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Were R2D2 and C3PO slaves?
Were R2D2 and C3PO slaves?
Were R2D2 and C3PO slaves?
No. They are/were very intelligent toasters. I don't classify the automatic seats in my car as "Life" plus their feelings don't get hurt. (Ok..as far as I know)
assuming they were sentient, then I guess you could classify them as slaves.
"Toaster" is a racist term.
They were based on two characters from the Kurosawa film "The Hidden Fortress". And those character were not slaves, but were from the lower rungs of society in feudal Japan so they were often abused. But they did provide comic relief and the movie is told from their point of view, despite the fact that they were minor characters.
However, in the Star Wars canon, droids are considered to be sentient beings with their own agendas and varying degrees of sophisticated programming; motivation is different from droid to droid. However, they can be enslaved: the Jawas. Also, different races had different feelings about droids. But within the Rebellion, droids were looked at as more or less equal partners whereas the Empire looked at them grudgingly as sentient beings but were considered inferior to them and treated as second/third class citizens. The Empire often employed droids with simpler programmed as it was easier to control them, whereas the Rebels treated droids better (not perfect, but better).
Yes, I am a bit of a sci-fi and film geek.
Were R2D2 and C3PO slaves?
no.
science fiction characters. Besides they were droids. They are no more "slaves" as a car or electric can opener are "slaves"
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Star Wars is not intellectual and so you will never have an answer to your question. It's movies for kids. Of course, if this were Star Trek, there would be essays citing canon because it is intellectual.
The episode that made TNG real.
TNG was a TV Show...
No. The Measure of a Man was so good we made a Space Force with the same insignia and everything.
Oh. Sorry... Data was real. My bad Space Force Guys...
Space Force has a Data. You think they would make the whole thing without one? Ridiculous.
I'm not sure what The Hidden Fortress has to do with C3PO and R2D2 being slaves.
1. The robots are as sentient as you or I
2. They didn't receive money for their labor
3. They had no agency and were often sent into dangerous situations with no say in the matter
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