Droids Can't Fly

"Where are you going? You have no business going up there. Everyone knows droids can't fly, silly."

―C-3PO, to R2-D2

Droids Can't Fly is a short story written by Peter Schweighofer, originally published in the Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook and later archived on Hyperspace.

Plot summary

While Luke Skywalker recovers from his duel with Darth Vader on Cloud City and Captain Solo has been placed in carbonite, R2-D2 and C-3PO argue about the astromech droid's ability to fly the Millennium Falcon while in the freighter's cockpit before being interrupted by Chewbacca.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

C-3PO Chewbacca R2-D2 Luke Skywalker (Mentioned only) Han Solo (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2-series astromech droid I/O jack Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid

Locations

Bespin (Mentioned only) Cloud City (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Fleet Captain (Mentioned only) Gallofree Yards, Inc. (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Wookiee Rwook

Vehicles and vessels

GR-75 medium transport Nebulon-B frigate Star cruiser (Mentioned only) X-wing starfighter BTL Y-wing starfighter YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon

Weapons and technology

Computer

Miscellanea

Carbonite (Mentioned only) Viewport

External links

• Droids Can't Fly on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link)