization)|''Shadows of the Empire'' junior novelization]]
*[[Shadows of the Empire (comics)|''Shadows of the Empire'' comic]]
*[[Ewoks 10|''Ewoks'' 10]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 73|''Star Wars'' (1977) 73]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 74|''Star Wars'' (1977) 74]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 75|''Star Wars'' (1977) 75]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 76|''Star Wars'' (1977) 76]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 77|''Star Wars'' (1977) 77]]
*[[Star Wars Annual (1977) 3|''Star Wars Annual'' (1977) 3]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 80|''Star Wars'' (1977) 80]]
*{{Shortstory|story=Of the Day's Annoyances: Bib Fortuna's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Film|VI}}
*[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' novel]]
*[[Return of the Jedi 1|''Return of the Jedi'' 1]]
*''[[Sleight of Hand: The Tale of Mara Jade]]''
*{{Shortstory|story=Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Let Us Prey: The Whiphid's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*''[[Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{Shortstory|story=A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*''[[Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 1]]''
*[[Return of the Jedi 2|''Return of the Jedi'' 2]]
*[[Return of the Jedi 3|''Return of the Jedi'' 3]]
*[[Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (video game)|''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'' video game]]
*[[Return of the Jedi 4|''Return of the Jedi'' 4]]
*[[The Ewoks Join the Fight (storybook)|''The Ewoks Join the Fight'']]
*{{Shortstory|story=One Last Night in the Mos Eisley Cantina: The Tale of the Wolfman and the Lamproid|book=Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina}}
*''[[Star Wars: DroidWorks]]''
*''[[Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi]]''
*''[[The Truce at Bakura]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 81|''Star Wars'' (1977) 81]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 82|''Star Wars'' (1977) 82]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 85|''Star Wars'' (1977) 85]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 88|''Star Wars'' (1977) 88]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 90|''Star Wars'' (1977) 90]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 92|''Star Wars'' (1977) 92]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 94|''Star Wars'' (1977) 94]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 95|''Star Wars'' (1977) 95]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 97|''Star Wars'' (1977) 97]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 101|''Star Wars'' (1977) 101]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 99|''Star Wars'' (1977) 99]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 100|''Star Wars'' (1977) 100]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 104|''Star Wars'' (1977) 104]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 106|''Star Wars'' (1977) 106]]
*[[Star Tours (real-world)|''Star Tours'']]
*''[[Shadows of the Empire: Evolution]]''
*''[[X-Wing Rogue Squadron Special]]'' {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 107|''Star Wars'' (1977) 107]]
*[[X-Wing Rogue Squadron 32|''X-Wing Rogue Squadron'' 32]]
*[[X-Wing Rogue Squadron 33|''X-Wing Rogue Squadron'' 33]]
*[[X-Wing Rogue Squadron 34|''X-Wing Rogue Squadron'' 34]]
*''[[The Glove of Darth Vader]]''
*''[[The Lost City of the Jedi]]''
*''[[Zorba the Hutt's Revenge]]''
*''[[Mission from Mount Yoda]]''
*''[[Queen of the Empire]]''
*[[Prophets of the Dark Side (novel)|''Prophets of the Dark Side'']]
*''[[X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble]]''
*''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Mixed-Up Droid]]''
*[[Star Wars: The Mixed-Up Droid (comic)|''Star Wars: The Mixed-Up Droid'' comic]]
*{{WEGCite|book=The Last Command Sourcebook|story=Chewbacca and the Life-Debt|stext=''Chewbacca and the Life-Debt''}}
