See also: Cultural impact of Star Wars In 2015 All Nippon Airways unveiled a Boeing 787-9 in a special R2-D2 livery, which is colloquially referred to as R2D2JET; this aircraft is seen here at Tokyo International Airport (March 2016). R2-D2 appears in the sixth and seventh episodes of The Mandalorian spin-off series The Book of Boba Fett. In the film, Bubo is a mechanical metal owl that flies heavily and communicates through whistles and tweets. When Owen and Beru are killed by Imperial stormtroopers, Luke is forced to leave Tatooine with Obi-Wan, Han Solo ( Harrison Ford), and Chewbacca ( Peter Mayhew) on board the Millennium Falcon to deliver R2-D2 to the Rebel Alliance.

If you would like to link to a printable or Silhouette file please link to the page and not directly to the file. Ewan McGregor, who portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, said in an interview, "As soon as R2-D2 comes on the set, everyone goes a bit silly.If the PDF is showing lines through the design, just save it to your computer and open it up with Acrobat Reader.

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 fact, it is surprising how our brains fill in all the details of this beloved Star Wars character when we just see a few shapes in the right place. He later plays an important role in restoring C-3PO's memory after Rey, Finn ( John Boyega) and Poe Dameron ( Oscar Isaac) are forced to erase it so the droid can translate a Sith artifact that holds a clue to the location of the Sith homeworld and the new fleet of the resurrected Palpatine. LittleBits recently updated the app (for no extra charge) to include new block-based coding capabilities. It stands 24 inches tall, has a foot lever that flips open R2’s head for your waste and a removable interior for ease of emptying.Later R2-D2 intercepts a transmission between Darth Vader and Fett - thus confirming to him, C-3PO and the others Fett's true allegiances. After Obi-Wan defeats Vader in a lightsaber duel, R2-D2 goes with him aboard Padmé's ship, where he witnesses as Padmé dies after giving birth to her and Vader's children, Luke and Leia. R2-D2 stands for Second Generation Robotic Droid Series-2, according to a Star Wars encyclopedia published after the release of the film Star Wars.