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R2-D2

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Also known as artoo · c1-p8 · detoo · Artoo-Detoo · R2D2 · Artoo Detoo

See R2-D2 on Timeline, HyperPanels, Wookieepedia and Databank.

R2-D2

R2-D2 is the astromech who keeps turning up at the turning points of galactic history. He was never fully memory-wiped, and decades of unbroken memory made him stubborn, resourceful and fiercely loyal. He first proved himself in 32 BBY by repairing Queen Amidala's starship under fire during the Naboo blockade. That same year he flew beside a young Anakin Skywalker when Anakin destroyed the Droid Control Ship. He watched Anakin and Padmé marry, then served as Anakin's partner through the Clone Wars, helping to rescue Jabba's son, surviving capture by General Grievous and carrying a distress call from Vanqor that saved two Jedi. When the Republic fell he passed into Bail Organa's care. Years later Princess Leia hid the stolen Death Star plans inside him, and the mission that followed brought him to Luke Skywalker and led to the first Death Star's destruction. He stayed with Luke through Hoth, Cloud City, Jabba's palace and Endor, and later through Luke's failed attempt to rebuild the Jedi Order. After Luke vanished, R2-D2 went into a long low-power sleep with the Resistance. He woke after the Battle of Starkiller Base carrying the last piece of the map to Luke. He went on to guide Rey to Ahch-To and flew as Poe Dameron's copilot at the Battle of Exegol.

Facts

Born
32 BBY
Died
20 BBY
Gender
Masculine programming
Pronouns
He/him
Height
1.08 meters
Type
Resistance

Connections

Homeworld
Naboo
Affiliations
Galactic Empire, Galactic Republic, Alliance to Restore the Republic, Jedi Order, New Republic, Resistance, Sith, Galactic Senate
Manufactured by
Industrial Automaton
Model
R-series, R2-series astromech droid

Appearances

1040 Star Wars works, first in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (1977).

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Notable works

Key events in R2-D2's story

View R2-D2 on the Timeline ›

~32 BBY - Built by Industrial Automaton

The R2-series astromech is built by 32 BBY at the latest and joins the Royal House of Naboo, serving aboard Queen Amidala's royal starship.

32 BBY - Running the Blockade

He is the only one of four astromechs to survive a hull repair under fire. He restores the ship's shields so it can escape the Trade Federation blockade.

32 BBY - Meeting Anakin and C-3PO

On Tatooine he meets Anakin Skywalker and C-3PO, helps work on Anakin's podracer, and cheers him on at the Boonta Eve Classic.

32 BBY - Battle of Naboo

He rides in the N-1 starfighter that young Anakin launches by accident, and helps him destroy the Droid Control Ship.

28 BBY - Senator's Aide

He follows Padmé to Coruscant when she becomes a senator and works as her unobtrusive recorder and assistant.

22 BBY - Geonosis and a Secret Wedding

He protects Padmé on Naboo and Geonosis, saves her in the droid foundry, and puts C-3PO back together. With C-3PO he is the only witness to Anakin and Padmé's wedding, after which he passes into Anakin's service.

22 BBY - Christophsis and Teth

He exposes the clone traitor Slick on Christophsis, then helps Anakin and Ahsoka rescue Jabba's son Rotta.

22 BBY - Hunting the Malevolence

He helps Anakin and Obi-Wan board Grievous's flagship to rescue Padmé, and the ship is destroyed.

22 BBY - Captured by Grievous

Lost after the fighting at Bothawui, he is sold to General Grievous. Anakin rescues him from Skytop Station, and he defeats the spy droid R3-S6.

~21 BBY - Clone Wars Missions

He serves on Orto Plutonia, in the Blue Shadow Virus crisis, and in the liberation of Ryloth. He also helps hunt Cad Bane, who kidnaps him and wipes his memory to plan the Senate hostage crisis.

~21 BBY - The Vanqor Trap

When Boba Fett's trap leaves Anakin and Mace Windu pinned under wreckage, he fights off gundarks and bounty hunters and gets their distress call to Coruscant.

~21 BBY - Infiltrating the Citadel

He leads a squad of reprogrammed battle droids that carries the frozen strike team to Lola Sayu to rescue Even Piell.

19 BBY - Fall of the Republic

He flies with Anakin in the rescue of Chancellor Palpatine and is present as Anakin falls to the dark side. Afterward he is placed with Bail Organa, and C-3PO's memory is wiped while his own is left intact.

~5 BBY - Aiding the Rebellion

Now serving Bail Organa, he and C-3PO briefly cross paths with the Ghost crew on a mission to Lothal.

1 BBY - Carrier of the Death Star Plans

Aboard the Tantive IV, Princess Leia hides the stolen Death Star plans and her plea to Obi-Wan Kenobi inside him. He escapes to Tatooine, where he is sold to the Lars family and finds Luke Skywalker.

0 BBY - Battle of Yavin

He delivers the plans to the Rebel Alliance and flies as Luke's astromech in the attack that destroys the Death Star.

3 ABY - Hoth and Dagobah

He escapes the Battle of Hoth with Luke, goes with him to Dagobah to train with Yoda, and repairs the Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive as it flees Cloud City.

4 ABY - Jabba's Palace and Endor

He smuggles Luke's lightsaber into Jabba's sail barge, helps free Han Solo, and fights alongside the Ewoks at the Battle of Endor while the second Death Star is destroyed.

9 ABY - Arrival of Luke Skywalker

He goes with Luke to rescue Grogu from Moff Gideon's cruiser, then to Luke's Jedi school, where Grogu begins training.

28 ABY - Fall of Luke's Jedi Temple

Luke's new Jedi Order is destroyed. After Luke disappears, R2-D2 powers down into a long low-power sleep with the Resistance.

34 ABY - Reawakening

After the Battle of Starkiller Base he wakes up and completes the map to Luke. He then travels with Rey and Chewbacca to Ahch-To and reunites with Luke there.

34 ABY - Rekindling Luke's Hope

He plays Luke the old recording of Leia's plea, which helps persuade Luke to help Rey.

35 ABY - Battle of Exegol

He restores C-3PO's wiped memory and flies as Poe Dameron's copilot in the decisive battle against the Final Order.

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Data from Wookieepedia (revision 15628226, 2026-09-26), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.

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