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|image=[[File:R2d2.jpg]]
|name=R2-D2
|homeworld=[[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]],<ref name="DB">{{DB|droid|r2d2|R2-D2 (Artoo-Detoo)|archivedate=20110911060838}}</ref> [[Nubia/Legends|Nubia]]<ref name="Complete Season One">[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season One|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' The Complete Season One]], DVD Featurette for "Duel of the Droids"</ref>
|birth=c. [[33 BBY/Legends|33 BBY]]{{Fact}}
|death=c. [[20 BBY/Legends|20 BBY]], over [[Carida/Legends|Carida]] {{C|rebuilt}}<ref name="Point of No Return">{{TCW|Point of No Return}}</ref>
|creator=
|manufacturer=[[Industrial Automaton/Legends|Industrial Automaton]]<ref name="EGC">''[[The Essential Guide to Characters]]''</ref>
|line=[[R-series/Legends|R-series]]
|model=[[R2-series astromech droid]]<ref name="EGC" />
|class=[[Astromech droid/Legends|Astromech droid]]<ref name="EGC" />
|cost=
|length=
|width=
|height=0.96 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]]<ref name="EGC" />
|mass=32 [[Kilogram/Legends|kilograms]]<ref name="H2H">''[[Star Wars: Head-to-Head Tag Teams]]'', pg 50</ref>
|gender=[[Gender/Legends|Masculine programming]]<ref name="EGC" />
|sensor=[[Color/Legends|Red]]<ref name="EGC" />
|plating=*Blue<ref name="A New Hope" />
*Silver<ref name="A New Hope" />
*White<ref name="A New Hope" />
|armament=
|equipment=*[[Buzz saw/Legends|Buzz saw]]<ref name="EGC" />
*[[Force pike/Legends|Electric pike]]
*Drinks tray {{C|only on [[Khetanna/Legends|sail barge]]}}
*[[Fusioncutter/Legends|Fusion welder]]
*[[Scomp link/Legends|Scomp link]]
*Power recharge coupler<ref name="CharEnc">''[[Star Wars Character Encyclopedia]]''</ref>
*Rocket boosters<ref name="CharEnc" />
*[[Holoprojector/Legends|Holographic projector]]<ref name="CharEnc" />
*Motorized, all-terrain treads<ref name="CharEnc" />
*Retractable third leg<ref name="CharEnc" />
|affiliation=*[[Royal House of Naboo/Legends|Royal House of Naboo]]
*[[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]
**[[R2-D2's battle droid squadron/Legends|R2-D2's battle droid squadron]]<ref name="TC">{{TCW|The Citadel}}</ref>
**[[D-Squad/Legends|D-Squad]]<ref name="Secret Weapons">{{TCW|Secret Weapons}}</ref>
*[[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]]
*[[Order of the Sith Lords]] {{C|briefly}}<ref name="Revenge of the Sith">{{Film|III}}</ref>
*[[House of Antilles]]
*[[Skywalker family/Legends|Skywalker family]]
*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]]<ref name="EGC" />
*[[Bright Tree Village/Legends|Bright Tree Village]]<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi">{{Film|VI}}</ref>
*[[Alliance of Free Planets]]
*[[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]
*[[New Jedi Order]]
*[[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances]]
*[[Mynock (Helot-class)|Crew of the ''Mynock'']]
*[[Star Tours/Legends|Star Tours]]}}
{{Quote|An extremely well put-together little droid.|Panaka|<ref name="Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace">{{Film|I}}</ref>}}
'''R2-D2''', sometimes spelled '''Artoo-Detoo''' and often referred to as '''Artoo''', was an [[R2-series astromech droid]] manufactured by [[Industrial Automaton/Legends|Industrial Automaton]] prior to [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]]. Resourceful and spunky, the [[Droid/Legends|droid]] developed an adventurous personality during his over a century of operation. Inside of his cylindrical frame were many arms, [[Sensor/Legends|sensors]], and other tools that could be extended to fulfill various needs, such as [[Slicer/Legends|slicing]] [[Computer/Legends|computers]], [[Fire extinguisher/Legends|extinguishing]] fires, [[Holoprojector/Legends|projecting]] [[Hologram/Legends|holograms]], [[Fusioncutter/Legends|repairing]] [[Starship/Legends|starships]], and [[Rocket booster/Legends|flying]]. Along with his [[Counterpart/Legends|counterpart]], the [[Protocol droid/Legends|protocol droid]] [[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]], R2-D2 constantly found himself directly involved in pivotal moments of [[The galaxy/Legends|galactic]] [[Timeline of galactic history/Legends|history]]. His bravery, coupled with his many gadgets, played large roles in saving the galaxy time and time again for more than a century. Like other [[Astromech droid/Legends|astromech droids]], R2-D2 could walk on two legs or use a third leg to roll across the ground.

The war was in fact orchestrated by the Republic's [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]], who was secretly the [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] Darth Sidious, and who brought the conflict to an end [[19 BBY/Legends|three years in]], taking Skywalker as his [[Sith apprentice/Legends|Sith apprentice]], [[Great Jedi Purge/Legends|wiping out]] the Jedi, slaying the Separatists and reorganizing the Republic into a [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]]. In the aftermath of the war, R2-D2 and C-3PO 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'', 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 R2-D2 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/Legends|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. R2-D2 also assisted Luke in his training as the galaxy's last Jedi Knight.

When the Rebellion later became a [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]], R2-D2 continued to serve Luke and the now-[[Marriage/Legends|married]] Han and Leia Solo, helping them defeat remnants of the Empire; R2-D2 notably sliced into Palpatine's [[Galaxy Gun]] and used it to destroy the [[Emperor/Legends|Emperor's]] [[fortress world]] of [[Byss/Legends|Byss]], teamed up with C-3PO and 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]], and recovered a copy of the [[Caamas Document]], which allowed peace to be [[Pellaeon&ndash;Gavrisom Treaty|forged]] between the New Republic and the final remnants of the Empire. When an [[extra-galactic]] [[Species/Legends|race]] of religious zealots known as the [[Yuuzhan Vong]] invaded the galaxy in [[25 ABY/Legends|25 ABY]], R2-D2 participated in the four-year [[Yuuzhan Vong War|conflict]] that eventually saw the invaders defeated. [[35 ABY/Legends|Six years]] later, Luke and Leia discovered the identity of their mother via holorecordings found inside of R2-D2's memory, and R2-D2 remained at their side during the subsequent [[Second Galactic Civil War]]. The astromech droid was passed down to many subsequent generations of [[Skywalker family/Legends|Skywalkers]], and in [[137 ABY]], aided [[Cade Skywalker]] in fighting against a revived [[One Sith|Sith]] [[Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire|Empire]].

==Description==
[[File:ArtooBlueprints-SWBTUC.jpg|thumb|left|200px|R2-D2 blueprints]]
{{Quote|Don't you call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease!|[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]] to R2-D2|<ref name="A New Hope">{{Film|IV}}</ref>}}
R2-D2 was a diminutive [[Droid/Legends|droid]], standing 0.96 meters tall. He rolled on three legs, one of which could retract into his body, and had a silver and blue domed head. His white, blue, and silver body housed many arms, sensors, and other apparatuses, many of which were not readily seen by the typical [[Humanoid/Legends|humanoid]] eye. This often made the droid seem like a box of tricks, unexpectedly pulling out some previously unseen but very much needed device at a critical moment. It also contained a carousel device that contained a specific arm related to a specific duty, to economize space within his cylindrical body. Because of the quickness in utilizing a specific arm, it often gave off the illusion that he had an endless supply of tools.

While R2-D2 contained many specialized gadgets, he was also quite good at taking the initiative and often employed unorthodox means to help his friends.

R2-D2's horizontal blue slots could also be opened further, which would then send out a two-pronged, whip-like appendage, which he could use to taunt others.<ref name="Droids">[[Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO|''Star Wars: Droids'']]</ref><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>
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===Known Features===
{{Quote|That droid's a sawed-off genius! He's laying down a smokescreen!''"<br />"''Your firefighting aerosol! Artoo, how do you think of these things?|[[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]] and [[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]] on [[Cloud City/Legends|Cloud City]]|<ref name="The Empire Strikes Back (radio)">[[The Empire Strikes Back (radio)|''The Empire Strikes Back'' radio drama]]</ref>}}
Even by R2-series standards, R2-D2 had an extensive amount of features, which were both part of the R2 line and modified.

R2-D2, during the Clone Wars, utilized a Brooks Propulsion rocket booster, which he used to escape and, in the case of the [[Battle of Coruscant/Legends|Battle of Coruscant]], offensively. After the Clone Wars, however, [[Brooks Propulsion Devices]], the company responsible for the development of his boosters, was shut down, and his rocket boosters were eventually damaged and thus could not be repaired. Despite this, however, R2 hardly regretted the loss of his ability to fly.<ref name="Complete Visual">''[[Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary]]''</ref>

He had an extendable neck, in large part so he could be fitted into the droid section of the Naboo N-1 starfighter. However, he rarely used it, as it would result in foreign agents gaining entrance to his internal systems.<ref name="Complete Visual" />
<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
*[[Brooks Propulsion Devices|Brooks Propulsion]] [[Rocket booster/Legends|rocket booster]]
*Cable gun
*Oil injector
*Claw arm
*[[Fusioncutter/Legends|Fusion cutter]]
*[[Holoprojector/Legends|Holoprojector]] / Recorder
*Internal comlink
*Periscope
*Electric pike
*Propeller
*Hidden lightsaber compartment with ejector
*[[Fire extinguisher/Legends|Fire extinguisher]] / Smoke Screen
*Small Saw
*Air Cannon
*Crashmat
*Lariat
*Submarine Mode
*Collapsible Umbrella
</div><div style="float:right; width:48%;">
[[File:R2parts_CVD.jpg|thumb|right|150px|R2-D2: expanded view]]
*Flea Remover
*Distracter
*Headdress Detangler
*Droid Deactivator
*[[Scomp link/Legends|Computer Interface Arm]]
*[[Electroshock probe|Charge Arm]] (electric shock)
*Life-form Scanner
*Breakdance Mode<ref name="Tail">{{DroidsCite|Tail of the Roon Comets}}</ref>
*[[Polarity sink/Legends|Polarity sink]]
*Water pump/hose<ref name="TRG">{{DroidsCite|The Roon Games}}</ref>
*Inflatable mattress
*Media copy / storage disc drive
*Jukebox
*Small red "tongue" ribbon<ref name="Tail" />
*"Confetti-creation device"<ref name="The Revenge of Kybo Ren">{{DroidsCite|The Revenge of Kybo Ren}}</ref>
*Lubricant Application Arm<ref name="FF1_2013">Non-Canon Ref</ref>
*Motorized, all-terrain treads
*Power recharge coupler
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==Biography==
===Early Imperial era===
====Separated from the ''Tantive IV''====
{{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>}}
In the early years of the Empire's reign, the droid duo were in an escape pod of the ''Tantive IV'' 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]]. When the pirates known as the [[Lok Revenants/Legends|Lok Revenants]] attacked<ref name="reanimated" /> the ''Tantive IV'', it 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 both R2-D2 and C-3PO were captured by the Lok Revenants, with whom they shared an adventure or two. After suddenly finding themselves free of their captors, the droids sought out the [[Intergalactic Droid Agency]], who put them aboard a [[Intergalactic Droid Agency shuttle|shuttle]] to the planet [[Dodz]] and their new master, the crystal [[Merchant/Legends|merchant]] [[Lott Kemp]].<ref name="reanimated" />

[[File:PloozStrangles.png|thumb|left|185px|C-3PO and R2-D2 look on as Prince Plooz of Alzar strangles King Zornog of Sooma.]]Upon arrival, they discovered that Kemp's home had been destroyed and that he had gone missing; a young orphan named [[Jost Ellon]] found them and became their de facto master. Ellon spent his life hiding from Dodz's [[Governor/Legends|Governor]] [[Kugg]] and his [[Battle droid/Legends|war droid]] [[Destroyer (droid)|Destroyer]], but when R2-D2 and C-3PO discovered [[Ranger X-One defense robot|Ranger X-1]], an old [[Labor droid/Legends|labor droid]] laying dormant in Ellon's home, they activated the ranger and brought it to the Dodz Citizen's Monthly Council to fight against Kugg. Threatened by Destroyer, the council had already agreed to pay the exorbitant taxes that Kugg was demanding; too late to stop him, C-3PO, R2-D2, and Ellon brought the Ranger to Kugg's mansion and saw it defeat Destroyer with help from R2-D2, who suffered micro-synapse damage during the battle. Kugg was sent to face intergalactic trial, and R2-D2 and C-3PO were placed aboard<ref name="Marvel Droids 1">[[Droids (1986) 1|''Droids'' (1986) 1]]</ref> an Intergalactic Droid Agency shuttle that had been dispatched to retrieve and repair them.<ref name="reanimated" />

R2-D2 and C-3PO were brought to the [[Lonn Idd's repair station|droid repair station]] of the scientist [[Lonn Idd]], but the [[Annoo-dat]] [[Gangster/Legends|gangster]] [[Tig Fromm]] was aboard the [[Space station/Legends|space station]] in order to steal a powerful laser from the scientist. R2-D2 and C-3PO helped Idd's children, [[Vik Idd|Vik]] and [[Nikki Idd|Nikki]], free their father; C-3PO was able to destroy all of Fromm's [[hover guard]] droids while dressed as a [[HK Guardian Droid|guardian droid]], allowing Vik to trap Fromm in a [[packing net]] and turn him over to the authorities.<ref name="Marvel Droids 2">[[Droids (1986) 2|''Droids'' (1986) 2]]</ref> A grateful Lonn Idd repaired R2-D2 and assigned his children to ferry both droids to an Intergalactic Droid Agency station, where they could find new masters. The two counterparts were purchased almost immediately by [[Ambassador/Legends|Ambassador]] [[Zell]] of [[Majoor]]<ref name="reanimated" /> 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 [[Consular ship/Legends|Majooran 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!''"<br />"''Kwaz-Oortik!|The droids regarding Prince Plooz, just before traveling to the future|<ref name="Marvel Droids 4">[[Droids (1986) 4|''Droids'' (1986) 4]]</ref>}}
Following the encounter with Reddjak, Zell vowed to take a more active role in raising his son, and accordingly dismissed the droids. 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]], where they were to be [[Diplomat/Legends|diplomatic]] couriers.<ref name="reanimated" /> When they arrived at the [[Sooma Royal Palace|Royal Palace]] of the planet [[Sooma]], they found Sooma's King [[Zornog]] being strangled by [[Plooz]], the son of nearby [[Alzar]]'s King [[Gokus]]. The furious Gokus believed that Zornog had kidnapped his son, but [[Sludd]], First General to Alzar's forces, had in fact concocted a scheme to overthrow his King and had tricked Plooz into stowing away aboard a Sooman freighter. Zornog gave the droids his [[Sooman starship|fastest starship]] in order to ferry the Prince back to his father, but en route, battleships under the command of General Sludd appeared. C-3PO hailed the vessels and informed them that Plooz was on board, but Sludd prepared to attack anyway; R2-D2 was ordered by the protocol droid to prepare the ship's hyperdrive. Hoping to help, Plooz inadvertently disrupted the ship's [[Antimatter|anti-matter]] pods, but with [[electron torpedo]]es incoming, R2-D2 was ordered by his counterpart to jump to hyperspace regardless.<ref name="Marvel Droids 4" />

[[File:PloozAntimatter.png|thumb|right|250px|The anti-matter pods of the droids' vessel are disrupted, opening a time warp in nearby outer space.]]
A bright pink opening surrounded the ship, and R2-D2 realized that they had created a [[Time travel/Legends|time warp]] by causing an anti-matter overload upon jumping to hyperspace.<ref name="Marvel Droids 4" /> The vessel sped through the [[Endor Gate/Legends|Endor Gate]] which they had created, the ship traveled years into the future<ref name="reanimated" /> and into the [[Endor system/Legends|Endor system]]. Plooz dashed for an escape pod while C-3PO was issuing instructions to R2-D2; as the infant's pod made its way towards the forest [[Moon/Legends|moon]] of [[Endor/Legends|Endor]], R2-D2 and C-3PO 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]] 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 time warp 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" /> The droids remained in Zornog's service but annoyed the fidgety king with their incessant bickering. When R2-D2 mistook a [[Power socket/Legends|power socket]] for a computer port and inadvertently shorted out the palace's power system, Zornog abandoned them on the planet [[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>

R2-D2 was soon purchased by the human [[Kirk Windjammer]], but was reunited with his counterpart when Baron [[Gavern Starlock|Starlock]] of R-duba purchased C-3PO and betrayed his Prince, [[Jagoda]] of R-duba, by helping the people of [[Dorande]] attempt to conquer the planet. His efforts were thwarted by R2-D2, C-3PO, and Windjammer.<ref name="Marvel Droids 5" /> The reunited droids left Jagoda's court and suggested Windjammer as Jagoda's new Chief Advisor. Their journey through the stars continued when they 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>}}
R2-D2 and C-3PO were summarily kicked off the ship at a [[Sindee's refueling station|one-woman refueling station]] operated by a [[Bimm (furred species)|Bimm]] businesswoman named [[Sindee]]. She became their new master and taught R2-D2 how to play [[Dejarik/Legends|dejarik]], but a gambling addiction she harbored 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 was arrested above the planet [[Ingo/Legends|Ingo]], and he jettisoned a large amount of contraband from his ship's cargo bay. Both droids were in the bay at the time,<ref name="reanimated" /> and they landed in the planet's [[Vaj Desert]]. The droids began trekking across the sands and were soon 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 the jockeys' auto-shop, they crossed into the desert's restricted zone and were [[Mission to Ingo|pursued]] by [[Seeker (droid)/Legends|seeker probe droids]], but successfully evaded them. At the shop, R2-D2 and C-3PO 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 in an upcoming race, with R2-D2 flying in its droid socket. When Joben left the shop for the night, he 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]], a young resistance fighter seeking a mechanic, R2-D2's sensors detected movement outside the shop. Investigating, Joben discovered that his speeder had been sabotaged, and soon found himself surrounded by hostile droids. R2-D2, C-3PO, and Moll took the ''White Witch'' outside and saved Joben, and then tracked the droids to [[Tig Fromm's base|a base]] belonging to Tig Fromm, the Anoo-Dat gangster that R2-D2 and C-3PO had previously encountered while in the service of Lonn Idd.<ref name="The White Witch" />

