In Attack of the Clones, set 10 years after The Phantom Menace, R2-D2 again serves Obi-Wan and Anakin ( Hayden Christensen), who is now Obi-Wan's Jedi apprentice. In the Expanded Universe novel The Swarm War, R2-D2 inadvertently helps Luke and Leia come to grips with their heritage when an electronic glitch unearths long-concealed images of Anakin relating his fear of losing Padmé, and of Padmé's death. After Grogu decides to abandon his Jedi training, Luke has R2-D2 fly Grogu to Tatooine in his X-wing starfighter so that he may be reunited with his guardian, Din Djarin ( Pedro Pascal).

In The Rise of Skywalker, puppeteers Hassan Taj and Lee Towersey perform the role of R2-D2, replacing Jimmy Vee, who had played the role in the previous two films. They run into trouble when they encounter Boba Fett, who at first pretends to be an ally but is later revealed as an agent of Darth Vader.George Lucas's creation of R2-D2 was influenced by the peasant Matashichi from Akira Kurosawa's 1958 feature film The Hidden Fortress (released in the United States in 1962), although his personality is completely the opposite. Having proved his worth, R2-D2 then becomes part of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn's ( Liam Neeson) party on Tatooine where he meets nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker ( Jake Lloyd) and C-3PO, whom Anakin built from scrap. Later still, he serves as the astromech droid for Anakin's starfighter during the Battle of Naboo, helping Anakin destroy the Trade Federation's command center and free the planet Naboo from the Federation's grip.

You have to press the turn button and wait for it to turn, or hold it and let it turn several increments at a time before you let go. Direct from a galaxy far, far away comes thisnew pre-built versionof the R2-D2 interactive droidfrom Droid Depot at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.R2-D2 appears in the 2008 animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and the subsequent TV series of the same name. In the animated segment they are rescued by a mysterious bounty hunter, Boba Fett, who offers to help them. In the film, he accompanies Anakin (voiced by Matt Lanter) and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano (voiced by Ashley Eckstein) on a mission to rescue Jabba the Hutt's son Rotta. While Luke cleans the sand out of R2-D2's gears, he discovers a fragment of Leia's message, and removes the droid's restraining bolt to see more; once free of the bolt, R2 claims to have no knowledge of the message. Some of these changes were reverted in the dubbing of the prequel and sequel trilogies, where the original name R2-D2 was used instead.

You can make it move forward or backward, turn right or left, spin its dome right, or make a variety of sounds. There are a few other splashes of color, like green and black circles on the dome and copper-colored molded plastic cables built into the feet. He accompanies Anakin and Padmé to Naboo, and then to Tatooine when Anakin tries in vain to rescue his mother Shmi ( Pernilla August) from a pack of Tusken Raiders. The game is based on the Bop It Micro Series and the voice is replaced with voice recordings from C-3PO.t uː ˈ d iː t uː/) or Artoo-Detoo [1] is a fictional robot character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. On their arrival at Alderaan's co-ordinates, they are pulled in by the Death Star's tractor beam and are forced to land, but eventually rescue Princess Leia.

R2-D2 accompanies Poe in his X-wing for the final assault, and is later shown joining the others in celebrating the defeat of Palpatine and the Sith Eternal.In the DVD audio commentary for Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas says R2-D2 is his favorite character, and that it is intentional that R2-D2 saves the day at least once in every film. The legendary Star Wars character features authentic lights, sounds, and integrated Bluetooth technology so it will always be at your command. It's made completely out of plastic, with a mostly white body and a combination of blue and silver highlights on its dome, legs, and various molded ports and doors (none of which open).