The name derives from when Lucas was making one of his earlier films, American Graffiti. Sound editor Walter Murch states that he is responsible for the utterance which sparked the name for the droid. Murch asked for Reel 2, Dialog Track 2, in the abbreviated form "R-2-D-2".

R2-D2, sometimes spelled Artoo-Detoo and often referred to as Artoo, was an R2-series astromech droid manufactured by Industrial Automaton prior to 32 BBY, who would participate in major galactic events for nearly two centuries alongside the Skywalker family.

They aren't abbreviations - they're model and serial numbers. R2 is a second generation R-series astromech, serial number D2. * And C-3PO is a C-series protocol droid with the serial number 3PO.

R2 was owned by Queen Amidala as he read on her space ship in Phantom Menace as the best of the repair droids. Anakin of course was the original owner and creator of C3PO and he stayed with and served his mother for 10 years after he went off with Qui-Gon to become a Jedi.

Designed from artwork by Ralph McQuarrie in 1975, R2-D2 looks more like a small blue-and-white garbage can than a human being. In the films, R2-D2 is the type of droid built to interface with computers and service starships-a kind of super technician suited for tasks well beyond human capability.

If you have received a CP30 Notice from the IRS, it usually means that the IRS believes you did not pre-pay enough of your federal income tax obligation for the year specified in the notice within the required timeframe, and has therefore assessed a penalty against you.

32 BBY R2-D2 was built around prior or during 32 BBY. He was one of several astromech droids on Queen Padmé Amidala's Naboo Royal Starship during the invasion of Naboo by the Trade Federation that year. The ship was used by Queen Amidala and her entourage in an attempt to pass the blockade and escape the planet.

While he is best known for last-minute rescues, he was also a master at safeguarding information. In A New Hope, viewers were introduced to the droid who was given crucial plans to destroy the Death Star.

Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office One of NASA programs to collaborate with the private sector in the development of commercial space transportation it's named 'C3PO', acronym for Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office.

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Built by Anakin Skywalker, C-3PO was designed as a protocol droid intended to assist in etiquette, customs, and translation, boasting that he is "fluent in over six million forms of communication".

The droid duo of R2-D2 and C-3PO were notably inspired by Tahei and Matashichi, the two peasant protagonists in Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress.

It wasn't until Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones that he was almost complete, as Anakin's mother covered him in a tarnished grey plating to shield him from Tatooine's sandy environment, and he finally got his unforgettable golden look during Clone Wars, to better suit his new role at the service of Padmé ...

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Anakin Skywalker, a Tatooine slave boy, was gifted in engineering -- and was strong with the Force. To help his mother, Shmi, he secretly built a droid: C-3PO. In his earliest form, Threepio had no outside covering, and so appeared “naked,” with his internal parts and motors showing.

LOS ANGELES - An R2-D2 unit that was used in several “Star Wars” films has sold at auction for nearly $3 million.