3PO is wiped. R2 is not. R2 is actively taunting 3PO with his beeping as Bail orders him to be wiped
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Markey_P and
it's one of R2's douchier moments
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Markey_P and
it's all because 3PO can talk and R2 can't, 3PO said he intended to tell Leia all his stories
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Markey_P and
(dark framing: afterwards, 3PO specifically tells Luke he doesn't have the ability to tell stories)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Markey_P and
in retrospect all of R2's bickering w a bewildered 3PO on Tatooine is R2 being a douche
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Markey_P and
3PO's side of the convo indicating R2 keeps mentioning things he has no clue about
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Replying to @arthur_affect
of course we don't know if Luke ever finds out R2 knew about his dad too
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90% of why anyone likes R2 as a character is he can't talk
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Rebels really plays up astromechs being jerks. Their droid is like HK-47 if he were a lazy employee
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astromechs are the droids who take apart and reprogram other droids, they're sociopaths
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at best they're selected for a high degree of arrogance/confidence, like human surgeons
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Not big on the idea of sociopath as a pejorative but I can easily believe astromechs have less empathy
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Whereas protocol droids are programmed to be servile. Vast majority of droids probably aren't
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