[[File:Ep01_05_bg.jpg|thumb|left|240px|R2-D2 and C-3PO with their new masters and Kea Moll]]R2-D2 infiltrated the base and intentionally alerted the guards to his presence. A [[Fromm Tower Droid]] opened the doors to the base in an effort to find the intruder and 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 complex. 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 and rescuing Dusat. After recovering C-3PO and Moll, Joben piloted the speeder to the base's exit, only to find several [[droid cruiser]]s waiting outside and firing at them. C-3PO activated several dormant [[Droid tank/Legends|tower droids]], which began battling the cruisers; the ''White Witch'' was able to escape in the midst of the confusion, destroying several seeker probes that attempted to follow it. The speeder was then taken 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, R2-D2 and C-3PO 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. When C-3PO and the hyperdrive began to float away, R2-D2 was able to recover the protocol droid by wheeling him back towards the ship via a [[Rope/Legends|rope]]. The crew of the ''Sand Sloth'' needed a new hyperdrive, however, 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, R2-D2 and C-3PO spotted two members of the [[Fromm Gang/Legends|Fromm Gang]] and caused 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 R2-D2 and C-3PO cleaned several [[sand sloth]] stalls while their masters slept. Adjacent to the stalls, C-3PO unintentionally activated a secret door leading to a rebel base of the [[Annoo resistance|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]]''.<ref name="Escape Into Terror" />

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When Tig Fromm hid the ''Trigon One'' among Ingo's desert cliffs, Joben and Dusat found out as much after intercepting a transmission between Tig and his father. R2-D2 and C-3PO joined them as they raced to the weapons satellite in the ''White Witch'' and another speeder; while C-3PO and Joben fired their vehicle's blasters and distracted some guards, Dusat and R2-D2 entered the ''Trigon One''. They successfully disconnected the computer's main memory, and the group returned to the speeder racers' shop to celebrate.<ref name="Neutralizing Trigon I">''[[Neutralizing Trigon I]]''</ref>
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The next morning, Dusat and Moll took the ''White Witch'' to a ship belonging 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 freighters. R2-D2 aided in knocking the gangsters unconscious in the 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; Dusat then left the scene, intending to remain on Annoo and protect Demma. R2-D2and C-3PO 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. However, a chance passage through a [[Meteor shower/Legends|meteor shower]] saved them.<ref name="Escape Into Terror" />

====To take the ''Trigon''====
{{Quote|It was all Artoo's idea.''"<br />"''I'm a little tired of Artoo's ideas. Especially the one to use my servo-mechanism to guide this spacecraft.|Thall Joben and C-3PO aboard the ''Sand Sloth'', discussing the destruction of the ''Trigon One''|<ref name="The Trigon Unleashed">{{DroidsCite|The Trigon Unleashed}}</ref>}}
[[File:Escape_from_Aaron_cropped.png|thumb|right|300px|R2-D2 and C-3PO 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. The grateful security chief agreed to take the container that Joben and Moll had hid inside of to the hangar that held the ''Trigon One''. 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. When several guard droids arrived, R2-D2 covered them with foam and knocked another one onto the ground; the astromech droid also closed a door before more members of the gang could arrive. R2-D2, C-3PO, Joben, and Moll boarded the ''Trigon One'', and the thermal detonator destroyed the scaffolding holding the satellite in place. The team took the ''Trigon One'' into atmosphere, where R2-D2, having activated its weapons systems, destroyed several attacking [[Droid fighter (Fromm Gang)|droid fighters]].<ref name="Escape Into Terror" />

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Agents of the Fromm gang retaliated for the loss of the weapons satellite by kidnapping Moll. Oncard traveled to the racers' shop on Ingo and presented Tig Fromm's demands: the return of the ''Trigon One'' in exchange for Moll's freedom. Instead, R2-D2 devised a plan to rescue their friend, and the droids took a starship to [[Sise Fromm's stronghold]] on Annoo and infiltrated the palace. R2-D2 used a [[blinding ray]] to distract several guards, and knocked a [[Tin-can guardian|guardian droid]] out of commission with his [[circuit board disruptor beam]]. The droids then rescued Moll, escaped, and returned to Ingo.<ref name="Kea Kidnapped">''[[Kea Kidnapped]]''</ref>
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R2-D2 and C-3PO 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)|''Droids: Escape from Aaron'']]</ref>

Back in Joben's care,<ref name="Escape from Aaron" /> R2-D2 devised a plan for destroying the ''Trigon One'', and after taking it back to Ingo, he and Joben hid and sabotaged it, ensuring that any subsequent activation of its drives would send it on a collision course with the Fromm gang's stronghold on Annoo. Upon returning to Joben's auto-shop, they found the building surrounded by members of the Fromm gang. They recovered C-3PO and Moll in their speeder, but a subsequent chase through a nearby city concluded with the Fromm gang trapping them in a warehouse. 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. Aided by C-3PO's servomotors, he 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]], R2-D2 and C-3PO 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 the bounty hunter Boba Fett. Fett 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>

[[File:BL17Crushed-ARTTF.png|thumb|left|225px|R2-D2 and C-3PO look on as BL-17 is crushed by rubble.]]While R2-D2 and Moll were fixing the ''Witch'', C-3PO, unaware of BL-17's duplicity, became fast friends with the droid. When BL-17 remotely triggered a gas leak in the garage's welding tanks, Moll began losing consciousness, and R2-D2 found himself unable to open the doors. Thinking quickly, he programmed a heavy lifter to knock the door down, and brought Moll to safety outside just as Joben was arriving. Joben took Moll to the hospital and charged R2-D2 with guarding the ''Witch'', but when C-3PO and BL-17 returned, the protocol droid 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. R2-D2 followed them to the plant, where he found that BL-17 had attacked Proto One. Distracting the duplicitous droid with his arrival, R2-D2 allowed C-3PO to body-check BL-17 into a pile of rubble which then buried him. 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.<ref name="A Race to the Finish" />

During the race, Fett pursued the ''Witch'' in [[Silver Speeder|his own speeder]], attempting to both [[Power harpoon|harpoon]] and blast his quarry. R2-D2's shock arm and fire extinguisher counteracted the bounty hunter's efforts, however. When a thermal detonator that Tig Fromm had placed aboard the ''Witch'' shook free and landed on Fett's speeder, Joben won 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. R2-D2 and C-3PO joined their masters and Moll aboard the ''Sand Sloth'', where they overheard a conversation between the humans: Dak would not allow R2-D2 and C-3PO 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>}}
R2-D2 and C-3PO found 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" /> Arriving at the establishment in one of the world's mining colonies, the droids anticipated respectively being put to work as maintenance and translator droids, but were instead relegated to waiting tables. After tripping over one another and disrupting the meal of the crime lord [[Kleb Zellock]], they were disowned by Doodnik and told never to return to the café. Desiring a master, R2-D2 and C-3PO 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 and an [[android]]. 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. 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" />

[[File:Gundy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Unimpressed with an astromech droid being hired on at his mine, Gundy gives R2-D2 a swift kick.]]
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. Gundy kicked R2-D2 but injured his foot in the process, and put all three of his new acquisitions to work. R2-D2 and C-3PO were 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 take 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 foreleg of C-3PO to deactivate the power restraints of the mine's power conductor. 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" />

Several mining droids attempted to repulse them, but were neutralized by R2-D2, C-3PO, and the power of Julpa's scepter. 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 slit up in order to find their way out of the mine's twisting tunnels, it was R2-D2 and C-3PO who came upon Zellock and Mog arriving at their getaway ship. C-3PO's foreleg, having gained some independence after being reattached by R2-D2, sprang forward and knocked 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 R2-D2 and C-3PO 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 him, his droids, Julpa, and Sollag to the planet. Before he left his mine, Gundy recorded a farewell hologram inside of R2-D2 and instructed him 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 Doodnik's Café. R2-D2 and C-3PO then rushed onto the bridge, where the astromech droid played the hologram to both Tosh and Meade in spite of Gundy's request. Afterwards, Julpa and Sollag entered the bridge, and the ship was attacked by the [[Dianoga (starship)|''Dianoga'']], a hostile starship belonging to the pirate [[Gir Kybo Ren-Cha|Kybo Ren]]. R2-D2 successfully detached 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. 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>

[[File:R2-D2_and_C-3PO_art.jpg|thumb|left|175px|In trouble again]]
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 their room and gave chase, while the droids left the inn to check on Meade at the hospital. Discovering that the Vizier's guards had escorted Meade and Sollag out of the hospital, they attempted to return to the inn but got lost on the way, eventually discovering Tosh surrounded by the spy, Vinga, and several of his companions in an alleyway. The distraction of their arrival prompted Tosh to start a fight with his foes, which R2-D2 and C-3PO helped him win by each grabbing a guard's wig and pulling at it, spinning the guard around until he collapsed. With under 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 [[Photoreceptor/Legends|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" />

Unfazed by the hazards, the trio pressed on, soon entering a pit where Julpa was being chased by a [[Durkii]]. The beast, however, lost its aggression and fell asleep when R2-D2 was able to remove several [[Kleex/Legends|kleexs]] from its body. R2-D2 quickly grew affectionate toward the sleeping giant, but pressed on. He, C-3PO, and Tosh were joined by Julpa and Sollag, and 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. 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. R2-D2 and C-3PO 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|Tell me again how you captured Kybo Ren all by yourself, Threepio!"''<br />''"Well, I, um&hellip;I wouldn't say&hellip;all by myself. I did have luck on my side. The best luck of all: Good friends.|C-3PO informs Prince Coby of R2-D2's role in capturing Kybo Ren|<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 R2-D2 and C-3PO 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 was stunned with an [[Ion cannon/Legends|ion bolt]] while contacting Tosh, and after Tosh surrendered, Ren brought his quarry to his [[Kybo Ren's base|base]], an island grotto on [[Tarnoonga]]. R2-D2 reactivated his friend during the trip.<ref name="Tarnoonga">{{DroidsCite|The Pirates of Tarnoonga}}</ref>

[[File:Underwaterr2b.jpg|thumb|right|300px|R2-D2 propels Jann Tosh through the oceans of Tarnoonga.]]
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. When C-3PO was too slow to step onto a turbolift and fell off a ledge, R2-D2 released an inflatable mattress from inside his dome to catch the falling protocol droid. 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, and activated a propeller to allow him to begin swimming through the ocean's depths. After fitting Tosh with a breath mask and breaking his stun cuffs with a shock of electricity, R2-D2 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. When C-3PO mistakenly woke a [[Dark-skinned human pirate of Tarnoonga|sleeping guard]], a scuffle ensued 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, with 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" />

As R2-D2 and C-3PO 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 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. R2-D2 and C-3PO 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. The two could only watch helplessly as Kybo Ren, having escaped from his cell, fired a miniature stunner at both Julpa and Toda's daughter [[Gerin Toda|Gerin]]. Tosh managed to free himself before being stunned himself, and Ren took Gerin and fled the planet in another spearhead. Toda was furious, 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 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. The two droids then brought the news to Tosh and Meade, who took R2-D2 and C-3PO 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, R2-D2 and Meade came across Ren in a transmission room. They rushed at their foe but were repulsed by an energy web, and were promptly hung upside-down by several ensnaring vines. When Ren left the room, R2-D2 freed them with his buzzsaw, and the two used the surveillance system inside the room to contact Tosh and warn him that Ren was wandering the base. R2-D2 made his way to Tosh's location, leading several snarling [[Sungwa]]s to begin chasing Ren. Along with Meade, he found Tosh, C-3PO, and Gerin, and the group followed their pirate foe 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. R2-D2 rushed into battle and began covering Ren's cronies with red goop, and C-3PO tripped Ren, allowing Julpa and Toda to subdue the pirate.<ref name="The Revenge of Kybo Ren" />

[[File:Fuzzums_meet_the_droids.png|thumb|left|250px|C-3PO and R2-D2 encounter a group of Fuzzums.]]
Back on Tammuz-an, Meade prepared to return to Tyne's Horky, and Toda's young son [[Coby]] insisted that R2-D2 and 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]]. Coby pounded on its door, but he and C-3PO ended up crashing to the ground when the ship lifted off.<ref name="coby">{{DroidsCite|Coby and the Starhunters}}</ref>

R2-D2 used Coby's money to purchase a [[Blackhawk Destroyer]] from a local merchant, and took Coby and C-3PO in the vessel to pursue 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 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 R2-D2 and C-3PO 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" />

A diversion was created by C-3PO, who imitated the call of a native [[spotted jugadoo]] and caused the starhunters to rush from their base into the forest in an attempt to catch the rare animal. R2-D2 and Coby rushed the base, climbing onto a catwalk and finding Ingey in a cell with a man named [[Greej]]. When R2-D2 sliced into the door controls and opened the cell, a patrol droid approached, but Greej rushed in front of Coby to protect the boy. R2-D2 fired a flare into the sky to signal the Fuzzums to enter the base, but was knocked over by the patrol droid and lost power. When he was later repaired, he discovered that Tosh had received his distress signal and had traveled to Dandelo, helping to subdue the starhunters. 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.<ref name="coby" />

====Later owners====
[[File:Themostbadasspictureonwookieepedia.jpg|thumb|right|325px|R2-D2 points a blaster at Olag Greck.]]
While traveling coreward to the Imperial Academy on [[Raithal/Legends|Raithal]], Tosh dropped the droids off on the planet [[Manda/Legends|Manda]], where he was scheduled to catch a commercial starliner. For [[Standard week/Legends|weeks]], R2-D2 and C-3PO worked at the spaceport's [[Hotel/Legends|hotel]], scrubbing saltwater tanks every morning after the checkout of aquatic guests. A new owner came in the form of [[Mungo Baobab]], a wealthy heir to the [[Baobab Merchant Fleet]], who purchased them while staying at the hotel.<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid">''[[C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid]]''</ref> The droids made their way to the planaet [[Biitu]] to meet their new master but found him imprisoned by the Empire's Admiral [[Terrinald Screed/Legends|Screed]] and a monstrous droid known as the [[Great Heep]]. After thwarting the Heep,<ref name="The Great Heep">{{DroidsCite|The Great Heep}}</ref> the droids adventured with Baobab on [[Roon/Legends|Roon]], where they found some [[Roonstone]]s,<ref name="Tail" /> participated in the [[Roon Colonial Games]],<ref name="TRG" /> and defeated Governor [[Bisad Koong|Koong]] of [[Tawntoom]] province.<ref name="The Frozen Citadel">{{DroidsCite|The Frozen Citadel}}</ref>

Following Koong's defeat, R2-D2 and C-3PO remained in the service of Baobab as their master expanded his family's Merchant Fleet and established lucrative trade between Roon, Manda, and [[Ryloth/Legends|Ryloth]]. When C-3PO discovered an [[Dha Werda Verda|epic poem]] etched into the crystalline structure of the Roonstones, their master sent both droids to the [[Baobab Archives]] to translate all of the engravings. The researchers had [[TelBrinTel Corporation|TelBrinTel]] [[Science Research Droid|science droids]] assigned to the task and were disinterested in the aid of an astromech or a protocol droid;<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" /> they also took issue with R2-D2's pushiness and C-3PO's know-it-all attitude. As such, the researchers "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">{{SW|url=news/the-droids-re-animated-part-2|text=The Droids Re-Animated, Part 2|int=The Droids Re-Animated}}</ref> Without electronic confirmation of their orders, the droids had little recourse,<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" /> and they helped their new owner stay one step ahead of her enemies for a time. Misfortune eventually caught up with her, and 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 in time, the masterless droids made their way to a [[Unidentified ship garage|ship garage]] on Roon in a damaged hotrod. When R2-D2 fixed it, he made a special modification that allowed him to override the ship's controls. The ship was soon afterward stolen, and C-3PO alerted a technician named [[Nik (technician)|Nik]], who revealed that the ship had taken off several minutes beforehand. The droids told Nik their secret communication code, which allowed the three of them to view the ship thief on a computer monitor: the Fromm Gang's own Vlix Oncard. R2-D2 simply jacked into the computer and overrode the craft's controls, however, and the ship returned to the garage. 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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After being re-united with Jann Tosh, R2-D2 and C-3PO accompanied their master to [[Roon's communications satellite]] in order to pay a visit to Tosh's old friend, Professor [[Akary Smith]]. However, the trio were seized by Smith's droid, [[XR]], upon their arrival, and brought before Smith, who revealed that his droid had been sabotaged. When one of Smith's [[Unidentified Human male (Professor Smith's wallscreen)|friends]] appeared on a [[wallscreen]], XR aborted the conversation with a laser blast, and the droids learned from Smith that the evil General [[Koong (general)|Koong]] was controlling XR via a television camera. R2-D2 and C-3PO vowed to search for said camera, but R2-D2 instead fired his blaster at a mirror. The ricocheting blast destroyed XR, which set Smith free and foiled Koong's plans.<ref name="Sabotaged Droid">''[[Sabotaged Droid]]''</ref>

During a visit to a [[Unidentified space station (Broom)|space station]], Tosh was making some purchases, and C-3PO fell through a trap door. R2-D2 began to cut his way into the floor, which confused Tosh, but the two eventually fell into the [[Broom's laboratory|laboratory]] of one Professor [[Cantebarius H. Broom]], who intended to capture and experiment on C-3PO. The professor drew a blaster on them, but the distraction 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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While masterless, the droid duo visited Kea Moll on Annoo, and she offered to serve as their master for the duration of their visit. While they were aboard a starship, several fighters began to fire on them, and Moll surmised that they were intentionally missing in order to secure a top-secret information disk that she possessed. The disk contained instructions on how to build a [[Nuclear bomb|nuclear-powered missile]], and Vlix Oncard appeared on the starship's monitor and demanded that they make their way to Tig Fromm's fortress. En route, R2-D2 copied the disk's contents, and C-3PO blanked the original; when they were brought before Fromm, they happily gave him the empty disk and went on their way.<ref name="The Secret Disk">''[[The Secret Disk]]''</ref>

While the droids were traveling in a [[Unidentified starship (C-3PO and R2-D2)|starship]] in search of new adventures, they flew into a strange cloud, where C-3PO saw several [[Phantom (entities)|phantom]]-like apparitions. They then discovered and boarded a [[Tig Fromm's satellite|satellite]] that they realized was producing smoke and thus the cloud&mdash;the satellite belonged to Tig Fromm, who intended for the cloud to eliminate all trace of passing vessels. The droids learned as much when they saw a video of Fromm revealing it on a monitor, so they simply flipped a switch to deactivate the device and left the satellite.<ref name="The Cloud">''[[The Cloud]]''</ref>
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Menial and unremarkable assignments followed until R2-D2 and C-3PO were purchased by the indulgent Governor [[Wena Havid]] of the [[Kalarba system]], who explored the galaxy as a roving ambassador. Every droid aboard his opulent diplomatic starship was retuned, recalibrated, and treated to a lavish oil bath at least once daily. R2-D2 found that there was little for him to do in the fully automated environment, but he nevertheless enjoyed himself. When Wena's superiors caught wind of his extravagance, his funds were cut off and he was forced to repay millions of credits. Most of his possessions, including R2-D2 and C-3PO, were auctioned off, and a [[Unidentified junk trader|junk trader]] bought the two droids for a low 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 trader's new "junk" was placed onto a barge bound for [[Hosk Station/Legends|Hosk Station]], a city-covered moon that orbited [[Kalarba/Legends|Kalarba]] in Wena's own home system.<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" />