*''[[Heir to the Empire]]''
*[[Heir to the Empire (comics)|''Heir to the Empire'' (comics)]]
*''[[Dark Force Rising]]''
*[[Dark Force Rising (comics)|''Dark Force Rising'' (comics)]]
*''[[The Last Command]]''
*[[The Last Command (comics)|''The Last Command'' (comics)]]
*''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire]]''
*[[Dark Empire (audio)|''Dark Empire'' audio drama]]
*''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire II]]''
*[[Dark Empire II (audio)|''Dark Empire II'' audio drama]]
*''[[Star Wars: Empire's End]]''
*[[Empire's End (audio)|''Empire's End'' audio drama]]
*''[[Jedi Search]]''
*[[Dark Apprentice (novel)|''Dark Apprentice'']]
*''[[Champions of the Force]]''
*[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']]
*[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']]
*''[[Planet of Twilight]]''
*''[[The Crystal Star]]''
*''[[Before the Storm]]''
*''[[Shield of Lies]]''
*''[[Tyrant's Test]]''
*''[[The New Rebellion]]''
*''[[Ambush at Corellia]]''
*''[[Assault at Selonia]]''
*''[[Showdown at Centerpoint]]''
*''[[Specter of the Past]]''
*''[[Vision of the Future]]''
*''[[Junior Jedi Knights: The Golden Globe]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Heirs of the Force]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones]]''
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Delusions of Grandeur]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: The Emperor's Plague]]''
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef]]''
}}

===Non-canon appearances===
*''[[Star Wars: Yoda Stories]]''
*''[[Star Wars Adventures in ABC]]''

==Sources==
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*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars (toy line)|text=''Star Wars''|pack=See-Threepio (C-3PO) - Large Size Action Figure|link=vint12C3PO.asp|archivedate=20160805065233}}
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (toy line)|text=''Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back''|pack=See-Threepio (C-3PO) With Removable Limbs|link=VINtC3POlimbs.asp|archivedate=20170724124142}}
*[[The Empire Strikes Back Coloring Book (1980)|''The Empire Strikes Back Coloring Book'' (1980)]]
*[[The Empire Strikes Back Coloring Book (1982)|''The Empire Strikes Back Coloring Book'' (1982)]]
*[[Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book (Max Rebo)|''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book'' (Max Rebo)]] {{Po}}
*[[Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book (Luke Skywalker)|''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book'' (Luke Skywalker)]]
*''[[Star Wars Word Puzzles]]''
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe]]''
*[[Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book (1984)|''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book'' (1984)]]
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: Droids (toy line)|text=''Star Wars: Droids''|pack=Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)|link=Droids-Artoo.asp|archivedate=20171220165233}} {{Po}}
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: Droids (toy line)|text=''Star Wars: Droids''|pack=Jann Tosh|link=Droids-Jann.asp|archivedate=20170630211526}} {{Po}}
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: Droids (toy line)|text=''Star Wars: Droids''|pack=Jord Dusat|link=Droids-Jord.asp|archivedate=20190929075403}} {{Po}}
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: Droids (toy line)|text=''Star Wars: Droids''|pack=See-Threepio (C-3PO)|link=Droids-Threepio.asp|archivedate=20171026124030}}
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: Droids (toy line)|text=''Star Wars: Droids''|pack=Thall Joben|link=Droids-Thall.asp|archivedate=20170630191745}} {{Po}}
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: Droids (toy line)|text=''Star Wars: Droids''|pack=Uncle Gundy|link=Droids-Gundy.asp|archivedate=20170630221619}} {{Po}}
*{{InsiderCite|1|Anthony Daniels: Remembering That Galaxy Far, Far Away}}
