It's pretty well agreed on that Threepio is portrayed as male. Some would say a gay man, but a man nonetheless.
Am I the only one who thinks Artoo is a girl?
I think he's a girl, like Jabba.
;-)
But seriously, it's been pretty well established that R2 is "male".
He's clearly AC/DC.
He says he's found the main control to the power beam that's holding the ship here. He'll try to make the precise location appear on the monitor.
Isn't he referred to as "he"?
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Dangit.
Never mind. As some would say, /thread
Wow, looks like someone has watched the movies maybe once or so. ;)
Tim will never cuddle with his R2-D2 plushie in quite the same way again...
But this topic made me realize, while the PT is full of droids that are clearly intended to be female, in the OT you see no such thing. Which made me realize that in the OT droids have a much more practical design to them in general, and look like machines that were made with the purpose to get their job done.
In the PT you have all sorts of ridiculously fancy droids with dumb superficial designs like mohawks or the waitressbot at the diner.
When I was a kid I liked to look at the various droids in Star Wars and imagine what parts they might have inside to make them work. If it had been the PT I had seen as a kid instead of the OT, I don't think my young mind would have spent any time considering that sort of thing, anymore than I spent time wondering what must have been inside Bugs Bunny to make him work.
CP3S said:
Tim will never cuddle with his R2-D2 plushie in quite the same way again...
Har har. For some reason, I had got it into my head that the relationship between Luke and Artoo was like a guy and his kid sister. I guess little brother works too.
That just made me remember that my cousin used to insist that R5-D4 was R2's sister.
Amidala says R2 has no gender.
That's the best TRM clip yet!
It's one of the older ones, actually.
It is?
I guess I missed it in your thread.
You catch on pretty slow.
Oops!
CP3S said:
... anymore than I spent time wondering what must have been inside Bugs Bunny to make him work.
Notice how I didn't say anything back there?
Anyone want to make a joke about the little stick that comes out of R2 when he's hacking something? Anyone?
It's a joke that tells itself.
TML said:
Anyone want to make a joke about the little stick that comes out of R2 when he's hacking something? Anyone?
Dude, did you just commission a joke?
There is no lingerie in space…
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Well there have been those times when 3P0 and R2 were off together...alone...getting oil baths...and...going down to maintenance...
Seriously I never pictured R2 as a female robot. I can't say I've ever really thought about robot sexes until now. 3P0 does always say he, but we tend to not personalize machines all that much.
Then again HAL did have a sister unit in the book...
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I always thought of R2 as kind of a really clever puppy... like the Littlest Hobo, or Lassie.
I know dogs have genders, but they don't really matter when you're stuck in a well.
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I don't think my young mind would have spent any time considering that sort of thing, anymore than I spent time wondering what must have been inside Bugs Bunny to make him work.
Now that you mention it, what does make Bugs work?
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CP3S said:
I don't think my young mind would have spent any time considering that sort of thing, anymore than I spent time wondering what must have been inside Bugs Bunny to make him work.
Now that you mention it, what does make Bugs work?
A wife and kids to support.
not taking the left turn at Albuquerque.
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