Between Hosk Station and [[Kalarba/Legends|Kalarba]], the droids had a number of adventures with [[Nak Pitareeze]] and his family, [[Olag Greck]], and [[Jace Forno]]. R2-D2 and C-3PO 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 contained secret programming that overrode his regular personality. The new C-3PO led a droid rebellion against [[Boonda/Legends|Boonda]] the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]]. 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:Artoosnewgig.jpg|thumb|left|300px|R2-D2 aboard a Star Tours StarSpeeder 1000]]
Larka gave way to other masters and mistresses,<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" /> but R2-D2 and C-3PO eventually found their way back to the [[House of Organa/Legends|Royal House of Alderaan]]. After at least one year, they were reassigned to the ''Tantive IV'' and its droid labor pool.<ref name="Tales of the Golden Droid" /> Both droids were instructed to never again enter an escape pod unless explicitly ordered to do so.<ref name="Corla" />

In [[2 BBY/Legends|2 BBY]], R2-D2 accompanied Princess Leia Organa to [[Kashyyyk/Legends|Kashyyyk]], where, officially, she was a Senatorial observer to the base construction to house [[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiee]] slaves, but unofficially, her trip was to keep Bail from speaking out against the Empire. When [[Galen Marek]] came to Kashyyyk, freeing the pair, Leia and R2-D2 left the planet.<ref name="The Force Unleashed">[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'']]</ref>

At some point between 2 BBY and [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]],<ref name="ST2 date">{{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 despite the tightening grip of the Galactic Empire.<ref name="Star Tours II">''[[Star Tours: The Adventures Continue]]''</ref> The Royal House of Alderaan was suspected by the Empire to have ties to the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]],<ref name="SW Radio">[[Star Wars (radio)|''Star Wars'' radio drama]]</ref> and Antilles's move fueled Imperial suspicion that ''Star Tours'' was in fact operated by the Rebels.<ref name="Star Tours II" />

Prior to the departure of [[Star Tours Flight 1401]], the agency's first flight, which was due to depart from [[Spaceport THX1138]], R2-D2 and C-3PO were tasked with making last-minute repairs to the [[StarSpeeder 1000]] that would be taking civilian passengers across the galaxy. Just before the scheduled takeoff, R2-D2 settled into the droid socket while the [[Pilot droid/Legends|pilot droid]], [[AC-38/Legends|AC-38]], left to inspect the exterior of the vessel. C-3PO settled into the pilot's seat to inspect a binary [[Motivator/Legends|motivator]], but the ship was quickly elevated to the passenger boarding level. The two droids were forced to fly the ship, even as Imperials attempted to [[Raid at Spaceport THX1138|halt]] them after discovering a [[Unidentified Rebel spy|Rebel spy]] on board. 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, R2-D2 and C-3PO were quietly delivered back to Antilles.<ref name="ST2 date" />

The Rebel [[operative]] [[Shen-and-Gretta Pikeual-Angeles]] once won R2-D2 from Captain Antilles in a game of [[Sabacc/Legends|sabacc]] but traded him back for a field position.<ref name="Cracken's Rebel Operatives">''[[Cracken's Rebel Operatives]]''</ref>

===Accidental heroes===
====The secret mission====
{{Quote|Your Highness, a droid? You can't be serious&mdash;to entrust a maintenance machine with the future of the Rebellion?|Captain Antilles, to Princess Leia|<ref name="SW Radio" />}}
[[File:Futureoftherebellion.png|thumb|right|300px|Princess Leia Organa gives R2-D2 the plans to the Death Star.]]
By [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]], the Rebel Alliance's insurrection against the Empire had escalated into a full-scale [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]]. R2-D2 and C-3PO's service aboard the ''Tantive IV'' continued; as units of the droid pool, they were paired together, with the latter acting as the [[Translator droid/Legends|interpreter]] [[Counterpart/Legends|counterpart]] of the former. The corvette journeyed to the planet [[Ralltiir/Legends|Ralltiir]] in that year, as Princess and [[Imperial Senate/Legends|Senator]] Leia Organa delivered military-grade equipment to Alliance [[operative]]s under the guise of being on a diplomatic mission to deliver supplies to the [[Ralltiiri High Council]]. The Empire was [[Subjugation of Ralltiir|subjugating]] the planet, but contact from the Alliance operatives on-world, paired with information leaked by the Empire's [[Lord/Legends|Lord]] [[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]], an immense [[battlestation]] with enough power to destroy an entire planet. A horrified Bail tipped off Alliance agents on [[Toprawa/Legends|Toprawa]], who were then able to [[Battle of Toprawa|intercept]] the [[Death Star plans/Legends|plans to the Death Star]]. Leia Organa prepared to take the ''Tantive IV'' there to [[Operation Skyhook|retrieve]] them,<ref name="SW Radio" /> and as the corvette was readied to depart Alderaan, R2-D2 and C-3PO boarded while father and daughter hugged farewell.<ref name="Galaxy 6">''[[Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 6]]''</ref>

En route to Toprawa, R2-D2 and C-3PO were pressed into service by the [[labor pool overseer]], who needed an astromech droid and an interpreter for special work detail. The two reported to Captain Antilles and Princess Organa, who gave them a [[Voice Override: Epsilon Actual|voice override]] ordering them to protect all references to the Princess being aboard the vessel and to unquestionably follow her orders. When 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. She hoped the deception would excuse their presence in restricted space, but the [[Imperial I-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Imperial I''-class Star Destroyer]] [[Devastator/Legends|''Devastator'']] did not buy the ruse. A transmission containing the Death Star plans was beamed to the ''Tantive IV'', and R2-D2 returned to the ship's interior just in time to make the jump to [[Lightspeed/Legends|lightspeed]] and away from the pursuing ''Devastator''.<ref name="SW Radio" />

Organa's destination was Tatooine&mdash;her father believed that the Rebellion would need the assistance of Obi-Wan Kenobi in such a desperate hour. However, the ''Devastator'' followed them to the [[Tatoo system/Legends|Tatoo system]] and [[Battle of Tatooine (Galactic Civil War)|attacked]], as the Imperials were aware of the transmission that had been made. Antilles suspected a homing beacon had been smuggled aboard and realized that he could not trust any of the ship's crew; in a desperate bid to get the stolen plans to safety, Organa recalled that she still had restrictive access to R2-D2.<ref name="SW Radio" /> Meanwhile, the astromech droid and his counterpart navigated their way through the ''Tantive IV''{{'s}} corridors as explosions rocked the ship. When the corvette was brought aboard the ''Devastator'' via tractor beam, Imperial [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtroopers]] boarded and engaged the stationed [[Rebel trooper/Legends|Rebel troopers]] in a firefight, and the two droids weaved their way through the laser blasts.<ref name="A New Hope" /> When a hit was scored on the wall behind C-3PO, the exposed circuitry shot an electric current through the protocol droid, and R2-D2 helped free his counterpart from the tangled wires. They escaped the notice of Darth Vader, the Imperial Dark Lord of the Sith, as he passed by with a stormtrooper escort that had conquered the Rebel defenders.<ref name="ANH novel">[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' novel]]</ref>

[[File:ArtooThreepioTatooine-ANH.png|thumb|left|300px|The droids land on the surface of Tatooine.]]
R2-D2 and C-3PO got separated in the melee, and the astromech made his way to the labor pool, where Organa was searching for him. She used her voice override and bid R2-D2 to holographically record a personal message to Kenobi, then gave the droid the coordinates of the old Jedi Master's location on-world. Her final gift was the stolen data tapes themselves and an order to deliver them at any cost.<ref name="SW Radio" /> Organa snuck away when C-3PO caught up with his counterpart, and R2-D2 immediately made his way to an escape pod. C-3PO only joined him in the restricted area when a laser blast struck a nearby bulkhead, and the two launched for the surface of Tatooine.<ref name="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="A New Hope" />

R2-D2 steered the pod toward Kenobi's location, but they nevertheless landed in the middle of a desert. R2-D2 had to be helped out of the crashed pod by his counterpart.<ref name="SW Radio" /> The astromech began to make his way in the Jedi's direction, but a skeptical C-3PO dismissed his claims of a secret mission and refused to follow him toward rocky terrain. The two set off in different directions,<ref name="A New Hope" /> but C-3PO turned around to give his counterpart one last warning. A steadfast R2-D2 continued on his way until he suddenly fell through the sand and into a system of subterranean tunnels. C-3PO landed next to him after falling through himself, and the two were quickly surrounded by a group of [[mole creature]]s. C-3PO was able to communicate with them, and he told R2-D2 that the moles wished to serve the droids, their new Masters. R2-D2 was not so quick to trust them, but the underground dwellers carried the new arrivals through the tunnels, all the while chanting the word "[[Gotar (acid lizard)|Gotar]]." Gotar turned out to be the name of a giant hungry [[acid lizard]]&mdash;C-3PO has misinterpreted the moles' declaration of "serving them." 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. Unfazed, R2-D2 continued on his way, but C-3PO refused to follow him, and the two finally parted ways.<ref name="Marvel Droids 6">[[Droids (1986) 6|''Droids'' (1986) 6]]</ref>

====Another Skywalker====
R2-D2's journey took him through the rocky mesas of Tatooine's [[Jundland Wastes/Legends|Jundland Wastes]], where he was ambushed by a group of native [[Jawa/Legends|Jawas]]. A shot from an [[Ion blaster/Legends|ion blaster]] shut the astromech droid down, and when he awoke, he was inside their [[Sandcrawler/Legends|Sandcrawler]] with a restraining bolt attached to his torso. Also aboard were an assortment of other captured droids, including C-3PO, and the two counterparts had a joyful reunion. The Sandcrawler plowed through the desert,<ref name="A New Hope" /> and R2-D2 shut himself down both to conserve energy and to tune out the protocol droid's complaints.<ref name="ANH novel" /> Guided by a signal [[Flare/Legends|flare]] that was launched by the homestead's occupants, the Jawas made their way to a dwelling: The Lars homestead,<ref name="SW Radio" /> which R2-D2 had once visited long ago.<ref name="Attack of the Clones" /> The astromech was woken up by his companion, and the two joined the line of droids who were marched outside to be displayed in front of a potential buyer.<ref name="A New Hope" /> While they waited, R2-D2 covertly slipped out of line and made some modifications to fellow [[R5-series astromech droid|astromech droid]] [[R5-D4/Legends|R5-D4]]. After he finished,<ref name="SW Radio" /> Owen Lars, now a much older man, approached the Sandcrawler along with his nephew: a nineteen-year-old Luke Skywalker.<ref name="A New Hope" />

Lars dismissed R2-D2 as a potential purchase due to his beat-up look and talkative nature.<ref name="SW Radio" /> R5-D4 was instead chosen, as was C-3PO, who sold himself as a droid who could understand both the binary language of [[Moisture vaporator/Legends|moisture vaporators]] and the Bocce trade language. As C-3PO and R5-D4 followed Skywalker to the homestead, R5-D4's motivator blew, and the protocol droid convinced his new owners to purchase R2-D2 instead.<ref name="A New Hope" /> The young Skywalker brought the droids into the homestead's tech dome, where R2-D2 recharged and C-3PO received an oil bath. Skywalker, meanwhile, passed the time by working on a [[T-16 skyhopper/Legends|T-16 skyhopper]]<ref name="ANH novel" /> and complaining about his life on a dull planet. As he manually cleaned R2-D2, he grew excited when the talkative C-3PO revealed that the droids had been involved in the Rebellion. When Skywalker came across the datacard that the Princess had inserted into R2-D2,<ref name="A New Hope" /> the astromech droid&mdash;hoping to trick the youngster into removing his restraining bolt&mdash;played an excerpt from Organa's holographic recording. In it, she spoke a single line: "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."<ref name="SW Radio" /> Skywalker was mesmerized by the image of the Princess, and R2-D2 suggested that he might be able to play the entire message if his bolt were removed. Skywalker obliged, at which point the astromech ceased playing the message entirely. A frustrated Skywalker left to eat dinner with his aunt and uncle, and R2-D2 promptly left a stammering C-3PO behind in order to cross the desert and find Obi-Wan Kenobi.<ref name="A New Hope" />

After Tatooine's twin suns fell below the horizon, R2-D2 came across a camp of [[Tusken Raider/Legends|Tusken Raiders]] blocking a mountain pass. After sneaking up on a sentry and using his claw arm to twirl the raider into dizziness, the droid slipped underneath a [[Bantha/Legends|bantha]] beast and traveled through the camp while hidden by the creature's hair. A raider eventually noticed the marks left in the sand by his treads, and R2-D2, now at the other side of the camp, fled. The Tuskens pursued him but were scared off when he projected a giant holographic image of C-3PO. R2-D2 continued across the Jundland Wastes,<ref name="Marvel Droids 6" /> but Skywalker and C-3PO caught up to him in a [[X-34 landspeeder/Legends|landspeeder]] the next morning. They were intent on bringing him back to the homestead,<ref name="A New Hope" /> and C-3PO suggested deactivating him,<ref name="SW Radio" /> but the astromech detected some approaching lifeforms, and the group was soon attacked by the Tusken Raider [[URoRRuR'R'R]].<ref name="A New Hope" /> As Skywalker fainted and C-3PO tumbled backward over a sand dune, R2-D2 hid inside a nearby cave and shut down all but his most vital functions.<ref name="ANH novel" /> He watched a group of Tuskens inspect the speeder, but they quickly ran off when they heard the call of a local [[Krayt dragon/Legends|Krayt dragon]].<ref name="A New Hope" />

[[File:R2_Empire.png|thumb|left|180px|A filthy R2-D2 on [[Dagobah/Legends|Dagobah]]]]
As it turned out, the call had been imitated by an elderly Human man, who checked on the unconscious Skywalker and spied the astromech in his hiding place. He called on the droid to come out,<ref name="A New Hope" /> and R2-D2, finding his voice reassuring, obliged.<ref name="ANH novel" /> When Skywalker woke up, he recognized the old man as the local hermit Ben Kenobi; when he mentioned R2-D2's insistence on locating an "Obi-Wan Kenobi," Ben revealed that Obi-Wan and he were one and the same. The sounds of more Tuskens reached their ears, and the group retrieved C-3PO before traveling to the safety of [[Ben Kenobi's hut|Kenobi's desert hut]]. Once in Obi-Wan's small hut, R2-D2 was finally able to play Leia's message to the correct recipient. Obi-Wan decided to follow her orders and take R2-D2 to Alderaan. After coping with the deaths of Luke's aunt and uncle, the group found transport in [[Mos Eisley/Legends|Mos Eisley]]; a young smuggler named [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] agreed to transport them to Alderaan in his ship, the [[Millennium Falcon/Legends|''Millennium Falcon'']]. When they arrived where Alderaan should have been, it was no longer there, having been [[Destruction of Alderaan|blown away by the Death Star]].<ref name="A New Hope" />

The ''Millennium Falcon'' was then captured by the Death Star I, which was still in the system. Evading [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtrooper]] inspections of the ship, this allowed the group the chance to rescue the Alderaanian Princess Leia Organa. As the Wookiee [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] and the three Humans went searching for the Princess' cell and the tractor beam controls, R2-D2 and C-3PO took position in a communications room. Once discovered, the pair pretended to be Imperial droids, and managed to communicate with the group in time for R2-D2 to rescue them from a trash compactor. After escaping from the Death Star I, at the cost of Obi-Wan's life, R2-D2 was finally delivered to the Rebel Alliance on [[Yavin 4/Legends|Yavin 4]], bringing the Death Star I plans with him and allowing the Alliance to defend themselves against the battle station. R2-D2 acted as Luke's astromech during the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|attack on the station]]. He was severely damaged during the battle, ironically by his former friend and owner Darth Vader, but Rebel mechanics were able to restore him.<ref name="A New Hope" /> During the restoration process, the mechanics uncovered an image of Darth Vader's [[TIE Advanced x1]] and his wingmen that the droid had recorded just prior to being shot out, which was later added to [[Voren Na'al/Legends|Voren Na'al's]] [[Death Star Owner's Technical Manual|report]] on the Death Stars.<ref name="DSOTM">''[[Death Star Owner's Technical Manual]]''</ref>

===Robotic rebel===
{{Quote|You're a feisty little one, but you'll soon learn some respect. I have need for you on the master's sail barge. And I think you'll fill in nicely.|EV-9D9 to R2-D2|audio=FeistyLittleOne-ROTJ.ogg|<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />}}
R2-D2 remained in the service of the [[Heroes of Yavin/Legends|Heroes of Yavin]], participating in several missions alongside them. One of his first missions since his repairs was to accompany Luke and Leia to the Rebel base in the [[Akuria system]], as only he and C-3PO could understand any droids located there. Unfortunately, because he wasn't completely repaired, he inadvertently got the ''Millennium Falcon'' to veer severely off course, which resulted in a near run-in with an Imperial Fleet as well as escorting four droid children and a Keeper to another world.<ref name="Keeper">''[[The Keeper's World]]''</ref> In another mission, when Luke reluctantly returned to Tatooine to investigate a crashed transport capsule and ended up infected by Bledsoe's Disease, R2 planned a rescue effort by operating a Sandcrawler used by the Jawas who picked up the transport capsule. Unfortunately for him and C-3PO, the plan backfired after breaching the wall of the Imperial Base that Luke was being held at, resulting in his and 3PO's capture and near dismantling before Luke rescued them.<ref name="Sojourn">''[[Tatooine Sojourn]]''</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>

When the Rebel Alliance established [[Echo Base/Legends|Echo Base]] on the icy planet of [[Hoth/Legends|Hoth]], he used his sensors to attempt to locate Luke when he failed to return from a scouting mission. Soon after Luke healed from his [[Wampa/Legends|wampa]] attack, Echo Base suffered a mass coordinated attack by several of the ice creatures. R2-D2 narrowly escaped a wampa attack. During the fracas, R2-D2 and C-3PO were instrumental in helping the base's defenders discover a way to capture the creatures. They informed [[Major/Legends|Major]] [[Bren Derlin/Legends|Bren Derlin]], head of security at the base, that the high-shrilled beeping of astromech droids drove the wampas into berserker rages. Most of the wampas attacking from outside the base were driven off, but many still remained hiding within the base. Recordings of astromech droids were used to force out the remaining wampas from their dark crevasses so they could be stunned and captured.<ref name="GG3">''[[Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back]]''</ref> When the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Empire]] attacked Hoth, R2-D2 was readied in Luke's X-wing fighter while Luke flew a [[T-47 airspeeder/Legends|snowspeeder]] in the [[Battle of Hoth/Legends|Battle of Hoth]]. He thus did not board the [[Millennium Falcon/Legends|Millennium Falcon]] with his usual companion, C-3PO, when it left the planet.<ref name="Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back">{{Film|V}}</ref>

