![]() ![]() The plans were delivered and the Rebels launched on attack on the Death Star, with Luke taking R2-D2 in his X-wing. Back on the Falcon, they fled to the Rebel base on Yavin 4. Through some smart trickery, they evaded capture and rescued Leia and during the heroes’ escape, C-3PO and R2-D2 saved their friends from being crushed in a trash compactor. Instead, the small band’s ship, the Millennium Falcon, had been caught in the space station’s tractor beam. The planet was gone, destroyed by the Death Star - which now held Leia captive. Then, an adventure unfolded: R2-D2 was actually the custodian of the stolen Death Star plans, and Luke, along with new companions Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and the droids left to bring them to Princess Leia on Alderaan.īy the time this new group had arrived at Alderaan, however, it was too late. ![]() The scavengers sold the droids to Owen Lars, a moisture farmer, who charged his nephew Luke Skywalker with care of the droids. ![]() The two droids bickered - Artoo called Threepio a “mindless philosopher” - and separated, but both were eventually recovered by Jawas. C-3PO and R2-D2 made a daring escape in a life pod, landing on the desert world Tatooine. ![]() Antilles was a Rebel, however, and his ship was boarded by Imperials upon the theft of Death Star plans. In the intervening 19 years after the rise of the Empire, C-3PO and R2-D2 stayed in the service of their master, Captain Antilles. ![]()
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