Humby said:
I just found this on Wookiepedia:
"...the company responsible for the development of his boosters, was shut down, and his rocket boosters were eventually damaged and thus could not be repaired. Despite this, however, R2 hardly regretted the loss of his ability to fly."It's like a backwards retcon, haha.
hardly regretted his ability to fly?? how many times in the original trilogy would boosters kept him out trouble? he wouldn't have fallen in the swamp and got swallowed on Dagobah, he could have flown to Luke's aid on the sand skiff etc, etc