[[File:R2-D2_fried_TESB30.jpg|thumb|right|200px|R2-D2 mistakenly accesses a power socket on Cloud City]]
When Luke returned to [[Echo Base/Legends|Echo Base]] following the destruction of its shield generators, he took R2-D2 to [[Dagobah/Legends|Dagobah]]. After Luke's crash-landing in the planet's swamps, R2-D2 became the potential meal of a [[Dragonsnake/Legends|Dragonsnake]] when he fell from the X-wing's hull. However, the beast found him inedible, and spat him into the jungle. R2-D2 later re-encountered Yoda at Dagobah, although their reunion resulted in R2 getting into a fight regarding Yoda taking a lamp from Luke Skywalker. R2-D2 was present during all of Luke's [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] training from the [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] [[Yoda/Legends|Yoda]] on Dagobah, and was often levitated by Luke along with stones and other inanimate objects. The droid stayed with Luke as he flew to [[Cloud City/Legends|Cloud City]]. After being separated from his master in the city, he was spotted by C-3PO, who was in a disassembled state and tied to [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca's]] back. When Chewbacca, Leia, [[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando]] and the droids escaped to the Falcon, R2-D2 helped to repair a heavily damaged C-3PO. He also played a part in the escape from Cloud City, [[Slicer/Legends|slicing]] computer systems, providing smoke screen, and fixing the ''Millennium Falcon''{{'s}} [[Hyperdrive/Legends|hyperdrive]] at the last minute, having learned it from the city's computer, facilitating escape from the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Empire]].<ref name="Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" />

C-3PO later complained about his leg, and said that he had an unnatural urge to kick himself all the time. But R2-D2 stated that 'there was nothing unnatural about that'.<ref name="SOTE">[[Shadows of the Empire (comics)|''Shadows of the Empire'' comic]]</ref>
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As part of his plan to rescue a [[Carbonite/Legends|carbonite]]-frozen Han Solo from the clutches of the gangster [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba the Hutt]], Luke sent R2-D2 and C-3PO to [[Jabba's Palace]] on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]. After receiving an audience with Jabba, R2-D2 displayed a holographic image of Luke Skywalker, who greeted the notorious gangster, and offered the droids as gifts to the avaricious Hutt. The news came as a surprise to C-3PO, but R2-D2 had been aware of the impending offer for some time.<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />

[[File:Electroshock_2017_Quarter_2_Tournament_Kit.png|thumb|left|200px|Artoo shorting out at the shield generator bunker]]

The droid [[EV-9D9/Legends|EV-9D9]] put R2-D2 to work serving drinks on [[Khetanna/Legends|Jabba's sail barge]]. He did not see C-3PO again until Jabba brought his court to the [[Great Pit of Carkoon/Legends|Great Pit of Carkoon]] to witness the execution of his prisoners, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Chewbacca. C-3PO was unaware that R2-D2 had smuggled [[Luke Skywalker's lightsaber|Luke's newly constructed lightsaber]] into the palace, which he launched into the air, allowing Luke to catch it with the aid of [[The Force/Legends|the Force]]. This allowed Luke, Han, and Chewbacca to avoid being fed to the [[Sarlacc/Legends|Sarlacc]], and stirred up confusion in the sail barge, which in turn allowed Leia to kill the Hutt.<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />

R2-D2 later joined the Rebel strike team on [[Endor/Legends|Endor]], where he helped to bring down the [[Deflector shield/Legends|deflector shield]] so the fleet could destroy the [[Death Star II/Legends|new Death Star]]. While on Endor, he befriended the [[Ewok/Legends|Ewok]] [[Wicket Wystri Warrick/Legends|Wicket Wystri Warrick]]. During the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]], he was hit by the laser blast of an Imperial [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtrooper]] while attempting to override a door-locking mechanism, and was severely damaged. He was soon repaired, however, and joined in the celebrations that took place that evening in [[Bright Tree Village/Legends|Bright Tree Village]].<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />

===After Endor===
====Continued service====
{{Quote|Thanks to my superior AA-one Verbobrain, I was able to crack that Imperial code!''"<br />[R2-D2 squeals derisively]<br />"''With Artoo's help, of course.|C-3PO and R2-D2, after discovering ties between Warlord Zsinj and the Nightsisters of Dathomir|<ref name="Courtship">''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]''</ref>}}
The Alliance was called into action just one day after the victory at Endor when an Imperial [[Elegance message drone|message drone]] addressed to the late Emperor was intercepted by Wedge Antilles in Endorian space. It spoke of an [[Ssi-ruuvi invasions|invasion]] of the remote planet [[Bakura/Legends|Bakura]] by a mysterious alien species called the [[Ssi-ruu]]k, and when Rebel High Command agreed to send representatives to help repel the invasion and attempt to gain the allegiance of Bakura, R2-D2 and C-3PO joined the Leia Organa&ndash;led team. They [[Bakura Incident|arrived]] at Bakura and negotiated with Imperial governor [[Wilek Nereus]] while Rebel and Imperial fleets cooperated in order to ward off attacks by the [[Ssi-ruuvi Imperium]]. C-3PO was able to translate the [[Ssi-ruuvi]] language and help decipher the aliens' codes,<ref name="The Truce at Bakura">''[[The Truce at Bakura]]''</ref> and when he and R2-D2 managed to translate the Ssi-ruuvi communiqu&eacute;s,<ref name="The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook">''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]]''</ref> they learned that the invaders planned to attack Bakura in one hour.<ref name="The Truce at Bakura" />

[[File:Droidswithtrioculus.jpg|thumb|right|175px|C-3PO and R2-D2, during the Trioculus affair]]
The Ssi-Ruuk were [[Invasion of Bakura|repelled]] by the combined fleets, and a Bakuran revolt ousted from power the treacherous Nereus, who had arrested and imprisoned Organa.<ref name="The Truce at Bakura" /> The Ssi-Ruuk proved not to be the only invaders from beyond&mdash;after the Rebel Alliance transitioned into the [[Alliance of Free Planets]],<ref name="The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook" /> it 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> R2-D2 served in the conflict, which [[Battle of Saijo|ended]] when the Alliance and the Nagai united against the latter's old enemy, the [[Tof]]s. One of the war's major architects had been the Dark Lady of the Sith, [[Lumiya]].<ref name="Marvel 107">[[Star Wars (1977) 107|''Star Wars'' 107]]</ref> The Alliance of Free Planets was ultimately short-lived, and a [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] was [[Declaration of a New Republic/Legends|declared]] early in 4 ABY.<ref name="The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook" />

However, R2, alongside 3PO, did not participate during the incursions against the Tofs during the same conflict, as they had been loaned to the Star Tours travel agency<ref name="ST2 date" /> in 4.3 ABY.<ref name="LC blog">{{Blog|holocron|7|Death Star timeline|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee|archivedate=20071102150522}}</ref> At this time, the travel agency had been sending their new [[StarSpeeder 3000/Legends|StarSpeeder 3000]] models on an [[Endor Express]] tour<ref name="Star Tours">[[Star Tours (real-world)|''Star Tours'']]</ref> 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> Although 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, [[Star Tours Flight 45]] left from a [[Tomorrowland Starport|Star Tours spaceport]] with R2-D2 in the ship's droid socket. RX-24's questionable piloting saw the passenger vessel come out of lightspeed too late and into a field of icy comets, and soon afterward a [[Battle of Death Star III|battle]] with an Imperial Star Destroyer. R2-D2 repaired a damaged [[Stabilizer/Legends|stabilizer]] during the battle, and RX-24 took the starship to join in a New Republic attack run against a massive Imperial [[Death Star III|battlestation]]. The attack was a success, and RX-24 ordered R2-D2 to take the craft into hyperspace. They returned to the spaceport whence they had come.<ref name="Star Tours" /><ref name="ST2 date" />

[[5 ABY/Legends|One year]] after Endor, R2-D2 and C-3PO were with Solo, Organa, Skywalker, and Chewbacca during the [[Battle of Mindor]] against the Imperial [[Warlord/Legends|Warlord]] Lord [[Cronal|Shadowspawn]]. After the battle, R2-D2 overrode the ''Millennium Falcon''{{'s}} trash ejector system and launched himself into space in order to find Skywalker, who was missing following a personal encounter with Shadowspawn. The astromech droid located Skywalker via the Human's personal chemical signature&mdash;the Jedi Knight was inside an asteroid that was floating, derelict, in Mindorian space. Although he calculated both of their odds of survival as very low, R2-D2 hung on to the side of the asteroid on the off chance that he would somehow be able to help his master. When a [[Lambda-class T-4a shuttle/Legends|''Lambda''-class T-4a shuttle]] passed by, the astromech droid made contact with it&mdash;and since such an outcome had literally incalculable odds, R2-D2 reflected that the universe was indeed an astonishing place.<ref name="Mindor">''[[Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor]]''</ref>

As the year progressed, the rogue [[Central Committee of Grand Moffs]] claimed the Imperial throne.<ref name="NEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''</ref> R2-D2 and C-3PO became members of the [[Senate Planetary Intelligence Network]] (SPIN) for a short time, and underwent transformation by the [[Droid Modification Team]] to be disguised as [[Kessel/Legends|Kessel]] droids in order to [[Mission to Kessel (Trioculus affair)|infiltrate]] a gathering of Committee-loyal Imperials and find out who was planning to take control of their [[Trioculus' Empire|Imperial faction]]. It 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>

In the New Republic's early years, Luke Skywalker traveled the galaxy in search of any surviving records of the old Jedi Order. R2-D2 often accompanied him, including on a trip to the planet [[Toola/Legends|Toola]] in [[8 ABY/Legends|8 ABY]] where the droid helped him find records of a Force-using sect called the [[Witches of Dathomir]].<ref name="Courtship chapter 2">''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]'', chapter 2</ref> Skywalker and R2-D2 later traveled from Coruscant&mdash;now the capital of the New Republic&mdash;to Dathomir, accompanied by Prince [[Isolder]] of the [[Hapes Consortium/Legends|Hapes Consortium]]. Isolder sought Skywalker's sister, whom he hoped to marry as part of a proposed alliance between the Consortium and the New Republic, but a jealous Solo had spirited Organa off to Dathomir in order to reaffirm his love for her. The adventure on Dathomir saw R2-D2 and his friends encounter the Dathomiri Witches, including the dark side&ndash;using [[Nightsisters/Legends|Nightsisters]], as well as the Imperial Warlord [[Zsinj]]. R2-D2 intercepted a recording of a conversation between the Nightsisters and Zsinj, who were in league with one another, and both the Warlord and the Nightsister [[Gethzerion]] were ultimately [[Battle of Dathomir (Hunt for Zsinj)|defeated]]. Solo and Organa realized their true love for each other while Isolder fell for a witch named [[Teneniel Djo]], and R2-D2 afterward attended the [[Wedding of Han Solo and Leia Organa (8 ABY)|wedding of Han Solo and Leia Organa]] in Coruscant's [[Cantham House/Legends|Alderaanian Consulate]].<ref name="Courtship" />

====The Empire strikes back====
{{Quote|Artoo! Oh, no! He thinks he belongs with Master Luke! Stop him, someone&hellip; please!''"<br />"''No time&hellip; Luke will have to save Artoo&hellip; while he's busy saving ''himself!''<nowiki></nowiki>|C-3PO and Han Solo, as a Force storm descends upon Coruscant|<ref name="Dark Empire 1">[[Dark Empire 1|''Dark Empire'' 1]]</ref>}}
[[File:Artootakesoutcbaothlikeaboss.jpg|thumb|left|300px|R2-D2 uses Skywalker's X-wing to knock out Joruus C'baoth with sonic shock.]]
In the year [[9 ABY/Legends|9 ABY]], five years after the Battle of Endor, the New Republic was ruling from Coruscant as the dominant galactic power. The continuing war against the remnants of the Empire experienced a resurgence in that year, however, when the last Imperial [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]], [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn]], returned from exile in the [[Unknown Regions/Legends|Unknown Regions]] and was given control of the Imperial fleet. R2-D2 flew in the droid socket of Luke Skywalker's X-wing during several battles of the subsequent [[Thrawn campaign]].<ref name="Heir to the Empire">''[[Heir to the Empire]]''</ref> During the conflict, Skywalker heard of a reclusive old Jedi Master named [[Joruus C'baoth]] who lived on the backwater world of [[Jomark/Legends|Jomark]], and he and R2-D2 traveled there. Skywalker briefly trained under the erratic old man, reluctantly leaving R2-D2 with the X-wing so as not to displease C'baoth. Skywalker often returned to his starfighter at night to muse on C'baoth's strange teaching methods and to seek the astromech droid's advice; when R2-D2 suggested that C'baoth was a Dark Jedi, Skywalker startled the droid into speechlessness by opining that the old man was merely insane. The two departed the planet when [[Mara Jade Skywalker|Mara Jade]]&mdash;smuggler and former [[Emperor's Hand/Legends|Emperor's Hand]], and an enemy-turned-friend of Skywalker's&mdash;arrived and requested the Jedi Knight's help in springing her boss [[Talon Karrde]] from imprisonment aboard Thrawn's flagship, the Imperial Star Destroyer [[Chimaera/Legends|''Chimaera'']]. C'baoth refused to let Skywalker leave, and in the subsequent skirmish, R2-D2 knocked him unconscious by firing the X-wing's laser cannons close enough to C'baoth to hit him with their sonic shock.<ref name="Dark Force Rising">''[[Dark Force Rising]]''</ref>

The rescue was a success,<ref name="Dark Force Rising" /> and R2-D2 and Skywalker later journeyed to the planet [[Poderis]], where they barely escaped an ambush set by Thrawn and the ''Chimaera''. The damage done to the X-wing during the battle prompted them to refuel on the planet [[Honoghr/Legends|Honoghr]], home of the [[Noghri/Legends|Noghri]], whom Skywalker's sister was in the process of freeing from Imperial servitude. Upon their return to Coruscant, they learned that Organa Solo had given birth to the twins she had been carrying: [[Darth Caedus|Jacen]] and [[Jaina Solo Fel|Jaina Solo]]. With help from Mara Jade, the Skywalker/Solo clan learned of a [[Mount Tantiss/Legends|cloning facility]] on the planet [[Wayland]], where Thrawn was producing clones in order to fuel his [[Thrawn's confederation|war machine]]. A strike team consisting of Skywalker, Solo, Calrissian, Chewbacca, Jade, R2-D2, C-3PO, and several Noghri commandos thus undertook a [[Assault on Mount Tantiss|mission to Wayland]] in order to sabotage the clone production. On the planet's surface, R2-D2 cleared a path for the strike team through dense undergrowth, and they eventually reached their destination. There, the astromech droid accessed the facility's floor plans, and learned that C'baoth was inside of the building's throne room. A confrontation with the insane old man and a [[Luuke Skywalker|clone of Skywalker]] saw Jade kill both of their foes, and the mission was a success. Meanwhile, Thrawn was murdered 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">''[[The Last Command]]''</ref>

Following Thrawn's death, surviving members of the [[Imperial Ruling Council/Legends|Imperial Ruling Council]] joined forces with the remaining Imperial [[Fleet Commander/Legends|Fleet Commanders]] and launched from the [[Deep Core/Legends|Deep Core]] with stunning violence. With its fleet out of position in the Rim, the New Republic lost several key systems within days, and Coruscant once again fell to the Empire. The Imperial Mutiny soon followed, which saw various Imperial factions turn on each other in their attempts to reap the spoils of the Empire's recent successes. The New Republic took advantage of the confusion of the [[Imperial Civil War]] 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> R2-D2 was on one such mission to Coruscant aboard the Star Destroyer [[Liberator (Imperial I-class)|''Liberator'']], but the ship crashed into [[Galactic City|Imperial City]], stranding R2-D2, Skywalker, Calrissian, Antilles, and the rest of the crewmembers on-world. They waited on Coruscant while Imperials [[Second Battle of Coruscant|battled]] around them, and Skywalker felt a great disturbance in the Force&mdash;someone using a powerful amount of dark side energy.<ref name="Dark Empire 1" />

[[File:Intodarkness.png|thumb|right|300px|R2-D2 watches Skywalker pledge himself to the reborn Emperor.]]
Rescue came from Solo, Organa Solo, Chewbacca, and C-3PO aboard the ''Millennium Falcon'' several days later, but Skywalker refused to go with them, believing that he had to remain and confront the evil that he felt. When a powerful [[Force storm (wormhole)|Force storm]] erupted and opened a [[hyperspace wormhole]], Skywalker let it engulf him while the New Republic forces fled. R2-D2 remained steadfastly at his master's side, and the two of them were sucked into the hole.<ref name="Dark Empire 1" /> The storm carried them into an [[Lictor-class dungeon ship|Imperial dungeon ship]], which shuttled them to the Deep Core world of [[Byss/Legends|Byss]]. On the dark planet's surface, they were placed in an energized cage and taken to the [[Emperor's Citadel]], where robed guards allowed them to proceed to the throne room. There, both R2-D2 and Skywalker confronted the Jedi Knight's dark opponent: Emperor Palpatine, alive in a clone body that contained the Sith Lord's [[Transfer essence|essence]]. Palpatine invited Skywalker to become his apprentice, and R2-D2 responded by offering his master his lightsaber, which had been secured inside the droid's dome. Deciding that the only way to conquer the dark side was by learning its secrets, Skywalker knelt at his new master's side.<ref name="Dark Empire 2">[[Dark Empire 2|''Dark Empire'' 2]]</ref>

As the new [[Supreme Commander (Empire)/Legends|Supreme Commander of the Imperial Fleet]], Skywalker commanded from Byss the Emperor's [[World Devastator]] superweapons as they [[Battle of Calamari|ravaged]] the surface of the planet [[Dac|Mon Calamari]].<ref name="Dark Empire 3">[[Dark Empire 3|''Dark Empire'' 3]]</ref> Solo, Chewbacca, Organa Solo, and C-3PO arrived on Byss to rescue the fallen Jedi,<ref name="Dark Empire 4">[[Dark Empire 4|''Dark Empire'' 4]]</ref> but the former two were imprisoned while the Emperor attempted to turn Organa Solo to the dark, as well. Skywalker, meanwhile, secretly stored Palpatine's master control signal and priority battle plans inside R2-D2,<ref name="Dark Empire 5">[[Dark Empire 5|''Dark Empire'' 5]]</ref> and everyone save for Skywalker was able to escape the planet. When the ''Millennium Falcon'' arrived back at Mon Calamari, R2-D2 beamed his new codes into the World Devastator's control computers, which caused the massive machines to turn on and destroy each other. The planet was saved, and not long afterward, Skywalker and Organa Solo were able to combine their powers to defeat the Emperor.<ref name="Dark Empire 6">[[Dark Empire 6|''Dark Empire'' 6]]</ref>

Palpatine, however, was able to transfer his essence into another clone body and unite the squabbling Imperial factions under his banner, and his [[Dark Empire]] unleashed a devastating [[Operation Shadow Hand|campaign]] against the galaxy. Hope was born within the storm on the planet of [[Nespis VIII]], when Organa Solo gave birth to a third child: [[Anakin Solo]]. R2-D2 and C-3PO were on Nespis VIII and were nearly destroyed when they spotted an Imperial installing a homing beacon on the ''Millennium Falcon'', but the timely arrival of Captain Solo and Chewbacca saved their platings. After the Emperor's [[Battle of Onderon (Galactic Civil War)|final death]] in [[11 ABY/Legends|11 ABY]], R2-D2 played a significant role in ending the conflict by slicing into the computer systems of the Emperor's ''[[Eclipse II]]'' [[Eclipse-class dreadnought|battleship]] and sending it on a collision course with the [[Galaxy Gun]] superweapon. The resulting impact destroyed both vessels, and a final missile fired by the latter was pulled into Byss's atmosphere, destroying the Imperial fortress world.<ref name="Empire's End 2">[[Empire's End 2|''Empire's End'' 2]]</ref> With the Empire in ruins, the New Republic was able to retake Coruscant.<ref name="Jedi Search">''[[Jedi Search]]''</ref>

