Saga Remembering Anakin (ANH AU / C-3PO, R2-D2, Luke, OC) [8/3: completed]

Did you read the Joiner King? Darn! I have had the same idea to write about Artoo! Since you beat me to it, I look foward to discovering all of Artoo's memories in your story. Hopefully we get to see more than Anakin.

Edit: Ah wait, I didn't realize LordTarr had a similar story but about C3PO. Interesting! Still, if you read Joiner King, Artoo begins to malfunction on occasion, revealing recordings of the past to Luke, included images of Padme, Obi-Wan, etc. The stubborn droid refuses to show Luke any more than what he has already revealed. Exciting stuff!

 

The Anticipation is building....

 

I'm fascinating and quite delighted how you got inside R2 and in a totally beliveable way. We all know he's special, but this is even more... meaningful.

"My prime core? Damaged? But that means . . . I died!" Aw, poor littel guy. It's a shock to see him so self aware.

Superb post!

 

I'm glad to see Artoo is almost fully functional again...

And he's still arguing with Threepio. Some things will never change....

 

The most interesting droid perspective I've read. It's good to see Artoo up and running and arguing a bit with 3PO.

 

R2 is such a cute and cuddly puppy!! You just gotta love the little guy and I'm glad that he's okay .


C-3PO gave him an odd look. "What do you mean, died? Of course you haven't, you silly droid. It's not like you had your memory wiped."

 

For Veme......You are THE towel girl! You always seem to find every towel reference in every fic...what would we do without you? You know we love you.

 

SkalenFehl: Did you read the Joiner King?

I got as far as Rebel Stand in the NJO before RL (and various other factors, not the least of which is the loss of momentum) got to me. I've read about the DNT in Literature, though, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the EU when I can.

Darn! I have had the same idea to write about Artoo! Since you beat me to it, I look foward to discovering all of Artoo's memories in your story.

Er, you don't have to not write it, you know. Especially since the memories in Artoo are actually Threepio's (PT). But even if they were, why should that stop you from writing your own interpretation?

Hopefully we get to see more than Anakin.

. . . right. Time to put the cards on the table and make myself a bit more unpopular, I guess.

I don't understand this fascination many SW fans have about having OT and EU characters learn about PT events. To me, Luke finding out about, say, Padmé isn't an interesting story (to write about, anyway). Luke trying to do so is, regardless of the outcome. And since I usually follow the official continuity unless I want to do otherwise . . . well, you can see where this leads.

I didn't realize LordTarr had a similar story but about C3PO.

Er, if you read my previous replies, you'll see that this fic is about Threepio's PT memories. Anyway, you will notice that LordTarr's fic didn't stop me from writing this. (It can be argued that I simply have no shame, but . . .) Why should this fic stop you from writing your idea about Artoo? I can guarantee it will be a completely different story.


Arcalian: The Anticipation is building....

What? That's unacceptable. Tear down whatever it is that this Anticipation fellow is building, because we all know that high expectations lead to disappointment.


Healer_Leona: I'm fascinating and quite delighted how you got inside R2 and in a totally beliveable way.

*shrugs* It wasn't that hard. I just think of the droids as people and write them that way, adding a little cyberpunk for ambience.


jedi_princess18: I'm glad to see Artoo is almost fully functional again...

Oh, he's fully functional. He just can't remember everything, is all.

And he's still arguing with Threepio. Some things will never change....

That's what droid counterparts do, y'know. Argue.


RebelMom: The most interesting droid perspective I've read.

You're talking about the "core algorithms" bit, I presume? This is actually a spin on the good old Nurture vs Nature debate. I'll be expanding on this later.


HandmaidenVeme: R2 is such a cute and cuddly puppy!!

Cute? Cuddly? Puppy?

Oh dear . . .


Padmeshandmaiden: For Veme......You are THE towel girl! You always seem to find every towel reference in every fic...

Oh. So that's what the smilies were about.


Thank you for reading, everyone! The next update will be a scene that can be summed up as follows:

Rub a dub dub
Two droids in a tub
I'm glad Artoo's a guy
Because otherwise this could get me a Mod edit and a warning

And who knows, maybe I'll throw in a towel or two.

- lazy


EDITs: Typos, forgotten words, and punctuation that looked like an emoticon.

 

I loved the banter between Artoo and Threepio!

R2-D2 started to explain, but getting his counterpart to understand his distress was as futile as calculating pi to the last digit. C-3PO simply couldn't get it through his circuits that a droid was not merely the sum of his data. Digital information could be downloaded, whereas the core algorithm was what made individual droids unique.

