^ I was thinking the same thing
Treating droids like people nice seems to be SW’s go-to method to immediately establish that someone is a ‘good-guy’.
I’ve noticed this before too. Seems like yet another undocumented but recycled device.
The unspoken presence of widespread slavery in the SWU always nagged at me (obviously hence this thread). I guess this is yet another detail of the SWU being analogous to our own ancient past, when heroes never used restrooms and some people were considered disposable objects.
#sarcasm
According to the Force Awakens visual dictionary, droids working for the Resistance are freed of any servitude and treated as equals.
I liked that a lot.
+1! I’d put that in my “what was good about TFA” thread if it was actually in the movie.