====Return of the Jedi====
{{Quote|Oh Artoo. It's been the greatest pleasure serving with you again. I wish you didn't have to return to Yavin 4 and assist Master Luke at his Jedi academy.|C-3PO, following the defense of Yavin IV from Admiral Daala's forces|<ref name="Darksaber chapter 7">[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']], chapter 7</ref>}}
With the New Republic again in control of the galaxy, Skywalker was given the blessing of the [[New Republic Ruling Council]] to finally found a [[New Jedi Order]]. R2-D2 and C-3PO aided him in his quest to track down Force-sensitives by searching through records stored in the former [[Imperial Information Center]], located deep in Coruscant's [[Imperial Palace/Legends|Imperial Palace]]. While the Jedi Master was off investigating leads of his own, R2-D2 discovered a lead after several straight days of searching: a man called [[Dack|Tymmo]], who displayed extraordinary luck in betting on the [[Blob racing|blob races]] of the planet [[Umgul/Legends|Umgul]]. Organa Solo sent the droids, accompanied by Lando Calrissian, to Umgul to investigate, but there they discovered that Tymmo had been cheating his way to victory by inserting chips into the [[Umgullian blob]]s that incited their fight-or-flight instincts. R2-D2 checked through a database and discovered that a one-million-credit reward was offered for the safe return of Tymmo to his wife, Duchess [[Mistal]] of [[Dargul]], and Calrissian negotiated a deal with the [[Slish Fondine|stable master]]: the two would split the reward money, and a reluctant Tymmo would be returned to his overbearing wife rather than face Umgul's death penalty.<ref name="Jedi Search" />

[[File:The_Jedi_Academy.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Jacen Solo and R2-D2 defend the comatose body of Skywalker from Sithspawn battle hydras.]]
The droids next accompanied Calrissian and Skywalker to [[Kessel/Legends|Kessel]] in search of Solo and Chewbacca, who had disappeared during a mission to the barren world. While being given a tour by [[Moruth Doole]], administrator of the [[Spice Mines of Kessel]], R2-D2 jacked into the mines' network in search of any mention of Solo but found none. He did, however, later spot the ''Millennium Falcon'' in the hangar bay, and the group commandeered the ship in a flight from [[Doole's Defense Fleet]]. During the subsequent [[Battle of the Maw|space battle]], a previously unknown Imperial superweapon called the [[Sun Crusher]] emerged from the nearby [[The Maw|Kessel Maw]], piloted by Solo and Chewbacca in an escape from the hidden Imperial [[Maw Installation]]. The three Star Destroyers of the renegade Admiral [[Natasi Daala|Daala's]] [[Maw fleet]] were in hot pursuit, and although the ''Falcon'' and the Sun Crusher both escaped, Daala began her own [[Daala campaign|guerrilla campaign]] against the New Republic.<ref name="Jedi Search" /> R2-D2, meanwhile, took his place at Skywalker's side as the Jedi Master began training the next generation of Jedi Knights at the [[Jedi Praxeum|new Jedi Academy]] on Yavin IV.<ref name="Dark Apprentice">[[Dark Apprentice (novel)|''Dark Apprentice'']]</ref>

R2-D2 and Skywalker prepped the academy by repairing the power-generating station of the old Rebel base, and when Skywalker's inaugural class arrived, the astromech droid served as an assistant to Skywalker, helping ferry the trainees from one exercise to another. He frequently found himself lifted in the air during telekinesis exercises. When the spirit of the long-dead Sith Lord [[Exar Kun/Legends|Exar Kun]] possessed Skywalker's prize student, [[Kyp Durron]], the two attacked Skywalker with the dark side and left him comatose.<ref name="Dark Apprentice" /> R2-D2 took to guarding his master's unconscious body in the following days, and when Kun's spirit set [[Sithspawn/Legends|Sithspawn]] [[Battle hydra/Legends|battle hydras]] upon the helpless Skywalker, it fell to R2-D2 and the two-year-old Jacen Solo to defend him. Guided by Skywalker's spirit, Jacen took up his uncle's lightsaber, and with help from the astromech's electric welding arm was able to fell the attackers. Kun's spirit was later defeated by the Jedi trainees, and a redeemed Kyp Durron helped destroy the Sun Crusher and [[Battle of the Maw|end]] Daala's campaign.<ref name="Champions of the Force">''[[Champions of the Force]]''</ref>

[[12 ABY/Legends|12 ABY]] saw R2-D2 and C-3PO accompany Skywalker, Solo, Organa Solo&mdash;by then the New Republic's [[Chief of State (New Republic)|Chief of State]]&mdash;the Solo children, and Chewbacca to a [[Herd Meet/Legends|Herd Meet]] on the planet [[Ithor/Legends|Ithor]], where Skywalker hoped the Ithorian healers could in some way help one of his Jedi students, [[Nichos Marr (droid)|Nichos Marr]]. After contracting [[Quannot's Syndrome]], Marr had used [[Entechment|Ssi-Ruuk technology]] to transfer his consciousness into a droid body, and Skywalker wanted to help him re-become the [[Nichos Marr|man he had once been]]. On Ithor, R2-D2 recorded a conversation between Skywalker and Marr that saw the latter reach deep into his memory to recall hiding in a system of tunnels known as [[Plett's Well]] during the Great Jedi Purge. With R2-D2's help, the group was able to identify the well as a location on the planet [[Belsavis/Legends|Belsavis]],<ref name="Children chapter 2">[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']], chapter 2</ref> and the astromech accompanied the Solos there to locate the fabled [[Children of the Jedi]]. R2-D2's access to various databases proved vital during the mission, and while he and Organa Solo were walking through the city of Plett's Well, he spotted [[Roganda Ismaren]], a former Emperor's Hand.<ref name="Children chapter 8">[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']], chapter 8</ref>

Ismaren was the mastermind of a [[Ismaren plot|plot]] to overthrow the New Republic, and her son, [[Irek Ismaren|Irek]], had had a [[subelectronic converter]] inserted into his brain that allowed him to perform mind tricks on droids. As such, R2-D2, under Irek's influence, planted overloaded blasters in a cupboard of the room where the Solos were staying. When Solo and Organa Solo awoke, R2-D2 brandished his welding arm menacingly, but a blaster bolt from Solo and a basin of water tossed by Organa Solo neutralized him and allowed Solo to remove the blasters' power packs at the last instant.<ref name="Children chapter 12">[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']], chapter 12</ref> Solo and Chewbacca repaired the droid and placed a restraining bolt on him, but Organa Solo, who still trusted R2-D2, listened to the Force and removed it while alone with him. She and R2-D2 then tracked down Ismaren and discovered that the former Hand was in league with the Imperial engineer [[Ohran Keldor]].<ref name="Children chapter 15">[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']], chapter 15</ref>

[[File:Lukesjedi.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Skywalker and R2-D2, with a class of Jedi students on Yavin IV]]
The two found the tunnels from Nichos Marr's memory, where an encounter with the Ismarens saw R2-D2&mdash;owing to having been patched together in a different fashion than before&mdash;able to resist Irek's control. The astromech escaped<ref name="Children chapter 16">[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']], chapter 16</ref> and led Solo and Chewbacca through the tunnels, where they rescued Organa Solo.<ref name="Children chapter 24">[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']], chapter 24</ref> When Skywalker and C-3PO arrived on Belsavis following an adventure on the lost Imperial superweapon ''[[Eye of Palpatine]]'', the Jedi Master introduced R2-D2 to his new love: [[Callista Ming|Callista]], a Jedi of the Old Order who had recently been freed from imprisonment within the ''Eye''{{'s}} computers.<ref name="Children chapter 25">[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']], chapter 25</ref> R2-D2 returned to the Jedi Academy with the new couple, but Callista, whose essence had been transferred into the body of Skywalker's former student [[Cray Mingla]], found herself insensitive to the Force.<ref name="Darksaber chapter 7" /> The astromech was left in the Solos' care on Coruscant when Skywalker took Callista across the galaxy on a quest to rediscover her Force connection, and R2-D2 and C-3PO discovered that [[Durga Besadii Tai|Durga the Hutt]], a recent diplomatic visitor to the galactic capital, had stolen the Death Star plans from the Imperial Palace.<ref name="Darksaber chapter 12">[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']], chapter 12</ref>

The droids accompanied Solo, Organa Solo, and Chewbacca on a followup mission to the Hutt world of [[Nal Hutta/Legends|Nal Hutta]], but R2-D2 and the Wookiee took the ''Millennium Falcon'' to its moon, Nar Shaddaa, while the others remained on-world. There, a [[Unidentified slicer (Nar Shaddaa)|decrepit old slicer]] revealed to them that Durga had an Imperial customer named General [[Sulamar]].<ref name="Darksaber chapter 31">[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']], chapter 31</ref> Sulamar was in fact helping Durga build his own superweapon, the [[Darksaber (superweapon)|''Darksaber'']],<ref name="Darksaber chapter 14">[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']], chapter 14</ref> but 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 Academy.<ref name="Darksaber chapter 35">[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']], chapter 35</ref> R2-D2 helped during the [[Assault on Yavin 4|defense]] of the world by activating the door controls of the temple hangar to crush an Imperial [[All Terrain Scout Transport/Legends|AT-ST]] walker,<ref name="Darksaber chapter 51">[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']], chapter 51</ref> and Skywalker's Jedi students were ultimately able to repel the attack.<ref name="Darksaber chapter 60">[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']], chapter 60</ref> Durga was meanwhile foiled when the incomplete ''Darksaber'' attempted to fire its superlaser and ended up [[Battle for the Darksaber|destroying]] itself.<ref name="Darksaber 53">[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']], chapter 53</ref> Callista vanished into the galaxy to rediscover the Force on her own, and R2-D2 returned to the Academy.<ref name="Darksaber 63">[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']], chapter 63</ref>

[[13 ABY/Legends|One year later]], R2-D2 and his counterpart accompanied Organa Solo on a diplomatic mission to [[Nam Chorios/Legends|Nam Chorios]], where she met with Representative [[Seti Ashgad/Legends|Seti Ashgad]] aboard her flagship, the [[Borealis (cruiser)|''Borealis'']]. Ashgad ended up kidnapping the Chief of State, and he and his ally [[Dzym]] unleashed the [[Death Seed]] plague upon the ''Borealis''{{'s}} crew, which forced the droids to escape in a [[lifeboat]] along with [[Yeoman/Legends|Yeoman]] [[Marcopius]], who soon afterward died of the plague's effects. Unable to make their way to the New Republic base on nearby [[Cybloc XII/Legends|Cybloc XII]], the droids were picked up by a scout named [[Bortrek]] and taken aboard his [[Y164 slave transport|ship]], the [[Pure Sabacc (starship)|''Pure Sabacc'']]. The scout claimed the droids as his own and adapted R2-D2 as part of the ship's central core, which prompted the astromech to lock him in a hold, decrease its oxygen level, and demand to be dropped off on the nearby world of [[Nim Drovis]]. The stranded droids' many attempts to secure passage off of Nim Drovis at last got them to Cybloc XII, where they encountered Admiral Daala, now the leader of the pro-Imperial [[Independent Company of Settlers]]. She tortured R2-D2 and C-3PO into revealing that Ashgad had unleashed the Death Seed plague on the entire [[Meridian sector/Legends|Meridian sector]], and she subsequently pledged herself to a fight against Ashgad's corrupt ally, Moff [[Tol Getelles]] of the new [[Imperial Remnant]]. The [[Battle of Nam Chorios]] also involved a New Republic fleet, and it resulted in the defeat of Getelles, the rescue of Organa Solo, and the containment of the plague.<ref name="Planet of Twilight">''[[Planet of Twilight]]''</ref>

[[File:Rainydayatthepraxeum.jpg|thumb|left|225px|R2-D2 and Skywalker spent much of their time at Yavin IV's Jedi Academy.]]
R2-D2 was on [[Munto Codru/Legends|Munto Codru]] wih Organa Solo, Chewbacca, and the Solo children in [[14 ABY/Legends|14 ABY]], when Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin were [[Kidnapping on Munto Codru|kidnapped]]. Afterward, the astromech droid continued to bother a broken Organa Solo until she followed him to her [[Yacht/Legends|yacht]], the [[Alderaan (yacht)|''Alderaan'']], where he showed her the electronic trace of a ship that had rocketed away from the planet in the kidnapping's aftermath. Before she could blast off in pursuit, R2-D2 covertly let Chewbacca&mdash;gravely injured during the kidnapping&mdash;on board, and a furious Organa Solo ceased speaking to the astromech altogether when she discovered the Wookiee lying in the yacht's bunk. By following the trace and listening to the Force, Organa Solo found a [[Sleeper ship/Legends|sleeper ship]] deep in space, which R2-D2 revealed did not match the signature of the kidnappers' ship. Nevertheless, the trio explored the seemingly empty vessel, where they found the [[Firrerreo/Legends|Firrerreo]]n [[Rillao]], trapped in a torture net. R2-D2's attempts to free her by jacking into a nearby data port saw him violently ejected and sprayed with a web silk countermeasure.<ref name="The Crystal Star">''[[The Crystal Star]]''</ref>

After finally freeing her, the trio took Rillao aboard the ''Alderaan'' and continued their hunt. The Firrerreon led them to the [[Unidentified boneless species|bureaucrats]]s of [[Chalcedon/Legends|Chalcedon]], who in turn pointed them toward Rillao's former husband, Lord [[Hethrir]] of the [[Empire Reborn]], who had imprisoned her aboard the sleeper ship and later masterminded the kidnapping. After locating Hethrir's [[worldcraft]], the ''[[Rebirth]]'', Organa Solo and Chewbacca rescued Jacen and Jaina while R2-D2 and Rillao took over worldcraft piloting duties. Their destination was [[Crseih Station]], where Organa Solo rendezvoused with Skywalker and Solo and [[Confrontation on Crseih Station|prevented]] Hethrir from sacrificing Anakin Solo to the extradimensional being known as [[Waru]]. R2-D2 broke away from the main group to rescue C-3PO, who had been with Skywalker and Solo on the station but had been imprisoned by Hethrir. The group prepared to depart the station, which was due to be destroyed by the nearby crystallizing star [[Crseih]], but R2-D2 delayed their flight by convincing the station to follow them out of the system and thus save the lives of all of its inhabitants.<ref name="The Crystal Star" />

====Ghost ships and droid armies====
{{Quote|That was the biggest mistake you could have made. You just destroyed Luke Skywalker's favorite droid.|Cole Fardeamer, to several Kloperian mechanics|<ref name="The New Rebellion">''[[The New Rebellion]]''</ref>}}
When Skywalker left the Jedi Temple on a personal quest in [[16 ABY/Legends|16 ABY]], he brought C-3PO to Yavin IV to manage the Academy's administrative needs. Concurrently, Lando Calrissian was recruited by Admiral [[Hiram Drayson]] of the [[New Republic Intelligence Service]] to investigate the mysterious [[ghost ship]] known as the ''[[Teljkon Vagabond]]'', and he came to the jungle moon to enlist both R2-D2 and C-3PO on his mission. Led by the [[Belarus-class medium cruiser|''Belarus''-class medium cruiser]] ''[[Glorious]]'' of the [[New Republic Defense Fleet/Legends|New Republic Defense Fleet]], the ''Teljkon Vagabond'' task force traveled to deep space near [[Gmar Askilon]] and trailed the ghost ship for twenty-two days, during which time it did nothing to acknowledge their presence. When they finally received a communication from it, R2-D2 and C-3PO matched it to a signal it had broadcasted during a sighting four years earlier, but the protocol droid was unable to translate the [[Qella language|mysterious language]]. The cyborg [[Lobot/Legends|Lobot]]&mdash;Calrissian's former assistant on Cloud City&mdash;matched it to the extinct [[Qella]] species, and R2-D2 determined that it was a partial representation of the Qellas' [[DNA/Legends|genetic code]]. Determined to find more answers inside the mysterious vessel, and worried that the task force's impatient Colonel [[Ejagga Pakkpekatt|Pakkpekatt]] would botch the mission with his next move, the four of them flew Calrissian's [[Lady Luck/Legends|''Lady Luck'']] toward the ''Vagabond'', which protected them from the ''Glorious''{{'s}} tractor beam after C-3PO sang the missing fragment of the genetic code over an open channel.<ref name="Before the Storm">''[[Before the Storm]]''</ref>

After securing the retroactive blessing of a furious Pakkpekatt, Calrissian, Lobot, and the droids followed various flashes of light that emanated from the ''Vagabond''{{'s}} hull, which elicited the ship to open a portal on its surface. The four of them ventured inside, although Calrissian and Lobot required [[Enviro-suit|space suits]] in the zero-gravity environment. Lobot provided R2-D2 with a set of perceptual parameters that allowed the astromech to view the interior of the airlock from the viewpoint of the [[Khotta]], a genetic relative of the Qella, and when R2-D2 projected the image for all to see, a lone spot on the membranous bulkhead stood out from its surroundings. Nothing happened when R2-D2 prodded it with his claw arm, but when Calrissian removed his space suit's glove and touched it with his bare skin, the portal closed and the ''Vagabond'' fled into hyperspace.<ref name="Before the Storm" /> Now separated from the rest of the task force, the quartet began planning their next move. R2-D2 searched for inflow vents leading into the airlock while C-3PO attempted to communicate with the ship on a secondary comm channel. R2-D2 found no vents, which prompted Calrissian and Lobot to use a [[cutting blaster]] to open a hole in the bulkhead and enter the rest of the ship. The ''Vagabond'' responded by dropping out of hyperspace and attempting to vent them into space, but the quartet scrambled through the hole and out of the airlock before the hole sealed itself.<ref name="Shield of Lies">''[[Shield of Lies]]''</ref>

[[File:TeljkonVagabondExploration-TEC.jpg|thumb|right|250px|R2-D2, C-3PO, Lando Calrissian, and Lobot explore the ''Teljkon Vagabond''.]]
As the quartet explored the mysterious vessel, they found their progress impeded by the lack of gravity and the seemingly random arrangement of the ship. Their goal was to gain control of it before the droids ran out of power and the Humans ran out of oxygen. R2-D2 was able to create a holographic map as they went on, and seventy-one hours in, they located a control panel, which C-3PO inadvertently touched. He was electrocuted and shut down as a result, and R2-D2, who blamed Calrissian, refused to let the man near the protocol droid while he and Lobot enacted repairs. When they heard the ''Vagabond'' re-enter realspace, Calrissian rocketed toward the outer hull with his blaster and attached a tracking [[Ion limpet|limpet]]. R2-D2 was mostly able to fix C-3PO, but he continued to blame Calrissian and refused to follow any more of the man's orders until Calrissian pointed out that such a refusal would get them all killed. The astromech's thoughts of mutiny faded away completely after everyone took a nap to recharge, and the quartet were able to make their way through various chambers when Calrissian and Lobot again used the touch of their bare hands to create doorways&mdash;each room contained a history lesson on the Qella. The ''Vagabond'', meanwhile, had reverted to realspace within the [[Constitutional Protectorate of Prakith]], and it was consequently attacked by two Protectorate frigates of the Protectorate's [[Grand Imperial Navy]]. The frigate ''[[Bloodprice]]'' was destroyed by the ghost ship, but the ''[[Gorath]]'' followed the ''Vagabond'' into hyperspace.<ref name="Shield of Lies" />

