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.

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.

* 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.

Note: Canon sources are mixed as to whether R2-D2 has a gender, but Wallace ( an official source ) indicates that the droid has masculine programming.

When he, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 are captured by the Ewoks, C-3PO is perceived to be a god by the latter.

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

In The Glove of Darth Vader, C-3PO and R2-D2 are members of the Senate Planetary Intelligence Network ( SPIN ), and undergo transformation by the Droid Modification Team to be disguised as Kessel droids so that they could infiltrate a gathering of Imperials to find out who is planning to take control of the Empire.

Both it and the audio-animatronic R2-D2 are the original props used in filming.

This area is stocked with Audio-Animatronic characters that seem to speak to the ride patrons ( including C-3PO and R2-D2 ), as well as a life-size mock-up of a StarSpeeder 3000, the fictional spacecraft which riders are about to board.

According to the book Disneyland Detective by Kendra Trahan, the figures of C-3PO and R2-D2 in the Disneyland attraction are actual props from the original film, modified to operate via Audio-Animatronics.

For example, in Star Wars, Pinch 1 is the Stormtroopers attacking the Millennium Falcon in Mos Eisley, reminding us the Empire is after the stolen plans to the Death Star R2-D2 is carrying and Luke and Ben Kenobi are trying to get to the Rebel Alliance ( the main conflict ).

The principal characters are Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, and Darth Vader.

R2-D2 and other astromech droids are constructed from unique parts, with a separate top, body and legs.

" He recalled how his then four-year-old daughter announced she was in love with R2-D2, and then confessed his own affections for the droid: "... there is something about him that makes you feel great affection for him.

Jacen, along with R2-D2, helps Luke conquer some of his fears about Mara's involvement with the death of his mother, and then accompanies him to face Plo.

The first task ( from the training missions ) is to search for an escape pod that landed on Tatooine, and then track the droids that were inside-which is a reference to the opening scenes of Star Wars Episode IV when C3PO and R2-D2 escape Imperial clutches via an escape pod which crashes on Tatooine.

Unable to find Kenobi herself, Leia gives the plans and a message to R2-D2 ( Kenny Baker ), and then orders the droid to deliver them to Kenobi.

Luke, Yoda, Han, Chewbacca and R2-D2 then take on in the Falcon to Coruscant.

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.

R2-D2 was played by Kenny Baker.

R2-D2 was designed by John Stears and Tony Dyson specially created by Australian firm Petric Engineering and English firm C & L Developments.

George Lucas's creation of R2-D2 was influenced by Akira Kurosawa's 1958 feature film The Hidden Fortress ( USA release 1962 ), particularly Tahei and Matakishi, the two comic relief characters that serve as sidekicks to General Makabe.

Soon, by way of fate, Luke is forced to leave Tatooine with Obi-Wan, Han Solo, and Chewbacca, and they attempt to deliver R2-D2 to the Rebel Alliance.

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.

After successfully escaping Vader's flagship Executor, C-3PO is fully repaired by R2-D2.

In the midst of the battle, C-3PO is attacked by Salacious Crumb, who pulls out his right photoreceptor before being driven off by R2-D2.