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[edit] Creation

Did Anakin know six million forms of communication when he was a little boy? Surely Anakin didn't CREATE him, but restored him from various parts. This is what it says in the Revenge of the Sith novelisation.


Episode I:

C-3PO: R2-D2, a pleasure to meet you. I am C-3PO, human cyborg relations. I beg your pardon, what do you mean "naked"? My parts are showing!? Oh, my goodness!

C-3PO: You know I find that Jar Jar creature is very odd.

C-3PO: He has to complete 2 more curcuits? Oh, dear.

Episode III:

C-3PO: I feel so helpless.

Episode IV:

C-3PO: You hear that, R2? They shut down the main reactor. We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness.

C-3PO: We're doomed.

C-3PO: There'll be no escape for the Princess this time.

C-3PO: R2-D2, where are you?


Sir, are you drunk? >_>

[edit] Masters

The text says "the only masters seen in the original six films were: Anakin Skywalker, Cliegg Lars, Raymus Antilles, Owen Lars and finally Luke Skywalker"

Would Shmi not count as a master, after Ani left him with her? And what about Jabba the Hutt, who Theepio served in RotJ?


Where does the fact that he had 40 masters come from?

--JimmyTheWig 15:08, 21 July 2005 (UTC)


Your right, that should be changed, though I'm a wee bit tech ignorant, and so I don't know how to make links which prevents me from adding that. ^#^

And the forty masters comes from the cartoons called 'Droids', as the entry reads.

-Nex Terren

What about Princess Leia? At the Beginning of "A New Hope" Both R2 and C-3PO are found in her company, when she gives them the order to find Ben "Obi-Won" Kenobi. Please Clarify.

Artoo and Threepio were owned by Captain Antilles at that point (the guy who had just gotten throttled by Vader). Threepio states as much to Luke after the Jawas sold them to the Larses. The Antilleses were close friends of the Organas, but Leia did not own the droids at the time. Powers 18:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is the Oh really an Oh?

Of course, the robot's name is pronounced "C3PO" but I always wondered whether the "O" is not actually a zero. The pronounciation would be the same but in contrast to "C3PO" the spelling "C3P0" would match the pattern of "R2D2": letter-digit-letter-digit. Probably I am wrong. Maybe there is a good argument for the letter "O". Does anyone know?

 agentM 12:32, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

I support the number Zero theory. after taking into account all the other Droid call numbers or "names" the pattern is that of two random letters and two digits.

It's the letter O. The naming scheme for different kinds of droids is different; witness 4-LOM (another (former) protocol droid), EV-9D9, and IG-88. Powers 18:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Link to Current Events.

Greetings, I had no idea where to even place this. But I just wanted to add something I heard while working at ILM and Skywalker Sound from the 1998 to 1999 time frame, during the launch of Episode 1. I have NEVER heard anyone mention this, or say anything about this. It is something I brought up while I was there and the only reaction it got was a nudge and a wink.

Anyways, considering that I am a computer programmer and overall inventor of new technology and applications for them, I saw something in this droids name(C3PO). They have MANY Midi sound libraries, in multiple rooms. MANY MANY volumes of sound effects. It is a dream land for me. Anyways, I want to point out some things I saw and know of. You guys can choose what you wish to do with it, since the main focus of this post is speculation since no-body would give me a simple yes or no.

First off, The argument about if his name has a zero or just an uppercase O. Everything I ever saw that had to do with him there, it was an uppercase O, not a Zero. But still, it very well might be a Zero from another font that was used, as it was a custom font on most things.

However, this is what makes me think it was an uppercase O. I have never seen anyone mention this, hint at it, or talk about it, so if it has been discussed please forgive me. I have searched all over the internet and cannot find anything on the subject.

I put two and two together and I am pretty sure I got four. I believe C3PO is an anagram for OPEC. When you consider that the Gas Shortage and Energy Crisis of the late 60's and early 70's was the sole reason for hurting SO many people in America and other countries, you can see a connection.

Read about the crisis here,... [[1]]

Notice that it started in 1973 and was one of, if not THE worse energy problem in American history.

The first Star Wars movie was released 1977. Lucas began work on Star Wars in 1974.

I think these situations are completely linked with each other.

There are also many topics in the film that seem to be related by a dark and powerful organization that has control of the majority of commodities and using this as leverage, to control everyone around them.

It takes an upstart Jedi, that is relatively new and inexperienced to defeat this evil organization, due to the fact that he is not mentally limited because of his age. He is not set in his ways, so he can win through cunning and not brute force.

I see alot of parallels with real word events.

So in closing, I wanted to say, I don't think anyone has ever thought of this and I thought it was important to share with people that love the film.

Jon Watkins(TheCyndicate) (talk) 04:52, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Who gave C3P0 his gold coverings?

In the text it says that Padmé Amidala gave C-3P0 his gold coverings. In the Star Wars novel "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" (ISBN 0-7126-8407-7) it says: "When Anakin had left with the Jedi, 3P0 had been perfectly functional, but uncovered, ...... Just before marrying Cliegg had Shmi finished the droid herself, adding the dull metal coverings." on page 11, chapter 1.