During the hyperspace journey, the quartet deduced that the limpet had been destroyed, but Calrissian revealed a [[Beckon call/Legends|beckon call]] that he could use to summon the ''Lady Luck'', which he did not want to use until they gained control of the ''Vagabond''. C-3PO, however, activated it after they dropped out of hyperspace and were attacked by the ''Gorath''. The frigate was destroyed, and Calrissian left to inspect the damage while Lobot and the droids continued their exploration of the ship, with R2-D2's map acting as a guide. Lobot left them to seek what he called the "threshold of awareness" of the ''Vagabond'', a biological organism, and there he discovered that the ship was returning home to [[Brath Qella|Maltha Obex]], the Qella's ancestral homeworld, bearing the seeds of Qellan civilization. R2-D2 and C-3PO briefly powered down, and when they were turned back on by Calrissian, the ship had arrived at Maltha Obex. Lobot persuaded the ''Vagabond'' to turn a section of the hull transparent, and R2-D2 spotted and identified both the ''Lady Luck'' and a [[Dobrutz]] [[DB-Four starliner]]&mdash;commanded by Pakkpekatt, it had followed the ''Lady Luck'' after the activation of the beckon call.<ref name="Tyrant's Test">''[[Tyrant's Test]]''</ref>

The ''Vagabond'' sat in space, awaiting contact from its homeworld, but Maltha Obex was in in the throngs of an ice age. R2-D2 and C-3PO soon used up the last of their power; when they were recharged, Skywalker had arrived aboard the ''Vagabond'' to lend aid to Calrissian. The Jedi Master and Lobot convinced the ship to use its energy beams to thaw the ice on Maltha Obex, which would eventually allow it to deposit the genetic material of the Qella that it carried, in turn reviving the species. The group finally evacuated the ship aboard Skywalker's ''[[Mud Sloth]]''.<ref name="Tyrant's Test" /> R2-D2 returned to the Jedi Academy, but when Skywalker rushed to Coruscant in [[17 ABY/Legends|17 ABY]] following a [[bombing of the Senate Hall]], the astromech accompanied him. R2-D2 recruited C-3PO to help him investigate Skywalker's X-wing, which he believed was being sabotaged, but their efforts saw them briefly imprisoned by a [[Unidentified Kloperian mechanic|Kloperian mechanic]] for trespassing in the hangar. When the droids were set free, they found Skywalker's X-wing wrongfully disassembled, and R2-D2 scooped up the starfighter's memory chips to bring to his master.<ref name="The New Rebellion" />

Skywalker and R2-D2 returned to the hangar, where a young Human Tatooinian mechanic named [[Cole Fardreamer]] explained that General Wedge Antilles had authorized the reconditioning of all older X-wing models in the [[New Republic Starfighter Command/Legends|New Republic Starfighter Command]] complement to the new [[T-65D-A1 X-wing starfighter|T-65D-A1 model]]. Although not part of the fleet, Skywalker's fighter had run afoul of the order; R2-D2 and Fardreamer set to work putting the Jedi Master's X-wing back together while Skywalker left Coruscant on a hunt for those responsible for the [[New Republic Senate/Legends|Senate]] bombing. Fardreamer viewed R2-D2 as an outdated model and had trouble seeing him as an individual rather than a generic droid unit, but he finally warmed up to the astromech when R2-D2 discovered a hidden bomb aboard the fighter. Investigating, Fardreamer found the same bomb inside several of the reconditioned X-wings within the same hangar, but his efforts saw him accused of sabotage by several Kloperians. The mechanics also shot and disabled R2-D2, but not before the astromech transmitted an emergency message to his counterpart. C-3PO arrived in the hangar at the same time as Antilles and Organa Solo, whom Fardreamer had insisted be summoned, and the New Republic's Chief of State was able to reactivate R2-D2. Realizing the danger posed by the far-reaching sabotage, Organa Solo ordered that all reconditioned X-wings be grounded.<ref name="The New Rebellion" />

[[File:Teltimission.jpg|thumb|left|200px|R2-D2 and C-3PO infiltrate a droid construction facility on Telti.]]
The two droids headed to the [[Senate Hall]] to independently investigate the bombing site, and R2-D2 found five detonators emblazoned with Imperial insignia identical to that found on the X-wing bombs. After rushing to inform Organa Solo, they discovered that she had taken a leave of absence from her [[President of the Senate|presidency]]&mdash;a warlord named [[Kueller]] had [[Bombing of Pydyr|wiped]] [[Bombing of Auyemesh|out]] the populations of [[Auyemesh]] and [[Pydyr]], two moons of [[Almania/Legends|Almania]], and had taken Skywalker hostage. Unable to see Mon Mothma, who was serving as Organa Solo's temporary replacement, R2-D2 sent an emergency message to Fardreamer and met the mechanic in a hangar. The astromech insisted that he knew the location from where the detonators came, and, 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 guided them to a [[Telti droid construction facility|droid construction facility]] on the moon of [[Telti/Legends|Telti]], where Fardreamer spoke with its owner, [[Brakiss]], and R2-D2 snuck into the facility. He found himself stuck in a junk heap of unwanted astromech droids, and when he spoke to them, they revealed that detonators had been planted inside of them. R2-D2 then found himself facing the [[Warden 10-24 security droid|security droids]] of Kueller's Red Terror army, who had captured C-3PO, but R2-D2's new astromech friends [[Droid uprising on Telti|charged]] at the Red Terror and allowed the two counterparts to escape.<ref name="The New Rebellion" />

Making their way through the facility along with an army of hundreds of other astromechs, C-3PO and R2-D2 came across Brakiss, who threatened to use a droid [[Scrambler (droids)|scrambler]] on C-3PO if R2-D2 did not stop. More astromechs crashed through a glass panel, however, prompting Brakiss to flee. R2-D2 then jacked into a computer terminal and shut down all of the droid detonators throughout the galaxy, with the help of a button pushed by C-3PO. Their efforts were successful 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, R2-D2 and C-3PO rescued Fardreamer from a droid torture chamber and contacted Lando Calrissian, who came to the moon to pick them up.<ref name="The New Rebellion" />

====End of the war====
{{Quote|I don't believe it. Mara, he found it. He found it.''"<br />"''Wonderful. Found what?''"<br />"''What else? Thrawn's copy of the Caamas Document.|Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade, discovering that R2-D2 brought the Galactic Civil War to an end|<ref name="Vision of the Future">''[[Vision of the Future]]''</ref>}}
R2-D2 and C-3PO were recruited by Skywalker in [[18 ABY/Legends|18 ABY]] to accompany him on a quest of Calrissian's to find a potential bride. When the bachelor became smitten with [[Karia Ver Seryan]] of the planet [[Leria Kerlsil]] and nearly married her, the droids put a halt to the union at the last moment after uncovering some disturbing information: Ver Seryan was a [[Life-bearer|life-witch]], who had the power to give men good health for a few years before sucking their life out of them and leaving them dead. Calrissian fled the world, and his quest eventually brought him to [[Tendra Risant Calrissian|Tendra Risant]] of Sacorria. Quite enamored of her, he reluctantly left the world when the [[Sacorrian Triad]]&mdash;who had deemed it illegal for a Sacorrian to marry an off-worlder&mdash;chased the group off of Sacorria. The four of them then discovered a mysterious [[Interdiction field/Legends|interdiction field]] that blocked hyperspace travel within the [[Corellian system]],<ref name="Ambush at Corellia">''[[Ambush at Corellia]]''</ref> and upon their return to Coruscant, R2-D2 displayed a graphic depiction of the field to Admiral Ackbar, Mon Mothma, and Captain [[Showolter]] of New Republic Intelligence. The group was then tasked with procuring four [[Bakura-class destroyer|''Bakura''-class destroyers]] from the [[Bakuran Defense Fleet]], as the destroyers were all equipped with interdiction-countering [[hyperwave inertial momentum sustainer]] systems. As the gathered fleet traveled to [[Corellia/Legends|Corellia]], R2-D2 received a [[radionics]] communication from Risant, but had no time to examine its contents. He boarded Skywalker's X-wing, which departed from the belly of the Bakuran [[Namana-class light cruiser|''Namana''-class light cruiser]] [[Intruder (Namana-class)|''Intruder'']] along with the ''Lady Luck'' and fought in a space battle against the [[Pocket Patrol Boat]]s of the [[Corellian Defense Force/Legends|Corellian Defense Force]], whose pilots were loyal to the insurrectionist [[Human League]].<ref name="Assault at Selonia">''[[Assault at Selonia]]''</ref>

[[File:InfiltratingEC.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Mara Jade, R2-D2, and Skywalker make their way through the caves of Nirauan.]]
R2-D2 and Skywalker followed the ''Lady Luck'' to [[Centerpoint Station]], a massive space station in the center of the [[Corellian/Legends|Corellian]] system that had lately been [[Corellian Crisis|destroying stars]]. Within, they were met by Administrator [[Jenica Sonsen]], who took them to [[Hollowtown]] in the space station's center. There, C-3PO discerned that Hollowtown's temperature was dangerously rising, and the group fled. They were soon afterward reunited with the Solos, who had been on Corellia to attend a [[Corellian Trade Summit|trade summit]], and the crisis was averted after Anakin, who had earlier imprinted himself upon the planet [[Drall (planet)|Drall's]] [[planetary repulsor]], used the Force to aim the repulsor at Centerpoint Station and stop the station from destroying the star [[Bovo Yagen (star)|Bovo Yagen]]. R2-D2 and Skywalker flew in the crisis's [[Battle of Centerpoint Station (Corellian Crisis)|final battle]], and the Human League and their Sacorrian Triad overlords were defeated. During the crisis's aftermath, R2-D2 found himself arguing with the [[Q9-series astromech droid]] [[Q9-X2]]. Calrissian and Risant were soon afterward married,<ref name="Showdown at Centerpoint">''[[Showdown at Centerpoint]]''</ref> but [[19 ABY/Legends|one year later]], a [[Caamas Document Crisis|new galactic crisis]] erupted 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|destruction of Caamas]], which had occurred thirty-eight years earlier, and anti-Bothan sentiment rose up across the galaxy. While 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, Skywalker and R2-D2 [[Mission to the Kauron asteroid field|infiltrated]] the [[Cavrilhu Pirates]] at their [[Cavrilhu Pirates Kauronian base|base]] in the [[Kauron asteroid field]]. They were rescued from the base's self-destruct sequence by the timely arrival of Mara Jade, who was working on behalf of Talon Karrde. When Jade went missing on the planet [[Nirauan/Legends|Nirauan]], to where she had followed a mysterious ship,<ref name="Specter of the Past" /> Skywalker and R2-D2 [[Mission to Nirauan|followed]] her trail in her own [[Personal Luxury Yacht 3000|ship]], the ''[[Jade's Fire]]''. On the world's surface, they tracked Jade to a cave but were required to walk there in order to avoid the world's [[Nssis-class Clawcraft|mysterious alien starfighters]]. Skywalker constantly levitated R2-D2 as they traversed craggy canyons, and they eventually located Jade with the help of [[Child Of Winds]], a member of the avian [[Qom Jha and Qom Qae|Qom Qae]] species. The related Qom Jha species had brought Jade to the cave after she had fallen unconscious days beforehand.<ref name="Vision of the Future" />

The Qom Qae and Qom Jha agreed to help them infiltrate the mysterious aliens' [[Hand of Thrawn|fortress]], and they made their way through underground caves and tunnels on a days-long journey. During the hike, Skywalker and Jade rigged a [[Datapad/Legends|datapad]] to translate R2-D2's warbles into [[Aurebesh/Legends|Aurebesh]]. When they arrived at their destination, R2-D2 jacked into a computer port and downloaded a floor plan, but he ended up tripping the base's flags and alerting the aliens to their presence. The aliens turned out to be [[Chiss/Legends|Chiss]]&mdash;members of the same species as the late Grand Admiral Thrawn. R2-D2's arc welder helped subdue one of the Chiss guards during a lightfight that saw Skywalker's Force senses dulled by [[ysalamir]]i worms. The astromech then used the floor plan to lead Skywalker and Jade through the facility, and Jade, separated from the group, encountered and spoke to [[Voss Parck/Legends|Voss Parck]] and [[Baron of the Empire/Legends|Baron]] [[Soontir Fel/Legends|Soontir Fel]] &mdash;leaders of the [[Empire of the Hand]], who occupied the fortress. The Imperial splinter group had been secretly established by Thrawn years beforehand to guard the galaxy against the myriad alien threats that lurked within the Unknown Regions, and they wanted Jade's help in opening communications with the Imperial Remnant.<ref name="Vision of the Future" />

[[File:GoldenGlobe.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Tahiri Veila, Anakin Solo, and R2-D2 discover the Jedi Master Ikrit and the Golden Globe.]]
Fel and Parck wanted to turn their vast resources over to the Remnant, but Skywalker and Jade feared that the Remnant's Grand Admiral [[Gilad Pellaeon/Legends|Gilad Pellaeon]] would consequently turn against the New Republic and capture Coruscant. As such, Jade remotely piloted the ''Jade's Fire'' into the fortress's hangar, destroying a large complement of ships that were housed there. The three of them made an underground escape and came across a [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo (clone)|clone of Thrawn]], growing inside a vat, which they ended up destroying. When R2-D2 jacked into a computer terminal to get information on the parts of the Unknown Regions that the Empire of the Hand had mapped, he found and retrieved a complete copy of the Caamas Document. After the three escaped from Nirauan, the galactic crisis was averted, and the New Republic's President [[Ponc Gavrisom|Gavrisom]] signed [[Pellaeon&ndash;Gavrisom Treaty|peace accords]] with Grand Admiral Pellaeon, who had sued for peace after realizing that the Imperial fleet could no longer challenge the New Republic. The Galactic Civil War was brought to an end, and, having fallen in love while on Nirauan,<ref name="Vision of the Future" /> Skywalker and Jade were soon afterward [[Wedding of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade|married]] on Coruscant. R2-D2 served as the ring bearer.<ref name="Union 4">[[Union 4|''Union'' 4]]</ref>

In [[22 ABY/Legends|22 ABY]], three years after the wedding,<ref name="Reader's Companion">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''</ref> young Anakin Solo came to Yavin IV to join the New Jedi Order's [[Junior Jedi Academy]]. When he and his friend [[Tahiri Veila]] began to have nightmares about drowning in a river, they snuck out of the Praxeum with R2-D2 and began rafting down the river, where R2-D2 and Anakin were required to save Veila when she fell off and almost drowned. They then found the [[Palace of the Woolamander]] and the mysterious [[Golden Globe]] inside, which Exar Kun had created thousands of years before in order to trap the souls of [[Massassi/Legends|Massassi]] children. They also found the ancient [[Kushiban]] Jedi Master [[Ikrit]], who had been in a Jedi Trance for 400 years. Ikrit explained that only a child could free those who were trapped inside the Golden Globe,<ref name="The Golden Globe">''[[Junior Jedi Knights: The Golden Globe]]''</ref> and Anakin and Tahiri were later able to do so.<ref name="Promises">''[[Junior Jedi Knights: Promises]]''</ref> R2-D2 and Ikrit later accompanied Anakin and Tahiri to Dagobah after Anakin became troubled by dreams of his namesake, Anakin Skywalker, and R2-D2 guided the group to Yoda's hut.<ref name="Anakin's Quest">''[[Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest]]''</ref> The astromech droid stuck by Anakin and Tahiri's sides during later missions [[Mission to Bast Castle|to]] [[Bast Castle]] on [[Vjun/Legends|Vjun]]<ref name="Vader's Fortress">''[[Junior Jedi Knights: Vader's Fortress]]''</ref> and [[Mission to Exis Station|to]] [[Exis Station/Legends|Exis Station]].<ref name="Kenobi's Blade">''[[Junior Jedi Knights: Kenobi's Blade]]''</ref> In [[24 ABY/Legends|24 ABY]],<ref name="Reader's Companion" /> R2-D2 attended Jacen and Jaina's graduation from the Jedi Academy inside of Yavin IV's Great Temple.<ref name="Crisis at Crystal Reef">''[[Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef]]''</ref>

==Personality and traits==
{{Quote|For a mechanic, you seem to do an excessive amount of thinking.|C-3PO, to R2-D2|<ref name="Attack of the Clones" />}}
R2-D2, possibly due to his memory never being erased or reprogrammed, had more personality than average droids, and Anakin Skywalker regarded him as a friend rather than merely a droid. R2 was very loyal and courageous, and though he was not designed for combat, he was not afraid to fight when the situation demanded it. When forced into combat, R2 held his own by using his wide variety of mechanical features to serve as weapons, such as using oil to blind his opponents or make them slip, shocking them with his shock prod, tying them up in a cable, or simply bashing into them.
{{Quote|What do you mean my shoe is untied?...R2-D2, COME BACK HERE!|[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]]|<ref name="The New King" />}}
It had been heavily suggested that in his numerous interactions with C-3PO that R2 had a spunky, if not sarcastic sense of humor. He also seems to have little reservations of behaving in such a matter.