*{{InsiderCite|1|Star Wars 10th Anniversary Convention!!|''Star Wars'' 10th Anniversary Convention!!}}
*[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (first edition)|''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'']]
*''[[The Star Wars Sourcebook]]''
*{{InsiderCite|2|Star Wars: The Role-Playing Game|''Star Wars: The Role-Playing Game''}} {{Po}}
*{{InsiderCite|2|Collections}}
*{{InsiderCite|2|Star Tours: "The Ultimate Adventure" is Still the Ultimate Ride at Disneyland|''Star Tours'': 'The Ultimate Adventure' is Still the Ultimate Ride at Disneyland}}
*''[[Lightsaber Dueling Pack]]''
*{{InsiderCite|6|George Lucas: The Force Behind Lucasfilm}} {{Imo}}
*''[[Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope]]''
*''[[Battle for Endor]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi]]''
*''[[The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Heir to the Empire Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Star Wars Screen Entertainment]]''
*[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition|''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Dark Force Rising Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Star Wars Gamemaster Handbook]]''
*''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Star Wars Technical Journal of the Planet Tatooine]]''
*''[[The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook]]''
*''[[George Lucas: The Creative Impulse]]''
*''[[X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide]]''
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded]]''
*''[[The Last Command Sourcebook]]''
*[[The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook'', Second Edition]]
*[[Star Wars Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''Star Wars Sourcebook'', Second Edition]]
*{{GalaxyCite|1|Boba Fett: Mystery Man in Not-So-Shining Armor}}
*''[[Star Wars Technical Journal]]''
*[[Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope'', Second Edition]]
*[[Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi'', Second Edition]]
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995 toy line)|text=''Star Wars: The Power of the Force'' (1995)|pack=C-3PO with Realistic Metalized Body|link=POTF2c3po.asp|archivedate=20190929060826}}
*''[[The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook]]''
*[[Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Live-Action Adventures]]''
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995 toy line)|text=''Star Wars: The Power of the Force'' (1995)|pack=Purchase of the Droids|link=POTF2purchaseofthedroids.asp|archivedate=20190918131943}}
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995 toy line)|text=''Star Wars: The Power of the Force'' (1995)|pack=C-3PO with Realistic Metalized Body and Cargo Net|link=POTF2c3polimbs.asp|archivedate=20190926213546}}
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995 toy line)|text=''Star Wars: The Power of the Force'' (1995)|pack=C-3PO with Removable Arm|link=POTF2c3podesertworn.asp|archivedate=20190926214329}}
*{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=premiere/ls/c3po.gif|cardname=C-3PO (See-Threepio)}}
*{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=premiere/ds/disarmeddark.gif|cardname=Disarmed}}
*{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=premiere/ls/eyesinthedark.gif|cardname=Eyes In The Dark}}
*{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=premiere/ls/howdidwegetintothismess.gif|cardname=How Did We Get Into This Mess?}}
*{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=premiere/ds/looksirdroids.gif|cardname=Look Sir, Droids}}
*{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=premiere/ls/movealong.gif|cardname=Move Along...}} {{Imo}}
*{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=premiere/ls/restrainingbolt.gif|cardname=Restraining Bolt}} {{Po}}
*{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=premiere/ls/thankthemaker.gif|cardname=Thank The Maker}}
*{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=premiere/ls/thisisallyourfault.gif|cardname=This Is All Your Fault}}
