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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(dark framing: afterwards, 3PO specifically tells Luke he doesn't have the ability to tell stories)
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in retrospect all of R2's bickering w a bewildered 3PO on Tatooine is R2 being a douche
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3PO's side of the convo indicating R2 keeps mentioning things he has no clue about
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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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the flip side is that protocol droids like 3PO are specifically designed to have no confidence
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his job is to translate for other people, you can't have him taking initiative
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that old post abt the Skywalker Conspiracy said R2 and Chewie used similar strategies
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