==Behind the scenes==
===Origins===
{{Quote|The external bombardment does appear to be concentrated in this area. The structure has exceeded the normal stress quotient by point four, although there appears to be no immediate danger.|ARTWO DETWO's first line in the rough draft of ''The Star Wars''|<ref name="The Star Wars rough draft">{{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>}}
[[File:R2_concept.png|thumb|left|150px|Ralph McQuarrie concept art of R2-D2]]Although R2-D2 and C-3PO 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 ARTWO DETWO and See Threepio. ARTWO is described as a short, old and battered claw-armed tripod whose face is a mass of computer lights surrounding a radar eye, 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 name="The Star Wars rough draft" /> 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|work=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="A New Hope" />

When creating the characters of R2-D2 and C-3PO, 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 R2-D2 and C-3PO 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.<ref name="characters" /> After creating their characters, he took his character concept of R2-D2 to artist [[Ralph McQuarrie]], who began working on sketches. The name R2-D2 was derived from the shorthand for "Reel 2, Dialogue 2," the heading on a cue sheet during the making of [[Wikipedia:THX 1138|THX 1138]].<ref name="manyfaces1">{{SWArchive|url=episode-i/bts/profile/f19990414/index.html|text=The Many Faces of R2-D2|archivedate=20090302013138}}</ref> Lucas wrote the name down and later included it in his rough drafts of ''Star Wars''.<ref name="vault">''[[The Star Wars Vault]]''</ref> However, according to a trivia question in ''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]'', the "Reel 2, Dialogue 2" explanation is just a tale. Lucas himself corrected it in ''[[Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays]]'' and revealed the character's name was created by repeating common phonetic sounds until he discovered one that he enjoyed.<ref name="BTM">''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]''</ref>

[[John Stears]], the mechanical effects supervisor of the original ''Star Wars'' film, was responsible for building the first working version of R2-D2. Told by animatronics experts that it would be virtually impossible to create mechanical beings with the functionality required of the character, he abandoned the experts and turned to his own crew, who had R2-D2 and other droids ready within a few months.<ref name="manyfaces1" /> During the creation of R2-D2, the walls of the special-effects shop were lined with many posters of the robots Huey, Dewey, and Louie from the [[1972]] film [[Wikipedia:Silent Running|''Silent Running'']], who influenced the design of the character.<ref name="danielsbloginterview">{{Blogspot|blogspoturl=starwarsinterviews1|url=2010/01/anthony-daniels-interview.html|blogspotname=Star Wars Interviews|postname=Anthony Daniels interview &#124; C-3PO &#124; Star Wars|archivedate=20180803162024}}</ref>

===Portrayal===
{{Quote|Lucas looked at me and immediately said: 'You'll do.'&thinsp;|Kenny Baker on being cast as R2-D2|<ref name="elstreecalling">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.elstreecalling.co.uk/kennybakerinterview.htm|title=Kenny Baker Interview|work=Elstree Calling|archivedate=20090411185016}}</ref>}}
When the role of R2-D2 was being cast, the approximately eighty-pound costume negated the idea of a child being able to make it move. Three-foot-five stage comedian [[Kenny Baker]]<ref name="Empire of Dreams">''[[Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy]]''</ref> was in London, England, performing a musical comedy act with his friend [[Jack Purvis]], and heard that some American people were looking for a small person to fit inside a robot suit. After going to the London office of [[20th Century Studios|Twentieth Century Fox]], Baker was immediately cast after meeting George Lucas.<ref name="elstreecalling" /> He was measured and left the studio, only finding out more about the part later. He initially turned down the role<ref name="yildiz">{{Cite_web|url=http://yildizsavaslari.com/inceleme/kennybaker/index_eng.html|title=KENNY "R2-D2" BAKER INTERVIEW|work=YILDIZ SAVASLARI|archivedate=20090405223310}}</ref> three times,<ref name="metro">{{Cite_web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2009/10/27/kenny-baker-240855|title=Kenny Baker|work=Metro.co.uk|archivedate=20170804221248}}</ref> hesitant to appear in a film where his face would not be shown and hoping to continue the success of his comedy act, which had recently started to appear on television. He acquiesced upon being told by Lucas that R2-D2 was a great character and essentially the narrator of the film.<ref name="yildiz" />

[[File:Kenny_Artoo_Baker.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Kenny Baker, the man inside R2-D2]]Baker performed the role of R2-D2 inside a standing unit of the droid, wearing a specially made suit and manipulating the droid's lights and appendages,<ref name="DB" /> turning his head, rocking his body back and forth,<ref name="manyfaces1" /> and moving his eye with a rod.<ref name="yildiz" /> In addition to Baker's unit, every ''Star Wars'' film has made use of a number of remote control units, as Baker's was largely immobile.<ref name="DB" /> R2-D2's third leg and various tools that deployed from his body panels, as well as his ability to roll along as a tripod, proved too much for a single body.<ref name="manyfaces2">{{SWArchive|url=episode-i/bts/profile/f19990414/index.html?page=2|text=The Many Faces of R2-D2 (page 2)|archivedate=20110717090157}}</ref> The original ''Star Wars'' film, released in [[1977]], had just one radio-controlled unit to complement Baker's performance, being used in scenes that required use of R2-D2's third leg,<ref name="ANH commentary">''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' [[Star Wars Trilogy (DVD)|DVD]] audio commentary</ref> but improvements in miniaturized technology saw remote control R2-D2 units end up with most of the character's screen time by [[1983]]'s [[Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi|''Return of the Jedi'']]. During the filming of the [[original trilogy]], the remote control units continually malfunctioned.<ref name="DB" />

When [[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'']] was being filmed in [[1999]], around eighteen R2 units were used,<ref name="manyfaces2" /> including the costume originally worn by Baker over twenty years prior,<ref name="insomniac">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.insomniacmania.com/interview_default.php?id=17|title=Kenny Baker|work=Insomniac Mania|archivedate=20041011181640}}</ref> modified to be more comfortable. Other R2 units from the original trilogy were disassembled and re-engineered for specific purposes, such as traveling through sand and crossing deep sliding-door thresholds.<ref name="manyfaces2" /> The R2 mini-department was led by [[Jolyon Bambridge]], an experienced radio control operator in film, whose expertise steered R2-D2 smoothly along with actors as they walked. To ensure that the units didn't bang into any actors or extras, the R2-D2 operators found vantage points up to seventy feet overhead in stage rafters. While in the rafters, they often steered the R2 units in chases after the children of crewmembers, and sometimes had the droids shadow George Lucas as a faux fan club.<ref name="manyfaces3">{{SWArchive|url=episode-i/bts/profile/f19990414/index.html?page=3|text=The Many Faces of R2-D2 (page 3)|archivedate=20110828221948}}</ref> [[2002]]'s [[Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones|Episode II ''Attack of the Clones'']] had fifteen units on set, two of which were costumes worn by Baker and eight of which were radio-controlled and prone to failure, particularly during filming in [[Tunisia]]. The remaining five were stunt models moved by puppet strings or towed by wires.<ref name="Bad Karma">''Bad Karma'' - ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' [[Star Wars home video releases#Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace|DVD]]</ref> A computer-generated R2-D2 was also used in many scenes of the [[prequel trilogy]], including a scene in Episode II where the character walks up a staircase. Baker has stated that he would never have been able to do that in his costume.<ref name="metro" />

Despite the multitude of units, Baker's performance has been credited as imbuing a sense of personality into the character,<ref name="DB" /> adding a living touch and making the character a little more human.<ref name="manyfaces2" /> Many of Baker's manipulations of the costume were based on emotions that R2-D2 felt such as fright and excitement, and George Lucas loved the performance, feeling that Baker made R2-D2 into more than just a robot.<ref name="yildiz" /> During filming of the prequel trilogy, Lucas preferred when Baker was wearing the suit.<ref name="metro" />

Baker performed as R2-D2 in all six primary films of the ''Star Wars'' saga,<ref name="Baker site">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.kennybaker.co.uk/film-tv.html|title=Quick Biography|work=Kenny Baker, Actor and Showman. R2-D2, Star Wars.|archivedate=20081217180746}}</ref> although C-3PO actor [[Anthony Daniels]] claims to be the only person to appear in every film.<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> Daniels has stated that Baker did not film any scenes for the final installment, [[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith|Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'']],<ref name="set">Anthony Daniels interview - Set Magazine, April 2008</ref> and Baker has admitted that most footage of his R2-D2 unit appearing in the film was reused from Episode II, though he did film bits and pieces.<ref name="metro" /> Baker received credit for playing R2-D2 in the film.{{Fact}} He has also worn the costume in several ''Star Wars'' documentaries,<ref name="Baker site" /> on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' and [[Wikipedia:Jeopardy!|''Jeopardy!'']], in Disney's [[Star Tours (real-world)|''Star Tours'']],{{Fact}} and in an [[Star Wars Anti-Smoking PSA|anti-smoking public service announcement]].<ref name="smoke">{{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> Notably, Baker was not involved in ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'',<ref name="insomniac" /> for which R2-D2 was operated via remote control by [[Mick Garris]].<ref>{{InsiderCite|98|The Other R2-D2!}}</ref> In both the ''Holiday Special'' and the animated series [[Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO|''Star Wars: Droids'']], R2-D2 was credited as playing himself.<ref name="The White Witch" /><ref name="holiday special">''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]''</ref>

On [[November 19]], [[2013]], [[StarWars.com]] confirmed that R2-D2 would appear in [[Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens|''Star Wars'': Episode VII ''The Force Awakens'']]. The droid model has been provided and will be overseen by members of the [[R2-D2 Builders Club]].<ref name="Episode VII">{{SW|url=news/r2-d2-is-in-star-wars-episode-7-and-hes-fan-made|text=R2-D2 Is in Star Wars: Episode VII, and He's Fan-Made}}</ref>

====Voice====
{{Quote|I always thought that all the extensive design worked well and created a distinct vocal identity, but you know I still get people asking me if I just used telephone touch tones.|Ben Burtt|<ref name="manyfaces1" />}}
[[File:Kennybakerasr2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Baker on the set of ''Star Wars'']]
R2-D2's voice was created by ''Star Wars'' sound designer [[Ben Burtt]]. Burtt was unhappy with electronic sounds that he initially created on a small electronic synthesizer, feeling that they didn't sound alive enough.<ref name="Empire of Dreams" /> He was searching for a voice that sounded truly electronic while simultaneously possessing character and personality.<ref name="manyfaces1" /> R2-D2's personality was developing like a toddler's,<ref name="Empire of Dreams" /> and Burtt decided that, like a baby, the droid should communicate with recognizable but inarticulate emotional sounds. He added modified human-generated squeaks and sounds into the electronic mix,<ref name="manyfaces1" /> and the final product ended up being roughly fifty percent synthesizer and fifty percent Burtt doing baby talk.<ref name="Empire of Dreams" /> Burtt has long considered R2-D2's voice to be the most difficult challenge of all of his sound-design work on the original trilogy.<ref name="manyfaces1" />

===In ''Star Wars'' media===
One of few characters to appear in all six primary ''Star Wars'' films, R2-D2 is notable for functioning as a [[Wikipedia:Deus Ex Machina|deus ex machina]] of sorts and saving the rest of the heroes from certain death in each film.<ref name="real hero">{{JCFcite|threadnum=19722655|board=The Star Wars Saga|thread=R2-D2 The Real Hero?|accessdate=2010-04-10|archivedate=20151114092123}}</ref><ref name="coolest">{{Cite_web|url=http://coolest.droid.ever.com|title=R2-D2: The Coolest Droid Ever|work=the ever project|nobackup=1}}</ref><ref name="project">{{Cite_web|url=http://lightsabers.necrobones.com/droid-progress.html|title=R2-T0 (aka "Teo")|work=Lightsabers|archivedate=20171028094555}}</ref> Along with C-3PO, his role in the original film was as its narrator.<ref name="characters" /><ref name="yildiz" />

Outside of Episodes I through VI, R2-D2 has appeared in myriad works within the [[Star Wars Legends|Expanded Universe]]. Along with his counterpart C-3PO, he starred in an animated series that ran from [[1985]] to [[1986]] on [[ABC Television Network|ABC]], in which he was credited as playing "himself."<ref name="R2 imdb">{{Imdb|url=character/ch0000054|text=R2-D2}}</ref> The two also starred in [[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> R2-D2 and C-3PO 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 [[2005]]'s [[Star Wars: The Dark Nest Trilogy|''Dark Nest'' trilogy]] saw Luke and Leia discover the identity of their mother via old recordings discovered inside R2-D2.<ref name="The Unseen Queen">''[[Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen]]''</ref> [[In-universe]], R2-D2 is faithfully serving Luke Skywalker's descendant Cade 137 years after the events of the original ''Star Wars''.<ref name="Legacy 12" /> Scenes written from R2-D2's perspective are rare and have happened only a handful of times.<ref name="Backlash" /><ref name="Assault at Selonia" /><ref name="Vector Prime">''[[Vector Prime]]''</ref><ref name="Rebel Stand">''[[The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand]]''</ref><ref name="Mindor" />

Although relatively absent from the original [[Clone Wars multimedia project]], R2-D2 played a recurring role in the CGI-animated series [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|''The Clone Wars'']].<ref name="Downfall of a Droid" /><ref name="TCW film" /><ref name="Duel of the Droids" /><ref name="Shadow of Malevolence" /> In the episode ''[[Duel of the Droids]]'', he is taken apart by the Confederate General Grievous, and staff working on the episode animated a pea shooter and a boxing glove inside of the droid as a joke at Director [[Rob Coleman]]'s expense.<ref name="pea">{{SWArchive|url=theclonewars/news20081110.html|text=R2-D2's Inner Workings Revealed in ''The Clone Wars''|archivedate=20081222214228}}</ref>

===Actor and author comments===
{{Quote|Once I'd done it though, and the film was released, it snowballed &mdash; when you're part of one of the most famous films of all time, you decide to stick with it.|Kenny Baker|<ref name="Metro Kenny Baker">{{Cite_web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2009/10/27/kenny-baker-240855|title=Kenny Baker|archivedate=20170804221248}}</ref>}}
[[File:Luc0-035.jpg|thumb|right|200px|George Lucas (right) has named R2-D2 (center) as his favorite ''Star Wars'' character.]]
Kenny Baker credits R2-D2, as well as C-3PO, as telling the story of ''Star Wars'', linking scenes together and acting as the continuity.<ref name="youtube">{{Youtube|_e54fVmLi3o|Kenny Baker R2-D2|channel/UCuG_IC0arwwn5LqFNRhT9Gg|StupidSciFi|archiveurl=https://archive.vn/x4dPQ}}</ref> Filming scenes, however, proved quite uncomfortable for both he and Anthony Daniels.<ref name="elstreecalling" /> Baker cites controlling the droid's movements as having been a struggle, but one that worked out all right in the end.<ref name="game reviews">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.game-reviews.net/#/kenny-baker/4517236123|title=Kenny Baker Interview|work=Film-Reviews.net|nobackup=1}}</ref>

George Lucas has named R2-D2 as his favorite ''Star Wars'' character.<ref name="ROTS commentary">''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith'' [[Star Wars home video releases#Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|DVD]] audio commentary</ref> Following completion of ''Revenge of the Sith'', he stated that R2-D2 was the character he would miss the most, owing to the droid's tendency to come through and save everyone. Lucas also claimed to want a friend like that of his own.<ref name="static">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.staticmultimedia.com/content/film/features/feature_1115643931|title=The Greatest Story Ever Told: An Interview With George Lucas|author=Burke, R.|date=2005-09-10|publisher=staticmultimedia.com|archivedate=20090419054354}}</ref>

While seeking writers for Dark Horse Comics' ''Droids'' series, editors [[Ryder Windham]] and [[Dan Thorsland]] were dismayed that many of their potential hirees regarded R2-D2 and C-3PO 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.<ref name="Omnibus: Droids">Foreword to [[Star Wars Omnibus: Droids|''Omnibus: Droids'']]</ref>

===Impact on popular culture===
{{Quote|Ask your grandmother who R2-D2 is, and she'll know who you're talking about.|Matt Atchity of Rottentomatoes.com|<ref name="rotten">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen/news/1828651/5/total_recall_best_movie_robots|title=Total Recall: Best Movie Robots|work=Rotten Tomatoes|archivedate=20150109020514}}</ref>}}
As a principal character<ref name="R2 imdb" /> in a wildly popular film saga,<ref name="Empire of Dreams" /> R2-D2 has become a cultural icon.<ref name="manyfaces1" /> He was ranked the best robot from film or television of all time by [[Wikipedia:Amazon.com|Amazon.co.uk]] and the [[Wikipedia:Internet Movie Database|Internet Movie Database]] in [[2004]],<ref name="rank">{{Cite_web|url=http://theforce.net/latestnews/story/r2d2_tops_best_filmtv_robots_poll_83021.asp|title=R2-D2 Tops Best Film/TV Robots Poll|work=[[TheForce.net]]|archivedate=20161221135519}}</ref> and the best movie robot of all time by [[Wikipedia:Rotten Tomatoes|Rotten Tomatoes]] in [[2009]].<ref name="rotten" /> In [[2003]], he was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame.<ref name="fame">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.robothalloffame.org/r2d2.html|title=The 2003 Inductees: R2-D2|work=Robot Hall of Fame|archivedate=20031118200556}}</ref> Baker's work as the droid has garnered widespread support as well; when rumors began circulating that the character would be appearing in Episode I, a campaign on the Internet asking for Baker to reprise the role reached the attention of George Lucas.<ref name="metro" />

A wide variety of R2-D2 merchandise has been produced over the years, including scores of action figures,<ref name="rebelscum1">{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars (toy line)|text=''Star Wars''|pack=Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)|link=VINtR2D2.asp|archivedate=20200108223054}}</ref><ref name="rebelscum2">{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1985 toy line)|text=''Star Wars: The Power of the Force''|pack=R2-D2|link=POTF2r2.asp|archivedate=20200129133959}}</ref><ref name="rebelscum3">{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: Episode I (toy line)
|text=''Star Wars: Episode I''|pack=R2-D2|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/episodeIr2d2.asp}}</ref><ref name="rebelscum4">{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Collection|pack=R2-D2|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/OTC12r2d2.asp}}</ref><ref name="rebelscum5">{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (toy line)|text=''Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith''|pack=R2-D2|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/ROTS0548r2d2.asp}}</ref> a telephone,<ref name="phone">{{Cite_web|url=http://r2-d2.de/others/other2.htm|title=Other R2-D2 models|work=ArndToo's R2-D2 Homepage|archivedate=20210819073547}}</ref> a USB humidifier,<ref name="USB">{{Cite_web|url=https://clubjade.net/wacky-merchandise-the-r2-d2-usb-humidifier|title=Wacky merchandise: The R2-D2 USB Humidifier|work=Club Jade|archiveurl=https://archive.vn/emmXc}}</ref> a DVD player, and a wireless webcam.<ref name="dvdplayer">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.mahalo.com/r2d2-dvd-player|title=R2D2 DVD Player|work=Mahalo|archivedate=20091027024859}}</ref> In [[2007]], around 400 mailboxes across the United States were made over to look like R2-D2 in celebration of ''Star Wars''{{'s}} thirtieth anniversary.<ref name="mailbox">{{Cite_web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6457467.stm|title=Star Wars' R2-D2 to collect post|work=BBC News|archivedate=20200520083159}}</ref> The [[Wikipedia:Phalanx CIWS|Phalanx CIWS]] anti-ship missile defense system used by the [[Wikipedia:United States Coast Guard|United States Coast Guard]] and the [[Wikipedia:United States Navy|United States Navy]] is nicknamed R2-D2, owing to its resemblance to the droid.<ref name="phalanx">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Phalanx_Has_A_Future_999.html|title=Phalanx Has A Future|work=Space War: Your World at War|archivedate=20190408043626}}</ref>