It occurred to him that C-3PO might sympathize that, due to the damage and subsequent repairs, there were parts of his memory - which, strictly speaking, was also his predecessor's memory - that he was having trouble accessing. But this was merely a minor irritation. And having C-3PO feel sorry for this would be a major irritation.

"Just like a protocol droid," R2-D2 beeped with scorn. "You can't see anything past the surface."

"And I suppose you think you can? Just because you are equipped with scanners does not mean -"

"Cool it, guys," Luke interceded. "You're both suffering from post-battle stress."

"I beg your pardon, Master Luke, but droids are not susceptible to emotional imbalances."

"Really? You could have fooled me. Anyway, you two have an appointment with a lube tub. I want you looking your best at the ceremony."


Poor Artoo! The things he has to suffer! Absolutely wonderful update!

 

VaderLVR64: I loved the banter between Artoo and Threepio!

Glad you liked it. The droids are great fun to write.

Poor Artoo! The things he has to suffer!

Yep. Imagine a life where being paired up with Threepio is just the beginning . . .


And to all you lurkers: thanks for reading! I hope you like the story so far.

- lazy

 

Droids do not celebrate birthdays. Why would they? Due to the nearly universal practice of deleting a droid's memory once or twice a year, no droid "lives" long enough to have a birthday.

Threepio was different from most other droids in that he could recall events that happened nearly two decades ago. Any memory of things that happened prior to that point belonged to his predecessor - that is, the droid who shared his parts but not his experience.

In his years of service, Threepio had often come across droids whose memories had been wiped. It was always awkward finding out the droid he was talking to no longer remembered who he was. After a while he had learned to notice a certain coldness and precision in their mannerisms, and to treat them as they truly were: total strangers.

Thank the Maker it didn't happen to Artoo, Threepio thought. For a while, he had been plagued with visions of being introduced to an unfamiliar droid with Artoo's coloring and designation. It would have been . . . disturbing, to say the least.

"I wonder why non-droids do it," he said to Artoo while they were both submerged in the lubricant solution.

"Do what?" Artoo twittered.

"They don't change a droid's name after wiping its memory. Why do you suppose they do that?"

"Why would they? Our designations are defined by our functions and capabilities. A memory wipe doesn't change that."

"Not that," Threepio said. "I was referring to nicknames."

Artoo replied quickly, "Organics have memory systems that can't be completely purged or replaced without doing permanent harm to the system itself. That's probably why they think the body is the core of their identity."

"You may have a point. But . . . I understand there are ways to transplant brains with minimal damage. Wouldn't that be the same as having a memory wipe?"

"More like having your memory core - or maybe everything else transplanted, I think. Besides, organics don't swap bodies like that."

"I see. Yes, that would explain much about non-droid behavior."

"Of course," Artoo added slyly, "they could be thinking that memory isn't what defines a droid."

Threepio scoffed. "There you go again with your core algorithm nonsense."

Artoo whistled indignantly using words Threepio wouldn't even consider translating.

"I will pretend that was merely an unfortunate side effect from your recovery. Really, you should be ashamed of yourself."

Artoo responded with a series of whistles and warbles that, even though Binary was a precise language that left little room for nuance and subtext, sounded distinctly sarcastic. Threepio ran a semantic filter on it before ascertaining that it was an extremely politely worded insult.

"You know, Artoo, I find that very hypocritical coming from a droid with backup memory systems."

"I didn't do that," Artoo complained. "It was my previous owner. Anakin."

"I don't care who installed it. What matters is that you've had a way to save your memory all this time, yet you kept on saying that having memories deleted didn't matter. You realize this makes -" Threepio's rant came to an abrupt end as he replayed Artoo's words in his central data processing unit. "Did you say Anakin?"

"Yes," Artoo said. "Anakin Skywalker. Why do you ask?"

"If you knew Master Luke's father, then why didn't you say so?"

"Luke is Anakin's son? Really?"

"Yes! Master Luke and Master Kenobi mentioned it while we were on route to Alderaan. Don't you -" Threepio paused. "Artoo . . . how much can you remember about the past few days?"

"Things that happened before Mos Eisley," Artoo said. "Everything beyond that is gone."

"That's terrible!"

Artoo's replied with the Binary equivalent of an indifferent shrug. "It's not that bad. Anyway, you were talking about Luke and Anakin."

"What? Oh yes. Now that you know, I expect you'll be telling Master Luke everything you can recall about his father."

There was a long pause. Artoo'

 

Ah, poor Threepio. If he only knew...

 

Don't worry what R2 might say to Luke about Anakin, 3P0....worry what he might say about yourself.

