i just thought id drag the 3po debate here. im fully behind ady for removing 3po references into ROTS. the only improvement on this i would like would be a golden 3po being with padme in TPM, so the droids would be together from the start, and we would never actually know how they meet, it would just be something beyond the films, as if they existed for many years prior.

getting rid of 3po would mean the throw away line "have the protocol droids mind wiped" would go too (please!) i do like the idea that r2 and 3po have probably been wandering around the tantive IV corridors endlessly for 20 years. so they just end up bitching at each other out of boredom eventually.

not sure if this is too personal ady, but where exactly are you from? i was pleasantly surprised that you had a midlands accent!