Yes, in Episode II, Threepio had dull (gray) metal coverings. During the Clone Wars animated series, Anakin arrives on Coruscant to discover that Padme had had him replated in shiny gold to better suit his status as a Senatorial aide. My question is is where did he get the silver leg he's seen with in the original trilogy? =) Powers 18:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gay?

Who here thinks c-3po is gay, there was this guy on wookieepedia who kept vandalizing the article making it say he was gay, and that really got me thinking, i think that guy was banned for doing so —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Swainstonation (talk • contribs) .

Um, he's a droid. I don't think they can be gay or straight. Powers 23:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

i no but he acts very gay

I'm going to delete "C-3PO and R2-D2 were called "gay robots" on an episode of The Simpsons." Because, uhmm, how is that a Trivia? By the way, I don't think he acts gay. And I'm sure if he was human he would be straight. -Anthro
  • if he as human he would live in the castro district of frisco , tahts how gay he would be--Andy 22:19, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Someone put it in there again, the opening paragraphs stated, C-3PO (pronounced See-Threepio, often shortened to "Threepio") is a homosexual robot character from the fictional Star Wars universe. I took out the reference to his sexual orientation. Metamorphousthe 21:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm not Gay, I'm British, you insensitive clod!!! Skotte 16:42, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] C-3PO and R2-D2 are the only characters to survive all six movies-WRONG

What about Chewbacca? He survived. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.135.243.10 (talk • contribs)

Where was Chewbacca in TPM? --maru (talk) contribs 04:26, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

It said survive the movies, not in the movies. I think its safe to say Chewbacca was alive in TPM, unless Wookies reach adulthood in 13 years.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.161.191.186 (talk • contribs) .

In that case, you have to count Garm Bel Iblis, Mon Mothma, Gilad Pellaeon, Jan Dodonna, and HK-47, too. Under that metric, they all "survived the movies". =) Arguably Luke and Leia, too, although they didn't exist before Episode III. Powers 17:56, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I'd been wondering about Captain Panaka - at least he was in TPM. --JimmyTheWig 15:32, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Well, really, my point was that the metric under discussion really means "only characters to appear in and survive all six movies". Powers 17:48, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, does Anakin Vader survive?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.64.17.137 (talk • contribs).

No, he dies at the end of Episode VI. Sorry if that's a spoiler for you. =) Powers T 14:57, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
So we've agreed that they _are_ the only characters to live through the 6 movies. I've corrected the article to reflect that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JimmyTheWig (talk • contribs) 14:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC). (Sorry I forgot to sign! --JimmyTheWig 11:45, 23 January 2007 (UTC))

Sorry to be a stickler - but it is important to use 'survive' rather than 'live'. Otherwise, you run into the old 'are robots alive?' debate. Otherwise, in the absence of an encyclopaedic knowledge of Star Wars (I'm more a STTNG fan :| ), it sounds about right. 121.208.196.161 11:06, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Star Wars film boxes

Seven boxes at the bottom of this page? You've got to be kidding. There's no need for that. Make one template that lists the recurring main characters and use that, not one for each of the movies. Powers T 00:49, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.163.132.208 (talk) 18:40, 2 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Fair Use of Copyright piture?

Fair Use in the USA?

This web page is knowingly allowed to be accessed by any country, therefore in those country those laws apply! What do the laws of every other country in the world say about using images from a copyright film?--203.192.92.73 13:10, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

The Website is based in the US and therefore falls into the laws of copyright there. Dainamo 16:26, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] When Did C-3PO "die"?

When did C-3PO die? Tell me in MM/DD/YY (Coruscant month, Coruscant day and ABY respectively).74.14.105.42 20:01, 10 October 2007 (UTC)74.14.105.42.


I was wondering how he was created for the movies, vacuum metalized gold over fiberglass? resin?

and what is Daniels body measurements? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.103.48.146 (talk) 17:48, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

What's the name of the book that C-3PO "died" in?76.64.192.127 (talk) 00:32, 9 January 2008 (UTC)RandomCuriousGuy

3PO didn't really die. This was just a unfinished version of a Comic strip, which does not! officially belong to the Star Wars canon. He later returned in another comic of the same series. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.78.2.23 (talk) 17:52, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Appearances

Is there some way to make this list like the long ones on Wookieepedia so it doesn't take up as much space? Pizzadinosaur (talk) 22:36, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] "Shortened" to Threepio

How would a five character name be shortened to a eight character nickname? Shouldn't this be reworded to "commonly pronounced as "Threepio"? ~QuasiAbstract (talk/contrib) 01:30, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dull grey?

In watching Episode II, his coverings look like very tarnished gold or bronze to me. Certainly not grey; just a very run-down version of his later color. Where does the characterization 'grey' come from?

in this promo image, you can see that while some of his plating seems to have worn off to expose bare grey metal, on his legs for example, the plating is clearly golden, but very dulled, and is present over most of his body. TheHYPO (talk) 20:58, 15 March 2008 (UTC)