Why can t R2-D2 fly anymore?

What is the black droid like R2-D2?

Are you a Star Wars fan?

So am I. The black droid is awesome. But what exactly makes the black droid different than R2-D2? Are they exactly the same thing? Does R2 have a light up eye or no eye? Can R2 make any sounds? What about making a sound?

I'm also curious what the black droid can do that the white R2-D2 cannot? In my opinion, the black droid is not just a duplicate of R2-D2. It's also a much different being. It's more of an independent entity, whereas R2 is more like a slave (at least in the prequels).

Last edited by Jabbottie; 10-16-2012 at 11:29 PM. Reason: to remove the "is a" in front of the sentence, and add a period after "different". Well, as a fan, I like the fact that it's black, but as an engineer, I don't like it one bit. The fact that it was modeled off of R2 in the first place is the only thing I like about it. Otherwise, it's just another machine.

I think the real question is why they even made it in the first place. They're not creating a clone, they're making another droid that shares a common design with R2. That's not an improvement at all, since they already have a droid in that class. If they wanted a clone, they could have just made R2-A1, which is a clone of R2-D2.

The fact that it's black is just a detail, and the movie was designed around it. They didn't have any practical reason to design it in black, and it doesn't make sense from a design standpoint, as you pointed out.

It's just a bad design. If they wanted to make a clone, they could have just made R2-A1, which is a clone of R2-D2. And this is why people are so upset about the prequels. Clone Wars is a good example of this. A black R2-D2 clone was produced. In every other single one of the prequel films, this is what they made.

You're right, that's why I said I like it because it's black.

What is the size of R2-D2?

This is the one of my all-time favorite questions.

No one has any idea, although I'd bet good money that the answer is somewhere between 2 and 4 meters (20 feet).

The first version of R2-D2 (which doesn't exist anymore) had a diameter of roughly 3 meters. The second version, which appeared in Episode V, was about 4 meters. Some people were convinced that R2-D2 had a diameter of 6 or 8 meters (60 or 80 feet). But for the last 20 years, nobody has been able to measure R2-D2.

And now, at long last, they have. As of yesterday, I finally have a measurement that I can report with confidence: R2-D2's diameter is not 2 meters, or 20 feet. I did this by using an extremely high-resolution radar system. This technology is used by the U. Navy to map the world's oceans and monitor icebergs and other floating objects.

What does this mean? It means that R2-D2 is bigger than I thought, probably by more than 20 percent. The most important thing about this discovery is that it confirms my own theory about R2-D2. In my book Star Wars: The Movie, the size of R2-D2 has been an important part of the plot for the last 30 years. When R2-D2 lands on the desert planet Tatooine in Episode IV, the first thing we see is R2-D2's enormous size. "We have a message from a friend of yours, Princess Leia," C-3PO says to R2-D2 as he rolls around the sand dunes. "She said she was being held prisoner on the planet Tatooine. I'll tell you, if there's anything we can do to help, just name it."

C-3PO explains that Leia is a friend of his, but R2-D2 gives no indication of knowing her. This creates the impression that R2-D2 is not programmed to recognize human beings.

If that's the case, what does it mean that we're told, for example, that "R2-D2 is not an attack droid"?

Who built R2-D2 in real life?

According to the Episode VII's official website, he was: "A C & A Tech 3 from the R2 Build team on the planet Tatooine.

" The official Star Wars Magazine article on all things Ewoks (which I read a long time ago) has a detailed account of how Andy, Richard Hamdon and Richard Marquis made the little guy, as told by the original R2-D2 engineer. According to R2-D2 himself in The Making of Star Wars VI, when he was being developed for the movies: "I've been around since 1977, and that's a long time! You know I have a bit of an egomaybe that was my downfall!". This is followed by a list of the many people who've helped build him. There have been quite a few people who have contributed to the R2. But to my knowledge, the official credits all point to Richard Hamdon/Hammond, Richard Marquis, and/or John Knoll. If you look at the "making of" videos, there is no list of people involved, but Knoll and Marquis are visible in most videos. When they start showing the "skeleton R2" model, that is the original R2. If someone else was credited with making it, those people would have been credited at the end of the video, rather than being left open ended.

If you look at the wikia page for the R2, under his backstory, you can read: All of this work lead to an R2 unit which would be seen in a galaxy far away in the 1980s movie Return of the Jedi.e. This unit served as the inspiration for the R2 unit from The Empire Strikes Back in which the R2 unit plays a large part in the movie's events.

There is no mention of Andy which might indicate that Andy Stanton was not the main person doing the work at that point, but they do state that it lead to the R2 unit seen in the movie in the 80s, and Knoll and Marquis were involved.

Why can t R2-D2 fly anymore?

I recently upgraded to R2-D2 from a R1-D2.

I have owned both and have read tons of posts in this forum on how to keep the R2-D2 on the ball. When I put my R2-D2 on the ball and try to take off it doesn't get very far. It goes up in the air for a bit then falls to the ground and dies. I have checked the battery connections and they are tight. Does anyone have any ideas?

I just bought a new R2-D2 for my son so I can take him to all the parks. I would like to know if I should get an extra R2-D2 battery, and if so how do I know what kind of batteries it will work with? Thanks.

I purchased an R2-D2 for my son for his birthday. (he's turning 4 in November.) His R1-D2 has been dying slowly for months, with the motor and servo motors going out before the droid finally died. We've tried cleaning it, getting a new R1-D2, and upgrading to R2-D2. The droid just keeps dying. Any ideas?

I purchased a R2-D2 for my son for his birthday. (he's turning 4 in November.

My son recently bought an R2D2 in early December. He had trouble removing it from the package and getting it in the ball. He hasn't gotten it on a ball yet, so it's very well in the ball. He recently moved it to his room. I believe he is putting it on a table next to his bed. I don't think it's moving. I'm pretty sure he has tried to move it from the table to a ball, but when he does, it seems to "hit" the table and stops. Any ideas on what he may be doing wrong? (he's turning 4 in November.