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R2-D2 (/ ˌ ɑːr. 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.He has appeared in ten of the eleven theatrical Star Wars films to date, including every film in the "Skywalker Saga", which includes the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy.
Following on from the success of the BB-8 robot, Sphero has released a R2-D2 robot that is powered by Sphero technology. This is accompanied by an app which is available for iOS and Android (operating system) powered devices. [24] The R2-D2 droid, unlike the BB-8 and Sphero droids is not inductively charged, instead, a micro-USB connection is used.
Doctor Who – Giant Robot; Roger De Courcey's Nookie Bear – Ventriloquist Bear (1976) Skull Machine; Outrider; Stretch Armstrong (licensed from Kenner) [5] stretch octopus ( Ollie & Olivia ) Star Wars – Large R2-D2 (1978) Star Wars – Darth Vader (1978) Star Wars – Stormtrooper (1978) General Games. Blockhead! George and Mildred; Smash ...
Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO is a 1985 animated television series spin off from the original Star Wars trilogy. It focuses on the exploits of droids R2-D2 and C-3PO between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope .
Droids R2-D2 (left) and C-3PO (right), first featured in Star Wars. In the Star Wars space opera franchise, a droid is a fictional robot possessing some degree of artificial intelligence. The term is a clipped form of "android", [1] a word originally reserved for robots designed to look and act like a human. [2]
Tiger Electronics has been part of the Hasbro toy company since 1998. [8] [9] Hasbro paid approximately $335 million for the acquisition. [10]In 2000, Tiger was licensed to provide a variety of electronics with the Yahoo! brand name, including digital cameras, webcams, and a "Hits Downloader" that made music from the Internet (mp3s, etc.) accessible through Tiger's assorted "HitClips" players ...
C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) are briefly held in a Jawa sandcrawler in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Shots of the sandcrawler at a distance were actually a matte painting; only two of its treads and a 27-meter-long piece of its lower structure were actually built. [13]
Kenner continued to introduce waves of action figures from the sequels and in 1984, the year following the release of the movie Return of the Jedi, the range totaled 79 unique character designs (not including the retired versions of R2-D2 and C-3PO). In 1985, the figure range was renamed Power of the Force in which a further 15 figures were ...