*{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=premiere/ls/weredoomed.gif|cardname=We're Doomed}}
*{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=premiere/ds/wuher.gif|cardname=Wuher}} {{Imo}}
*''[[The Essential Guide to Characters]]''
*''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]]''
*''[[The Jedi Academy Sourcebook]]''
*{{GalaxyCite|7|Casting Shadows}}
*''[[Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded]]''
*{{CCG|set=A New Hope Limited|link=ANewHope-Light/large/letthewookieewin.gif|cardname=Let The Wookiee Win}} {{Qo}}
*{{CCG|set=A New Hope Limited|link=ANewHope-Light/large/r2d2.gif|cardname=R2-D2 (Artoo-Detoo)}} {{Imo}}
*{{CCG|set=A New Hope Limited|link=ANewHope-Light/large/r5d4.gif|cardname=R5-D4 (Arfive-Defour)}}
*{{CCG|set=A New Hope Limited|link=ANewHope-Dark/large/programtrap.gif|cardname=Program Trap}}
*{{CCG|set=A New Hope Limited|link=ANewHope-Light/large/sandcrawlerloadingbay.gif|cardname=Sandcrawler: Loading Bay}} {{Po}}
*''[[The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire]]''
*{{SOTE|cardname=Reunion on Tatooine|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC005.jpg|archiveurl=https://archive.is/hhv6}}
*{{SOTE|cardname=Leia Meets Dash Rendar|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC011.jpg|archiveurl=https://archive.is/veRX}} {{Imo}}
*{{SOTE|cardname=Dealing with Dash|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC019.jpg|archiveurl=https://archive.is/04wd}} {{Imo}}
*{{SOTE|cardname=The Waiting Game|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC024.jpg|archivedate=20171117001216}} {{Po}}
*{{SOTE|cardname=Guri Turns the Tables|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC037.jpg|archivedate=20160911150335}}
*{{SOTE|cardname=Hyperspace&hellip; At Last!|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC048.jpg|archivedate=20190125134937}}
*{{SOTE|cardname=Artoo and Threepio Helm the ''Falcon''|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC059.jpg|archiveurl=https://archive.is/vTTWI}}
*{{SOTE|cardname=Luke Blocks Xizor's Fire|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC060.jpg|archivedate=20151014093253}} {{Imo}}
*{{SOTE|cardname=Xizor Narrowly Escapes|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC064.jpg|archiveurl=https://archive.is/UBTr}} {{Imo}}
*{{SOTE|cardname=Xizor's Castle Blows Up|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC065.jpg|archiveurl=https://archive.is/8HDg}}
*{{SOTE|cardname=Luke Plans Han's Rescue|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC072.jpg|archiveurl=https://archive.is/r1BB2}}
*{{SOTE|cardname=R2-D2 and C-3PO|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC076.jpg|archivedate=20171117000918}}
*''[[Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide]]'' {{Co}}
*{{SOTEEMCC|cardname=ISSUE 1: Xizor's Plan Revealed|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteMIcards1bk.jpg|archiveurl=https://archive.is/6kSOD}} {{Po}}
*{{CCG|set=Hoth Limited|link=hoth/ds/exposure.gif|cardname=Exposure}} {{Qo}}
*{{CCG|set=Hoth Limited|link=hoth/ds/hehasntcomebackyet.gif|cardname=He Hasn't Come Back Yet}} {{Qo}}
*{{CCG|set=Hoth Limited|link=hoth/ls/itcanwait.gif|cardname=It Can Wait}} {{Qo}}
*{{CCG|set=Hoth Limited|link=hoth/ds/ohswitchoff.gif|cardname=Oh, Switch Off}}
*{{CCG|set=Hoth Limited|link=hoth/ds/silenceisgolden.gif|cardname=Silence Is Golden}}
*''[[Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised]]''
*''[[Introductory Adventure Game]]''
*''[[Mos Eisley Adventure Set]]''
*''[[Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids]]''
*''[[Cracken's Threat Dossier]]''
*{{Journal|14|Murder in Slushtime}} {{C|"Callista Ming" capsule}}
*''[[Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Power of the Jedi]]''
*{{CCG|set=Dagobah Limited|link=dagobah/ds/3720to1.gif|cardname=3,720 To 1}}
*{{CCG|set=Dagobah Limited|link=dagobah/ls/shooshoo.gif|cardname=Shoo! Shoo!}}
*{{CCG|set=Dagobah Limited|link=dagobah/ds/shuthimuporshuthimdown.gif|cardname=Shut Him Up Or Shut Him Down}}
*{{CCG|set=Dagobah Limited|link=dagobah/ls/theprofessor.gif|cardname=The Professor}}
