Luke leaned back in the seat, luxuriating in unaccustomed relaxation as Threepio skillfully directed the powerful landcraft around dunes and rocky outcrops. "You handle a landspeeder pretty well, for a machine," he noted admiringly.
"Thank you, sir," a gratified Threepio responded, his eyes never moving from the landscape ahead. "I was not lying to your uncle when I claimed verstility as my middle name. In fact, on occasion I have been called upon to perform unexpected functions in circumstances which would have appalled my designers."
"Thank you, sir," a gratified Threepio responded, his eyes never moving from the landscape ahead. "I was not lying to your uncle when I claimed verstility as my middle name. In fact, on occasion I have been called upon to perform unexpected functions in circumstances which would have appalled my designers."
I have not really addressed a nagging issue with the droids. I would love to keep them in the PT. I don't think we need to see how they meet. I prefer the idea that they are there from well before the beginning of Anakin & Obi-Wan's story and well after the end of Luke & Vader's. I find it a satisfying thought that the droids are much older than any of the other characters (except, perhaps, Yoda) and are unchanging, unlike their organic owners. The droids lead us through the story and we see many events from their perspective. Sometimes they drive the story forward, as in ANH, and sometimes they are caught along by the events around them.
Artoo & Threepio are a solid basis from which to construct the story. They allow us to observe galactic and personal events from an immortal perspective.
Any thoughts?