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Star Wars without Artoo- What would the saga be like if there was no Artoo

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Started this thread because there seems to be a load of 'What if" threads.

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The Lars homestead might not have gotten a droid that fits the bill, but they wouldn't have been murdered. They probably would have had a less-than-stellar harvest, Owen would have been cranky, and Leia would have put the Death Star plans into that silver 3PO droid. That droid was an imperial spy. Leia gets executed, but the Death Star never finds the rebel base. The films go on, without Luke or Leia, or anything. 

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3PO would have to fill in for all of R2's parts.  I hate to think how HE'D have to interface with the imperial network.  Nope, can't unthink that thought...

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CatBus said:

3PO would have to fill in for all of R2's parts.  I hate to think how HE'D have to interface with the imperial network.  Nope, can't unthink that thought...

Ahhh, thank you very much CatBus! Now I can't help but imagine 3PO shutting down the garbage mashers on the detention level by frenetically humping a hole in the wall.

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Leonardo said:

CatBus said:

3PO would have to fill in for all of R2's parts.  I hate to think how HE'D have to interface with the imperial network.  Nope, can't unthink that thought...

Ahhh, thank you very much CatBus! Now I can't help but imagine 3PO shutting down the garbage mashers on the detention level by frenetically humping a hole in the wall.

Also, consider: the power socket gag in ESB would have been funnier, and you'd always have a vague icky feeling whenever 3PO claimed to be "human-cyborg relations".

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Wouldn't mind seeing a Star Wars with no Threepio. He might serve some purpose in episodes four-to-six but he's completely surplus in episodes one-to-three.

Artoo, on the other hand, is a true hero.

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Easterhay! Where the heck have you been!

Threepio did fly Obi Wan and Padme away from Mustafar. I guess he lost his piloting skills in that memory flush...

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Sorry, chief. I've been away doing gigs for the past few days - busiest part of the year for us singers. However, while I was away, I never stopped thinking about the forum!

Yes, I forgot about Threepio's "flying skills" in ROTS. How unfair that, just as he was getting the hang of it, that pesky Captain Antilles got his memory wiped.

I can't help but wonder if Lucas had Threepio's role diminished because Anthony Daniels had criticised the Ewoks in ROTJ. Or maybe Lucas was a good mate of Kenny Baker's and sided with him in their ongoing feud.

Or maybe I'm just overthinking things...

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You're a singer? Neat.

I didn't know Daniels trashed the Ewoks. They only worshiped him as a god. ;)

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I know - talk about churlish behaviour, eh?!

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Given that 3PO wasn't willing to get into the escape pod of the Tantive IV, without R2 the Empire would've just gotten the plans after searching the ship.

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SilverWook said:

Easterhay! Where the heck have you been!

Threepio did fly Obi Wan and Padme away from Mustafar. I guess he lost his piloting skills in that memory flush...

I thought that obi wan kenobi was flying the spaceship away from the planet Mustafar......

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If he was flying how would he manage to do his thoughtful beard-stroking?

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R2-D2 saved the Queen's starship in Episode 1. Without Artoo, the ship would have been destroyed, and the Jedi killed, as well as the queen. Nute Gunray is successfully prosecuted for invading Naboo and killing the queen. Qui-Gon and Obi-wan would never have stopped on Tatooine to find Anakin, and so Anakin would never have become a Jedi, nor would he have become a Sith. A new leader of Naboo would have been elected, and as Jar-Jar had been killed as well, he wouldn't have called for emergency powers for the Chancellor, even if the Trade Federation had remained intact after that fiasco. In short, if Artoo had never existed, the Empire would never have been formed.

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NeverarGreat said:

R2-D2 saved the Queen's starship in Episode 1. Without Artoo, the ship would have been destroyed, and the Jedi killed, as well as the queen. Nute Gunray is successfully prosecuted for invading Naboo and killing the queen. Qui-Gon and Obi-wan would never have stopped on Tatooine to find Anakin, and so Anakin would never have become a Jedi, nor would he have become a Sith. A new leader of Naboo would have been elected, and as Jar-Jar had been killed as well, he wouldn't have called for emergency powers for the Chancellor, even if the Trade Federation had remained intact after that fiasco. In short, if Artoo had never existed, the Empire would never have been formed.

"I don't know what all the trouble is about, but I'm sure it must be your fault."

slow clap

Surely the saga would have turned out differently if Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan didn't have those pocket re-breathers that allowed them to swim to Otoh Gunga?

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NeverarGreat said:

R2-D2 saved the Queen's starship in Episode 1. Without Artoo, the ship would have been destroyed, and the Jedi killed, as well as the queen. Nute Gunray is successfully prosecuted for invading Naboo and killing the queen. Qui-Gon and Obi-wan would never have stopped on Tatooine to find Anakin, and so Anakin would never have become a Jedi, nor would he have become a Sith. A new leader of Naboo would have been elected, and as Jar-Jar had been killed as well, he wouldn't have called for emergency powers for the Chancellor, even if the Trade Federation had remained intact after that fiasco. In short, if Artoo had never existed, the Empire would never have been formed.

"I don't know what all the trouble is about, but I'm sure it must be your fault."

Interesting.

Keep Circulating the Tapes.

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NeverarGreat said:

R2-D2 saved the Queen's starship in Episode 1. Without Artoo, the ship would have been destroyed, and the Jedi killed, as well as the queen. Nute Gunray is successfully prosecuted for invading Naboo and killing the queen. Qui-Gon and Obi-wan would never have stopped on Tatooine to find Anakin, and so Anakin would never have become a Jedi, nor would he have become a Sith. A new leader of Naboo would have been elected, and as Jar-Jar had been killed as well, he wouldn't have called for emergency powers for the Chancellor, even if the Trade Federation had remained intact after that fiasco. In short, if Artoo had never existed, the Empire would never have been formed.

"I don't know what all the trouble is about, but I'm sure it must be your fault."

Anakin's force abilities would have increased as he grew up, and with only Watto as a role model, insured the Toydarian's rise to power, overthrowing the Hutts, and owning the largest pizza franchise in the Outer Rim.

After Watto's sudden death in a suspicious pizza oven accident, Anakin had no one to reign him in. (His mother had died years before in a tragic accident in a Tusken Raider S&M parlor. Always remember your safe word kids!) He once force choked a man in a cantina just for snoring.

Pod Racing became a blood sport when Anakin competed. He teamed up with Sebulba to terrorize the competition, before a financial dispute ended with the Dug's head nailed to a vaporator.

After years of suffering in silence, (mostly because Anakin had ripped out his vocabulator) Threepio finally overcame his programming. When Anakin fell asleep after yet another spice fueled party, the protocol droid slipped a thermal detonator under his pillow, and kissed the maker on the cheek.

If only a plucky little astro droid had entered their lives!

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Poor Kenny would be looking for other jobs in robotic portrayals and the films would be sadly devoid of raspberries. ;)

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The entire saga wouldn’t happen because Ric Olie’s ship would be blown up at the blockade

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NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED

I WOULD HAVE FLOWN EVERYONE TO SAFETY

I LET R2 HAVE HIS MOMENT