*{{CCG|set=Dagobah Limited|link=dagobah/ds/unexpectedinterruption.gif|cardname=Unexpected Interruption}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt]]''
*''[[Diplomatic Corps Entrance Exam]]''
*''[[The Art of the Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition]]''
*{{StarWarsKidsCite|3|Meet Han Solo!}}
*''[[The Rebel Alliance Scrapbook]]''
*{{CCG|set=Cloud City Limited|link=CloudCity-Light/large/artoocomebackatonce.gif|cardname=Artoo, Come Back At Once!}} {{Qo}}
*{{CCG|set=Cloud City Limited|link=CloudCity-Dark/large/blasteddroid.gif|cardname=Blasted Droid}}
*{{CCG|set=Cloud City Limited|link=CloudCity-Light/large/blasterproficiency.gif|cardname=Blaster Proficiency}} {{Po}}
*{{CCG|set=Cloud City Limited|link=CloudCity-Light/large/captivefury.gif|cardname=Captive Fury}} {{Po}}
*{{CCG|set=Cloud City Limited|link=CloudCity-Light/large/dismantleonsight.gif|cardname=Dismantle On Sight}} {{Po}}
*{{CCG|set=Cloud City Limited|link=CloudCity-Dark/large/echuta.gif|cardname=E Chu Ta}}
*{{CCG|set=Cloud City Limited|link=CloudCity-Light/large/hoppingmad.gif|cardname=Hopping Mad}}
*{{CCG|set=Cloud City Limited|link=CloudCity-Dark/large/shockingrevelation.gif|cardname=Shocking Revelation}} {{Qo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Rebellion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide]]'' {{Po}}
*{{CCG|set=Jabba's Palace Limited|link=JP/ls/agift.gif|cardname=A Gift}}
*{{CCG|set=Jabba's Palace Limited|link=JP/ls/artoo.gif|cardname=Artoo}}
*{{CCG|set=Jabba's Palace Limited|link=JP/ls/artooihaveabadfeelingabout.gif|cardname=Artoo, I Have A Bad Feeling About This}}
*{{CCG|set=Jabba's Palace Limited|link=JP/ls/corellianretort.gif|cardname=Corellian Retort}}
*{{CCG|set=Jabba's Palace Limited|link=JP/ls/dontforgetthedroids.gif|cardname=Don't Forget The Droids}}
*''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons]]''
*{{CCG|set=Special Edition Limited|link=SE/ls/harvest.gif|cardname=Harvest}} {{Po}}
*{{CCG|set=Special Edition Limited|link=SE/ds/masterfulmove.gif|cardname=Masterful Move}} {{Po}}
*{{CCG|set=Special Edition Limited|link=SE/ds/theyveshutdownthemain.gif|cardname=They've Shut Down The Main Reactor}} {{Qo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary]]''
*''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance: Prima's Official Strategy Guide]]''
*{{CCG|set=Endor Limited|link=endor/ls/herewegoagain.gif|cardname=Here We Go Again}}
*{{CCG|set=Endor Limited|link=endor/ls/ihaveareallybadfeelingabout.gif|cardname=I Have A Really Bad Feeling About This}} {{Qo}}
*{{CCG|set=Endor Limited|link=endor/ls/ihopeshesallright.gif|cardname=I Hope She's All Right}} {{Qo}}
*{{CCG|set=Endor Limited|link=endor/ls/iwonderwhotheyfound.gif|cardname=I Wonder Who They Found}} {{Po}}
*{{CCG|set=Endor Limited|link=endor/ls/insurrection.gif|cardname=Insurrection}} {{Po}}
*{{CCG|set=Endor Limited|link=endor/ls/threepio.gif|cardname=Threepio}}
*{{CCG|set=Endor Limited|link=endor/ls/wereyoulookingforme.gif|cardname=Were You Looking For Me?}}
*{{CCG|set=Endor Limited|link=endor/ds/maincourse.gif|cardname=Main Course}}
*{{CCG|set=Endor Limited|link=endor/ds/woundedwarrior.gif|cardname=Wounded Warrior}} {{Qo}}
*{{CCG|set=Enhanced Jabba's Palace|link=PREMIUM/Enhanced_JP/seethreepio.gif|cardname=See-Threepio}}
*''[[C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Power of Myth]]''
*{{CCG|set=Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck|link=PREMIUM/JP_Sealed/LS/seekinganaudience.gif|cardname=Seeking An Audience}}
*{{CCG|set=Death Star II Limited|link=DS2/LS/insertionplanning.gif|cardname=Insertion Planning}} {{Po}}
*{{CCG|set=Reflections II: Expanding the Galaxy|link=REFLECTIONS2/LS/artooandthreepio.gif|cardname=Artoo & Threepio}}
*{{CCG|set=Reflections III|link=reflections3/ls/hecangoabouthisbusiness.gif|cardname=He Can Go About His Business}} {{Po}}
}}

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*{{WP|C-3PO}}
*{{Brickipedia|C-3PO}}
*{{Brickipedia|8007 TECHNIC C-3PO}}

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