She is finally rescued by Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, the Wookiee Chewbacca, and the two droids, R2-D2 and C-3PO.

Leia is sent to Alderaan with R2-D2 and C-3PO and her adoptive parents, Bail and Breha Organa, where the Jedi believe she will be safe from the newly-declared Galactic Empire.

In the ensuing evacuation of Cloud City, he helps Leia, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO escape.

The character appeared on television several weeks later, animated by Nelvana Studios for The Star Wars Holiday Special ( 1978 ) as a mysterious figure who betrays Luke Skywalker ( voiced by Mark Hamill ) after saving him, Chewbacca, C-3PO ( voiced by Anthony Daniels ), and R2-D2 from a giant monster, only to be revealed as a bounty hunter working for Darth Vader.

He takes his first steps toward his destiny when he finds two droids, C-3PO and R2-D2, the latter of whom is carrying a message for Obi-Wan Kenobi, known to Luke as the hermit old Ben Kenobi.

Along with Anakin Skywalker ( Darth Vader ), R2-D2 and C-3PO, he is one of only four characters to appear in all six Star Wars films.

Both the original props of R2-D2 and C-3PO used in filming are used as audio-animatronics in the queue area of Disneyland's Star Tours ride.

In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, both R2-D2 and C-3PO are introduced on board the Tantive IV, along with Princess Leia of Alderaan, when they are fired upon by an Imperial Star Destroyer.

R2-D2 and C-3PO are then abducted by Jawas and bought by Owen Lars, step-uncle of Luke Skywalker.

In Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, R2-D2 accompanies Luke to Dagobah, and later to Cloud City, where he helps to rescue and repair a heavily damaged C-3PO and to override city security computers.

The sole survivor of the four, R2-D2 becomes part of Qui-Gon Jinn's party on Tatooine and meets C-3PO and Anakin Skywalker.

Both R2-D2 and C-3PO end up in the possession of Captain Raymus Antilles on board the Corellian corvette Tantive IV.

* R2-D2 and C-3PO had their own animated series, Star Wars: Droids, set before they came into Luke Skywalker's possession.

* R2-D2 and C-3PO were featured as presenters at the 50th Academy Awards.

* R2-D2 and C-3PO have appeared in numerous Star Wars-based commercials, television specials, and productions.

C-3PO ( played by Anthony Daniels ) and R2-D2 ( played by Kenny Baker ) are the only characters portrayed by the same actor in all six films.

In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope C-3PO is introduced to the audience in the opening scenes of the film, wherein C-3PO and R2-D2 are aboard the consular ship Tantive IV when it is attacked by Darth Vader ’ s Star Destroyer Devastator.

When R2-D2 leaves the ship to deliver a secret message to Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO follows R2-D2, eventually to the planet Tatooine.

There, C-3PO and R2-D2 are captured by Jawas and taken to be sold.

In the process of being sold to Owen Lars, C-3PO convinces Owen to buy R2-D2 as well.

C-3PO was the property of the captain on the Tantive IV, but seems to follow R2-D2 in a relationship akin to those between human children ; C-3PO often following R2-D2 around, and R2-D2 needing C-3PO to translate for him.

* Star Tours: When a guest is waiting in this Disney attraction's spaceport, various announcements can be heard over a PA system in between R2-D2 and C-3PO's conversations — one says: " will the owners of a red-and-black landspeeder, vehicle ID THX-1138, please return to your craft.

* R2-D2 appears in the 2008 animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and the spin-off series of the same name, which provide a canonical bridge between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

During the Droids series, set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, C-3PO and R2-D2 are traded to various masters.

Kenneth George " Kenny " Baker ( born 24 August 1934 ) is a British actor and musician, best known as the man inside R2-D2 in the popular Star Wars film series.

R2-D2 is a well-known whistler from the Star Wars series of films who uses modulated whistles to communicate with other droids and express emotion.

In series 2 and 3, he became an aspidistra atop an elegant plant stand ; he could move around the room and roared and shook when he was angry ( the Rangdo was controlled by Kenny Baker, who was also responsible for R2-D2 ).

Star Wars: Droids, also known as Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO, was an animated television series that featured the exploits of R2-D2 and C-3PO, the droids who have appeared in all six Star Wars films.

The convention features a tag-team wrestling match which sees " the mighty robots " ( the Cylons ) from the series Battlestar Galactica fight the " gay robots " ( R2-D2 and C-3PO ) from Star Wars.

For example, instead of simply buying C-3PO and R2-D2 from the Jawas, Luke Skywalker must fight his way to the top of a Jawa sandcrawler while leaping from a series of moving conveyor belts.

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome is a 2001 American mockumentary short, directed by Don Bies and Spencer Susser, starring Kenny Baker as R2-D2 in a fictionalized life story of the robot from the Star Wars film series.

He also has a role as the character on Sesame Street episodes 1364 and 1396 ( along with R2-D2 ).

Unknown to Vader, the young senator has hidden the plans inside the Astromech droid R2-D2 and has sent it to find Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi on the nearby planet of Tatooine.

Suddenly, R2-D2 plays a message from Princess Leia Organa ( Carrie Fisher ) that pleads for Obi-Wan Kenobi to get the droid to her father on Alderaan.

Leia jams inside an opening in R2-D2 an information disc containing the plans for the Death Star battle station, along with encoding a distress message on the droid's holographic projector.

R2-D2 delivers the plans to the Rebel Alliance, and becomes Luke's astromech droid during the attack on the station.

In Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, R2-D2 plays a critical role in the rescue of Han, Luke and Leia from Jabba the Hutt, and later joins the Rebel strike team on Endor.

In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, set 32 years before A New Hope, R2-D2 is portrayed as belonging to the Naboo defense forces and is one of eight astromech droids deployed for repair duty on Queen Padmé Amidala's starship as it attempts to get past the Trade Federation blockade.

In the original Star Wars films, there were two R2-D2 models, one that was remote controlled and rolled on three wheeled legs, and another which was worn by Kenny Baker and walked on two legs.

Ewan McGregor, who portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequel trilogy, said in an interview, " As soon as R2-D2 comes on the set, everyone goes a bit silly.

In this discussion on the audio commentary, George Lucas also notes that it is intentional that R2-D2 saves the day at least once in every film.

In Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Luke commands C-3PO and R2-D2 to deliver a message to Jabba the Hutt, whereby C-3PO is used as Jabba's translator while R2-D2 serves on his flying ' sail barge '.

After Anakin and R2-D2 return from Anakin's massacre of the Jedi, C-3PO and R2-D2 conclude that the latter was the result of emotional pressure on Anakin.

Due to his function as a protocol droid, he most often stays with Leia Organa-Solo on Coruscant, assisting her political duties, while R2-D2 often stays with Luke Skywalker at the Jedi Academy.

As a subtle in-joke, Dennis Muren ( who had just finished working on Star Wars ) put a small R2-D2 model onto the underside of the mothership.