What During Or After ROTS Causes R2-D2 To Lose The Ability To Fly?

In the OT, R2-D2 clearly does not possess the ability to fly. There are numerous occasions in the OT where flying would have been the preferred choice over rolling given the circumstance. A few prime examples of this are going to see old Ben through the Jungland wastelands, being spit out by the swamp monster on Dagobah, falling out of Jabba's sail barge into a sand dune, etc. So what happened? Where did Artoo's wings go during or in between ROTS? Your thoughts?

 

Perhaps without Padme's owner operation manual or Anakin's tinkering to sustain him,
R2D2's abilities faded.

I'd also guess that too much time has passed and the warranty has expired.
Entropy, all things begin breaking down the moment they are made.
Third Law of Thermodynamics.

My head hurts.

I'd guess it was mostly just a cheap way to surprise the fans.

 

The OS said at one point (I don't know now, though) that the warrenty ran out after 20 years. Hardy Har. What I think there saying is that it not an important point.

But, we could perhaps postulate that he didn't receive the proper maintence during the time of the Empire, when things were tending to degard.

Or you could say perhaps that he was damaged in a battle involving the Tantive IV.

Or they just stopped working over time.

Who knows?

Edit: Maybe this belongs in the CT Forum?

 

Or Captain Antilles decided that since R2 was stationed aboard the Tantive IV that he didn't need rockets.

 

it's simple. It is the will of the Force that Astro Droids don't fly.

 

A few prime examples of this are going to see old Ben through the Jungland wastelands, being spit out by the swamp monster on Dagobah, falling out of Jabba's sail barge into a sand dune, etc. So what happened? Where did Artoo's wings go during or in between ROTS? Your thoughts?

Maybe he didnt. We never saw how he got down from the Ewok treehouse. I imagine someone has to put fuel in for the jets. Maybe they just forgot to or didnt make that octane anymore. Also, the jets dont last long so going thru the Jungland wastelands on jets wouldnt get very far. And he did fly after being spit out on Dagobah, its the controlled landing he didnt do and that would take time to get the landing gear ready anyway.

 

It is the will of the Force that Astro Droids don't fly

Hmmm..."The Will Of the Force." Truly the ultimate all purpose plot hole plugger.

 

Nothing says that he lost the ability to use those rockets; maybe the little guy chose not to use them any longer, maybe after 20+ years they stopped working. Of course we all know the real reason, they weren?t thought up of yet when they made the OT.

 

Say's Darth_plot_hole . there i just gave you a new sock name.

 

DFF is correct, in this case.

The prophecy and the will of the force are devices often used to explain
things which don't exactly appeal to reason.

 

This is not a particularly important plot hole, in my view.

 

Here's a question for DFF. How does R2 get into the X-Wing droid socket on Degobah in ESB?

 

Lucas said that the warrenty expired.

 

Fuel for the jets went to $3 a gallon in the OT, and no way could Luke afford it. Hes not a queen or a senator you know.

 

Here's a question for DFF. How does R2 get into the X-Wing droid socket on Degobah in ESB?

Well it's the "Will of the force" or "the plothole" of course.

 

Here's a question for DFF. How does R2 get into the X-Wing droid socket on Degobah in ESB?

Yoda or Luke probably levitated him using the force. Remember Luke was picking R2 up while training, so I see that as the highest probable reason as to how he got back into the the X-Wing. Whatever it was, it had nothing to do with rocket boosters because in ANH he has to be loaded by machines into the same ship.

 

Yoda or Luke probably levitated him using the force.

Probably?, not good enough. I smell a "PLOTHOLE!!!".

 

What's so far-fetched about that?

 

After the empire took over they couldn't afford double A's anymore.

 

What's so far-fetched about that?

nothin, i just wanted to say "PLOTHOLE!!!"

 

But you don't know for sure that R2 didn't use rockets, do you? You can't prove that he didn't, can you?

 

I keep telling you guys what happened. Once the Empire was formed the Emperor inlisted a law to change standards on space-craft, weapons, and droids. The result: the Empire, as you see in the OT, has the most safisticated technology in the galaxy while everyone else scraps. Antilles was instructed to demodify the astromech droid who didn't originally have thrusters to begin with. The Tantive needed to go through an inspection point and couldnt risk the Troops discovering Artoo's illegal modifications. The droid would have been confiscated and or destroyed. Artoo knows too much and holds valuable information regarded the realization of the rebellion. The Empire would never suspect an Artoo unit as an info filer, but they would destroy him and Artoo's memory would be lost forever.

 

What During Or After ROTS Causes R2-D2 To Lose The Ability To Fly?

its easy as pie.....artoo was probably a high end model of a VERY common driod.....thus they never even suspected he had flight capabilities.....and neglected that part of his checklist of repairs/systems checks.

 

Lucas didn't consider the rockets in R2 when he first made the OT.

 

Didn't consider them or wasn't ever able to do them?