Talk:R2-D2

Recognition and memory
just a small point: the article refers to R2 not having his memory wiped and the fact that Ben doesn't recognize him. this is explained as:

to the first point, as R2 is essentially a repair droid, there was no call to perform a memory wipe as he performed his job well enough, and his lack of speech in non-mechanical language meant he wasn't likely to accidentally mention it to someone who actually cared.

to the second point, it's recognized in EU that droids like R2 are exceedingly common, and it stands to reason that there's at least one Astromech droid with the same casing and color scheme as R2 SOMEWHERE in the galaxy.
 * In the latest series of Star Wars novels, it has been revealed that Artoo does, in fact, know about the relationship between Luke and his father. Luke has been made aware of this, but Artoo is trying desperatly to keep Luke from learning any more, going so far as to damage himself to keep that knowledge secret.  This point should probably be touched on in the article (while properly noting that it is part of the EU, and thus, not explicitly cannon) by someone who has a better memory of the events than I do.

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