Bingowings said:But then what is a slave boy doing building a protocol droid for his mother on a desert planet when she'd be better of with an ice-cream maker?
It may have cost too much to have an ice cream machine imported from Cloud City. Besides, maybe she really had a hankerin' for a prissy droid that spoke a ridiculous amount of languages. That would be really useful for a stay at home mom that did...I dunno, dirt sweeping all day? Milking blue cows?