[[File:Mailboxr2.jpg|thumb|left|150px|In 2007, around 400 R2-D2 mailboxes appeared across the United States]]
R2-D2 has popped up in several other films, including appearances as debris in 2009's [[Wikipedia:Star Trek (film)|''Star Trek'']],<ref name="trek">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.sciencefictionstuff.com/2009/10/finally-spotted-r2d2-in-star-trek.html|title=Finally Spotted R2D2 in Star Trek|work=Science Fiction Stuff.com|archivedate=20091006061904}}</ref><ref name="trek2">{{Cite_web|url=https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-r2-d2-finally-discovered-in-star-trek-5405276|title=Confirmed: R2-D2 Finally Discovered In Star Trek|work=Gizmodo|archivedate=20191123150851}}</ref> ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' and [[W:c:transformers:Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen|''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'']],<ref name="fallen">{{Cite_web|url=https://gizmodo.com/r2-d2-caught-in-transformers-2-5386296|title=R2-D2 Caught in Transformers 2|work=Gizmodo|archivedate=20190205102200}}</ref> and as a [[Wikipedia:Hieroglyph|hieroglyphic]] in [[1981]]'s [[Wikipedia:Raiders of the Lost Ark|''Raiders of the Lost Ark'']].<ref name="ark">{{SWArchive|url=episode-i/fun/snapshot/1999/11/snapshot19991102.html|text=Snapshot: Well of Souls|archivedate=20040924142513}}</ref> He and C-3PO were presenters at the fiftieth [[Wikipedia:Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]. The droid has also been parodied in a wide variety of media, including appearances on the American cartoons [[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|''The Simpsons'']],<ref name="searching">{{Cite_web|url=http://kalibreonline.com/2009/11/24/the-search-of-r2-d2|title=The Search For R2-D2|work=KalibreOnline|archivedate=20161010070310}}</ref> [[Wikipedia:Futurama|''Futurama'']],<ref name="futurama">{{Cite_web|url=http://theinfosphere.org/File:R2d2.jpg|title=File:R2d2.jpg|work=The Infosphere: The Futurama Wiki|archivedate=20171031033927}}</ref> [[Wikipedia:Robot Chicken|''Robot Chicken'']],<ref name="chicken">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.adultswim.com/shows/robotchicken/extras/starwars|title=Robot Chicken: Star Wars|work=Adult Swim|archivedate=20090228110510}}</ref> 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''&ndash;themed episodes "[[Wikipedia:Blue Harvest|Blue Harvest]]," "[[Wikipedia:Something, Something, Something, Dark Side|Something, Something, Something, Dark Side]]" and "[[Wikipedia:It's A Trap!|It's a Trap!]]," the character [[Wikipedia:Cleveland Brown|Cleveland Brown]] plays the role of R2-D2.{{Fact}} In a [[1980]] episode of the children's television show ''[[Sesame Street]]'', R2-D2 and C-3PO visited Sesame Street, and the astromech droid fell in love with a fire hydrant.<ref name="sesame">{{Cite_web|url=https://muppetcentral.com/forum/threads/r2-d2-and-c3po-return-to-sesame-street.377|title=R2-D2 and C3PO Return To Sesame Street|work=Muppet Central Forum|archivedate=20200929065511}}</ref><ref name="sesame2">{{Cite_web|url=http://johngushue.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/when-r2d2-found-true-love-on-sesame-street.html|title=When R2-D2 found true love &hellip; on Sesame Street|work=John Gushue&hellip; Dot Dot Dot|archivedate=20170711112338}}</ref>

Rhett Alain, a physicist at [[Wikipedia:Southeastern Louisiana University|Southeastern Louisiana University]], examined R2-D2's flight in ''Attack of the Clones''. Including thrust, gravitational fields, and air resistance in his calculations, he concluded that the droid would need to weigh 0.1 kilograms (100 grams) in order to take flight.<ref name="physics">{{Cite_web|url=http://scienceblogs.com/dotphysics/2010/01/flying_r2-d2_you_are_doing_it.php|title=Flying R2-D2, you are doing it wrong|author=Allain, Rhett|date=2010-01-21|publisher=scienceblogs.com|archivedate=20100306012817}}</ref>

[[File:R2D2AfterLegacy.png|thumb|200px|R2-D2's cameo in the 2009 ''Star Trek'' film]]
R2-D2 had a cameo in the 2009 ''Star Trek'' reboot film. In the scene where the ''Enterprise'' arrived at the planet Vulcan upon learning that Romulans are attacking the planet, R2-D2 can be seen among the wreckage of the Federation starships that were destroyed by Nero's ship. R2-D2 also cameos in ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' as wreckage.

===Non-canon appearances===
In the alternate comic series ''[[Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope]]'', Luke's proton torpedoes fail to destroy the Death Star, and the Rebel Alliance is wiped out. Leia is taken as Darth Vader's Sith apprentice, and Luke travels to Dagobah to train with Yoda for five years, before taking Yoda, Han, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 to the renamed "Justice Star" to confront the Emperor. After Luke redeems Leia, Yoda uses R2-D2 to control the orbit of the Justice Star to crash it into Coruscant. R2-D2 is destroyed along with the Empire, but his memory is reinserted into a new, identical body on Naboo.<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 Luke die in a Hoth snowstorm and R2-D2 accompany the others to Cloud City.<ref name="Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back">''[[Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back]]''</ref>

R2-D2 and C-3PO 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">''[[Vader vs. Artoo & Threepio]]''</ref>

[[File:Hula_R2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|R2-D2 after visiting [[Darth Maul's Party Town]]]]
R2-D2 appears in every entry in the ''LEGO Star Wars'' series.<ref name="lego1">''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game]]''</ref><ref name="lego2">''[[LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy]]''</ref> An online [[Wikipedia:Browser game|Browser game]] was developed called ''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2]]'' that sees the player, as either Anakin Skywalker or Asajj Ventress, hunt for the droid, who is lost in space and possessing intelligence vital to the war effort during the Clone Wars.<ref name="lego quest">''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2]]''</ref> A [[LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 (film)|two-part short film]] was created to supplement the game, depicting R2-D2 relaxing on a hammock at an oasis on Tatooine before being found by Jawas. The Jawas bring him to General Grievous, who takes the droid to a Trade Federation Droid Control Ship to confront Count Dooku and Ventress. The timely arrival of Anakin, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Cody, and Rex saves the day, and the victorious heroes travel to a "Skywalker world" theme park.<ref name="lego quest2">''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 (film)]]''</ref>

The cast and crew of ''Attack of the Clones'' created a twenty-minute mockumentary entitled ''[[R2-D2: Beneath the Dome]]''. The short film is a tongue-in-cheek look at the life of R2-D2, born Reginald DillMingham, as he found fame, spiraled into depression, and had his career reinvigorated when invited to star in ''The Phantom Menace''.<ref name="R2-D2: Beneath the Dome">''[[R2-D2: Beneath the Dome]]''</ref> A deleted scene from ''The Phantom Menace'' involves R2-D2 using his booster rockets, which went on to debut in ''Attack of the Clones''.<ref name="yildiz" />

In the book ''[[The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith]]'', George Lucas remarks that R2-D2 recounts the story of ''Star Wars'' to a [[Shaman of the Whills/Legends|Shaman of the Whills]] [[104 ABY|one hundred years]] after the Battle of Endor.<ref name="rotsmaking">''[[The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith]]''</ref> [[Leland Chee]], the Keeper of the [[Holocron continuity database]], has stated that in terms of canon, such a comment has to be taken with a [[Wikipedia:Grain of salt|grain of salt]].<ref name="cheewhillsit">{{SWBoards|url=thread.jspa?threadID=219669&start=18|thread=Revenge of the Sith - Behind the Scenes Books|user=[[Leland Chee|Leland Y Chee]]|date=2005-06-02|time=1:01 PM|archiveurl=http://www.tm-travolta.net/archives/forums.sw.com/thread.jspa%3fthreadID=219669&start=18.html}}</ref>

==Translations==
In Italian, in the [[original trilogy]], R2-D2 is called '''C1-P8''' ("'''Ciuno-Piotto'''" or "'''Ciuno'''").<ref>{{Cite_web|url=http://www.guerrestellari.net/athenaeum/stori_menucronicreativa_dopp.html|title=La Guerra delle stelle: Il doppiaggio e l'adattamento italiano di Star Wars del '77|work=Guerrestellari.net|archivedate=20200516044147}}</ref>

==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)|''Droids: Escape from Aaron'']]
*{{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|Star Wars 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]]''
*[[Star Wars: DroidWorks|''Star Wars: Droidworks'']]
*''[[Luke's Fate]]''
*''[[X-Wing Rogue Squadron ½]]''
*''[[Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice]]''
*''[[Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters"]]''
*[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' novel]] {{1stID|Artoo Detoo}} {{1st}}
*{{Film|IV}}
*''[[Star Wars: A Storybook]]''
*''[[Escape from the Death Star]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 1|''Star Wars'' (1977) 1]]
*''[[R2-D2's Mission: A Little Hero's Journey]]''
*[[Droids (1986) 6|''Droids'' (1986) 6]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 2|''Star Wars'' (1977) 2]]
*''[[A More Wretched Hive: The Mos Eisley Cantina]]''
*{{CWACite|2|Skywalkers}}
*[[Droids (1986) 7|''Droids'' (1986) 7]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 3|''Star Wars 3: Death Star'']]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 4|''Star Wars'' (1977) 4]]
*[[Droids (1986) 8|''Droids'' (1986) 8]]
*[[Empire 15|''Empire'' 15]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 5|''Star Wars 5: Lo, The Moons of Yavin'']]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 6|''Star Wars'' (1977) 6]]
*[[Super Star Wars (video game)|''Super Star Wars'']]
*''[[Star Wars: Assault Team]]''
*''[[Perfect Evil]]''
*[[Empire 13|''Empire'' 13]]
*''[[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]]''
*''[[Rebel Force: Renegade]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 7|''Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils'']]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 8|''Star Wars'' (1977) 8]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 9|''Star Wars 9: Showdown on a Wasteland World'']]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 11|''Star Wars 11: Star Search'']]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 12|''Star Wars 12: Doomworld'']]
*[[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]] {{Mo}}
*[[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]]''
*''[[The Traitor's Gambit]]''
*''[[The Night Beast]]''
*[[Vader's Quest 1|''Vader's Quest'' 1]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 36|''Star Wars'' (1977) 36]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 37|''Star Wars'' (1977) 37]]
*{{WEGCite|book=Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (first edition)|text=''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game''|story=Rebel Breakout}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Tatooine Manhunt]]'' {{Imo}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Three|story=Tatooine Manhunt}} {{Imo}}
*{{Journal|13|Special Ops: Ship Jackers}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Scoundrels]]'' {{Imo}}
*[[Scoundrels (audiobook)|''Scoundrels'' audiobook]] {{Imo}}
*{{Shortstory|story=A Bad Feeling: The Tale of EV-9D9|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Tales|4|Spare Parts (comic)|Spare Parts}}
*{{Tales|6|Junkheap Hero}}
*''[[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|''X-wing Marks The Spot'']]
*''[[Imperial Spy]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 17: Darth Vader's Return]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars Missions 18: Rogue Squadron to the Rescue]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 19: Bounty on Bonadan]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 20: Total Destruction]]''
*{{Tales|8|Death Star Pirates}}
*''[[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: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
*''[[The Return of Ben Kenobi]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Iceworld]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Revenge of the Jedi]]''
*''[[Doom Mission]]''
*''[[Race for Survival]]''
*''[[The Mystery of the Rebellious Robot]]''
*''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]''
*{{Journal|11|The Most Dangerous Foe}} {{Imo}}
*''[[Galaxy of Fear: Eaten Alive]]''
*''[[Galaxy of Fear: City of the Dead]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Empire: "General" Skywalker]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Empire: In the Shadows of Their Fathers]]''
*[[Empire 37|''Empire'' 37]]
*[[Empire 38|''Empire'' 38]]
*[[Empire 39|''Empire'' 39]]
*[[Empire 40|''Empire'' 40]]
*''[[Galaxy of Fear: Army of Terror]]''
*[[Rebellion 2|''Star Wars: Rebellion 2: My Brother, My Enemy, Part 2'']]
*{{Shortstory|story=And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*''[[Dark Knight's Devilry]]''
*''[[The Constancia Affair]]''
*''[[Gambler's World]]''
*''[[The Kashyyyk Depths]]'' {{Flash}}
*''[[Tatooine Sojourn]]''
*''[[The Second Kessel Run]]''
*''[[Bring Me the Children]]''
*''[[As Long As We Live...]]''
*''[[The Frozen World of Ota]]''
*{{SWG|An Empire Divided}}
*''[[Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine]]''
*''[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]''
*[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye (comics)|''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'' comic]]
*''[[Honor Among Thieves]]''
*[[Honor Among Thieves (audiobook)|''Honor Among Thieves'' audiobook]]
*''[[The Paradise Detour]]''
*''[[A New Beginning]]''
*''[[Showdown]]''
*''[[The Final Trap]]''
*''[[A Valentine Story]]''
*{{Film|V}}
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' junior novelization]]
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' novel]]
*''[[The Empire Strikes Back: A Storybook]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 39|''Star Wars'' (1977) 39]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 40|''Star Wars 40: The Empire Strikes Back: Battleground: Hoth'']]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 41|''Star Wars'' (1977) 41]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 42|''Star Wars'' (1977) 42]]
*''[[Star Wars Adventures: Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 43|''Star Wars'' (1977) 43]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 44|''Star Wars'' (1977) 44]]
*''[[Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back]]''
*[[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]]
*{{WEGCite|book=Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook|story=Droids Can't Fly}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 45|''Star Wars'' (1977) 45]]
*[[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]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 57|''Star Wars'' (1977) 57]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 58|''Star Wars'' (1977) 58]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 60|''Star Wars'' (1977) 60]]
*[[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) 66|''Star Wars'' (1977) 66]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 67|''Star Wars'' (1977) 67]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 68|''Star Wars'' (1977) 68]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 70|''Star Wars'' (1977) 70]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 71|''Star Wars'' (1977) 71]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 72|''Star Wars'' (1977) 72]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 86|''Star Wars'' 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'' 76]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 77|''Star Wars'' 77]]
*[[Star Wars Annual (1977) 3|''Star Wars Annual'' (1977) 3]]
*''[[The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi]]''
*''[[The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader]]''
*{{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]]
*[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' junior novelization]]
*[[Return of the Jedi 1|''Return of the Jedi'' 1]]
*{{Shortstory|story=Sleight of Hand: The Tale of Mara Jade|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}} {{Imo}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*''[[Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{Shortstory|story=The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*[[Return of the Jedi 2|''Return of the Jedi'' 2]]
*[[Return of the Jedi 3|''Return of the Jedi'' 3]]
*[[Return of the Jedi 4|''Return of the Jedi'' 4]]
*[[Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (video game)|''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'' video game]]
*''[[Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi]]''
*{{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}}
*[[The Ewoks Join the Fight (storybook)|''The Ewoks Join the Fight'']]
*''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]''
*''[[The Truce at Bakura]]''
*''[[X-Wing: Rogue Leader 2]]''
*''[[X-Wing: Rogue Leader 3]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 81|''Star Wars'' 81]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 88|''Star Wars'' 88]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 90|''Star Wars'' 90]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 92|''Star Wars'' 92]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 94|''Star Wars'' 94]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 95|''Star Wars'' 95]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 97|''Star Wars'' 97]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 101|''Star Wars'' (1977) 101]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 99|''Star Wars'' 99]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 100|''Star Wars'' 100]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 104|''Star Wars'' 104]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 106|''Star Wars'' 106]]
*[[Star Tours (real-world)|''Star Tours'']]
*''[[Shadows of the Empire: Evolution]]''
*''[[X-Wing Rogue Squadron Special]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 107|''Star Wars'' 107]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 108|''Star Wars'' 108]]
*''[[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'']]
*''[[Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor]]''
*{{Journal|7|Missed Chance}} {{Imo}}
*''[[X-Wing: Solo Command]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]''
*''[[A Forest Apart]]''
*''[[Tatooine Ghost]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Mixed-Up Droid]]''
*[[Star Wars: The Mixed-Up Droid (comic)|''Star Wars: The Mixed-Up Droid'' comic]]
*''[[Heir to the Empire]]''
*''[[Dark Force Rising]]''
*[[Dark Force Rising (unabridged audiobook)|''Dark Force Rising'' audiobook]]
*''[[The Last Command]]''
*[[The Last Command (unabridged audiobook)|''The Last Command'' audiobook]]
*''[[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]]''
*{{Journal|15|Firestorm (short story)|Firestorm}}
*[[Dark Apprentice (novel)|''Dark Apprentice'']]
*''[[Champions of the Force]]''
*''[[I, Jedi]]''
*[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']]
*[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']]
*''[[Jedi Academy: Leviathan]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast]]''
*''[[Planet of Twilight]]''
*''[[The Crystal Star]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]''
*''[[The Black Fleet Crisis]]''
*[[Star Wars: The Corellian Trilogy|''Corellian Trilogy'']]
*''[[Specter of the Past]]''
*[[Specter of the Past (unabridged audiobook)|''Specter of the Past'' unabridged audiobook]]
*''[[Vision of the Future]]''
*[[Vision of the Future (unabridged audiobook)|''Vision of the Future'' unabridged audiobook]]
*[[Union 4|''Union'' 4]]
*''[[Junior Jedi Knights: The Golden Globe]]''
*''[[Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest]]''
*''[[Junior Jedi Knights: Vader's Fortress]]''
*''[[Junior Jedi Knights: Kenobi's Blade]]''
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance]]''
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef]]''
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===Non-canon appearances===
*''[[Star Wars: Yoda Stories]]''
*''[[Star Wars Adventures in ABC]]''

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*{{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}} {{Po}}
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*{{InsiderCite|1|Anthony Daniels: Remembering That Galaxy Far, Far Away}}
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*''[[Star Wars Gamemaster Handbook]]''
*''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]''
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*''[[The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook]]''
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*{{GalaxyCite|1|Boba Fett: Mystery Man in Not-So-Shining Armor}}
*''[[Star Wars Screen Entertainment]]''
*''[[Super Empire Strikes Back Official Game Secrets]]''
*''[[Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook]]''
*''[[The Last Command Sourcebook]]''
*[[The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Cracken's Rebel Operatives]]'' {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''Star Wars Sourcebook'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Classic Campaigns]]''
*''[[Star Wars Technical Journal]]''
*{{Journal|7|The History of R-Series Astromech Droids}}
*[[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]]
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*''[[The Essential Guide to Characters]]''
*''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]]''
*''[[The Jedi Academy Sourcebook]]''
*{{GalaxyCite|7|Casting Shadows}}
*''[[Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook]]''
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*''[[The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire]]''
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*''[[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]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded]]''
*''[[Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide]]'' {{Co}}
*[[Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Limited Collector's Edition|''Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire'' Limited Collector's Edition]]
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*''[[Gamemaster Toolkit: Live-Action Adventures]]''
*''[[Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised]]''
*''[[Introductory Adventure Game]]''
*''[[Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids]]''
*''[[Cracken's Threat Dossier]]''
*''[[Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Power of the Jedi]]''
*''[[Star Wars Roleplaying Game]]''
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*''[[Star Wars: The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt]]''
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*[[Star Wars Trivial Pursuit]]
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==Notes and references==
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==External links==
{{Mediacat|imagecat=Images of R2-D2}}
*{{WP|R2-D2}}
*{{Imdb|url=character/ch0000054|text=R2-D2}}
*[http://www.staticmultimedia.com/content/film/features/feature_1115643931 Lucas states that R2 is his favorite character.]

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