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 guest starred in a series of segments of episode 1364 and 1396 on the children's television series Sesame Street, aired in 1978, where he falls in love with a fire hydrant.

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

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.

* In issue # 12 of Star Wars: Legacy, R2-D2 is revealed to have survived the resulting 88 years after his last appearance and has been upgraded to the latest technology.

Robots have been supporting characters, such as Robby the Robot in Forbidden Planet, sidekicks ( e. g., C-3PO and R2-D2 from Star Wars ), and extras, visible in the background to create a futuristic setting.

Action figures based on McQuarrie's concept art, including conceptual versions of the Imperial Stormtrooper, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and other characters have also been made.

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.

* prop-inanimate performer or even artificial actor in show, TV and movie production ( as the fictitious first toy robots, see above ); as technology advances, some advanced robots can, often helped with other special effects, to make them seem what cannot ( yet ), even be significantly more than a cast extra, such as the Starwars ' droids ' R2-D2 and C-3P0 in the Star Wars double trilogy ( 1977-2005 ) which have proved rather popular from the start.

The term " droid ", coined by George Lucas for the original Star Wars film and now used widely within science fiction, originated as an abridgment of " android ", but has been used by Lucas and others to mean any robot, including distinctly non-human form machines like R2-D2.

On the commentary soundtrack to the 2004 DVD release of Star Wars, writer and director George Lucas describes R2-D2 as " the main driving force of the movie ... what you say in the movie business is the MacGuffin ... the object of everybody's search ".

In 1980, when Meco was there recording Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Christmas Album, Tony Bongiovi recommended him for the song " R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

R2-D2 ( phonetically spelled Artoo-Detoo, and called " R2 " or " Artoo " for short ) is a robot character in the Star Wars universe.

An astromech droid ( referred to in the novel as a ' theromcapsulary dehousing assisster '), R2-D2 is a major character in all six Star Wars films.

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.

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 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, set 10 years later, R2-D2 still serves Anakin and Obi-Wan.

In Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, R2-D2 helps Anakin and Obi-Wan in their mission to rescue Chancellor Palpatine from Count Dooku's capital ship, the Invisible Hand.

In the Star Wars Expanded Universe novel The Swarm War, R2-D2 inadvertently helps Luke and Leia come to grips with their heritage when an electronic glitch unearths long-concealed images of Anakin relating his fear of losing Padmé, and of Padmé's death.

* 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.

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.

A R2-D2 themed mailbox in Boston, Massachusetts as part of the celebration for Star Wars ' 30th anniversary

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