FunkyDays said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Quick question - why does R2 look black-and-white in some space scenes? I thought it was an error on the print until I confirmed it in Adywan's reconstruction.

I think the "blue" model conflicted with the bluescreen backgrounds. Like the tv weatherman who wears a blue tie and suddenly has a map of Iowa projected onto it :-) I'm open to being corrected.

You are correct. Artoo also sports black panels in SW during the Death Star battle, but it's less obvious. I always rationalized it as Artoo's panels changing color in the cold of space. His dome actually looks frosty at times, but maybe the crew sprayed him with dull coat to reduce blue spill...

Those SE changes are getting sneaky aren't they? ;)