R2-D2 (aka Artoo, Artoo Deetoo): R2-D2 is an astromech droid and the constant companion to C-3PO found in George Lucas's Star Wars films. It all began a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (that being 1977 Hollywood) when Lucas released his first Star Wars film called of all things Star Wars, and then slightly later Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Of course, Lucas uses the term "droid" to refer to all robots; however, droid is a shortened version of android, which is a robot that looks like a human, which C-3PO will if one enjoys enough drinks at the Mos Eisley Cantina. However, nothing short of a Jedi Mind-trick could make you believe R2-D2 looked human. I guess R2-D2 is technically a bulletdroid, but there is no such thing and Lucas is king and he gets what he wants, which is usually a lot of money.
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