Akwat Kbrana said:
That would still result in a shrunken, ingrown universe. Furthermore, it fails to satisfy the question as to why a slave on Tatooine needs an etiquette and protocol droid.
So very true. He claims he built it to aid his mother at home, but when you remove the line where he reveals just that, basically because he didn't, the droid loses all purpose, both in presence and existence.