timdiggerm said:

This is Bingo's favorite idea that will, sorry to say, never happen.

Agreed.

Largely because I genuinely don't think Lucas realises what his characters are.

I don't think he can contextualise them beyond toys.

Also nuGalactica and Terminator has sort of done the idea already but not in the same context.

For me Artoo has always been my favorite character. He even comes out of the humiliations heaped upon him in the PT less harmed than the other OT characters.

We see him care, be brave, take a laser bolt or two and he is treated as a slave, even by the good guys.

I remember rooting for the Voc robots (particularly the Dumbs) in The Robots Of Death too so I guess I have a thing for equal rites for metal people.

But Leia as the bad guy...it has to happen...right?