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CibbuanoHow did R2-D2 get his name?
January 22nd 2008 13:33
We've loved it from the instant we heard it. The name of the little garbage can robot, R2-D2, has been murmured at hundreds of moments in my life, since I was a little little kid.
Where did ol' George come up with the name?
You'd imagine that he thought up an entire taxonomy for his armies of bots... each name signifying something important.
Nope. That's not it.
You could imagine that he had an out-of-body experience, that he was being chased across the galaxy by a dark empire, and he gave his synopsis for the original "Star Wars" to a robot named R2D2 with the message "Help me, Steven Spielberg. You're my only hope."
The truth, according to /Film, is that Lucas was editing "American Graffiti" and stumbled upon it. From the source:
Are we disappointed? I'm not surprised in the slightest...
Of note: I mentioned that R2D2 looks like a garbage can, which you might take offense to, depending on how sci-fi geeky you are. Well, check this post out.
Where did ol' George come up with the name?
You'd imagine that he thought up an entire taxonomy for his armies of bots... each name signifying something important.
Nope. That's not it.
You could imagine that he had an out-of-body experience, that he was being chased across the galaxy by a dark empire, and he gave his synopsis for the original "Star Wars" to a robot named R2D2 with the message "Help me, Steven Spielberg. You're my only hope."
The truth, according to /Film, is that Lucas was editing "American Graffiti" and stumbled upon it. From the source:
"Rumor has it that George Lucas and a co-worker were editing American Graffiti, when a co-worker asked Lucas for “Reel Two, Dialog Two”, which is abbreviated “R2D2”. Lucas supposedly wrote down the abbreviation and used it as the name of the now famous droid in Star Wars."
Are we disappointed? I'm not surprised in the slightest...
Of note: I mentioned that R2D2 looks like a garbage can, which you might take offense to, depending on how sci-fi geeky you are. Well, check this post out.
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