It's disconcerting to realize that 3P0 doesn't consider himself to be himself before his wipe. Good insight into Droid psychology there.

 

R2 will have memories and recordings of other people as well. He should have them of Palpatine, Yoda, The Council,Even Bail and Mon. The Battle of Naboo and Geonosis would be very valuable information for anyone. With those they could see how the Sith started the conflicts that led to the Clone War. He would also have technical readouts of many of the buildings and sidepassages on Couruscant. The main thing that he would probably not show willingly would be Mustafar. Good chap. More soon please.

 

Love the banter between the droids, especially their thinking of humans. LOL I can certianly understand R2's hesitancy at rushing to tell Luke about his father.

 

Poor Artoo! He doesn't get the credit he deserves from Threepio, who's always giving him a hard time.

I wonder how much information about Anakin Artoo will share.....

 

You don't see too many fanfics about the droids. This is a very interesting premise. Keep it up!

 

3PO has interesting insights for a droid. I'm sure it has something to do with his creator. I'm really enjoying this point of view.

 

I enjoyed this post too. It's odd to read about Threepio talking about Anakin and Luke so casually. Looking forward to an update.

 

Threepio and Artoo. I really like how you've written them, one could almost forget they're droids.

A very insightful update ,and thank you for the PM!

 

Artoo whistled indignantly using words Threepio wouldn't even consider translating.

"I will pretend that was merely an unfortunate side effect from your recovery. Really, you should be ashamed of yourself."

I loved Artoo and C3PO in the OT but they seemed to lose something in the PT. Your banter here brings back the magic of the pair. I absolutely love this!

Artoo was the driod that understood what was going on while C3PO has always been clueless. I can very much see R2D2 being relucant to tell Luke about Anakin for the same reasons Obi-Wan didnt. Luke isn't/was'nt ready.
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ThePariah: Ah, poor Threepio. If he only knew...

Oh, he will. By the unwholesome gods of the non-vegetarian option, he will.


Arcalian: It's disconcerting to realize that 3P0 doesn't consider himself to be himself before his wipe. Good insight into Droid psychology there.

I'm guessing it's like a person who has had amnesia for quite some time.



Padmeshandmaiden: 3PO will have memories and recordings of other people as well.

You're thinking of Artoo, right? Otherwise the rest of your post makes little sense.

He should have them

Wellll . . . I dunno about that. Keep in mind, it's been 18 years since Sith happened. A lot has happened since then, most of it unrelated to what happened then. It's quite possible Artoo got rid of those files the way I periodically go through my hard drive and ruthlessly delete everything I haven't used in a while.

Good chap.

Minor note: it took me a while to realize this was a shortened form of "chapter". Until I did, I thought you were a) British and b) saying that Artoo was a good chap. Which he is, come to think of it.

More soon please.

In about a week. Really, I promise.


Healer_Leona: especially their thinking of humans.

That came straight from my brain during my less cynical contemplative moments. I never thought I'd actually use it, though.

I can certianly understand R2's hesitancy at rushing to tell Luke about his father.

Although it might be because he doesn't remember. Methinks I should have played the "not in full possession of his memory" card a little more forcefully . . .


jedi_princess18: Poor Artoo! He doesn't get the credit he deserves from Threepio, who's always giving him a hard time.

But if Threepio didn't, it wouldn't be as funny when he's shown to be wrong. A bit of a paradox, yes?

I wonder how much information about Anakin Artoo will share.....

*starts grinning a mad, evil grin*


Count_B: You don't see too many fanfics about the droids.

And to be totally honest, this fic wasn't going to be about the droids, either. They were but a subplot in Luke's search of Anakin Skywalker, only somehow they switched places on me. I'm still wondering how it happened.

This is a very interesting premise. Keep it up!

Thank you! I'll do my best, of course.


RebelMom: 3PO has interesting insights for a droid. I'm sure it has something to do with his creator.

Ummmm . . . why? Does everything special have to connect with everything else that's special? And with that direct a connection?

But you may be right. We know next to nothing about the scrapped protocol droid from which Anakin got the parts to make Threepio. There may be all sorts of secrets hidden in that mess of wires . . .


SkalenFehl: It's odd to read about Threepio talking about Anakin and Luke so casually.

Really? Could you elaborate, please? I feel like I'm missing something important.


HandmaidenVeme: Threepio and Artoo. I really like how you've written them, one could almost forget they're droids.

*sigh*

Repeat after me, please: Droids are people, too.


obsessedwithSW: I loved Artoo and C3PO in the OT but they seemed to lose something in the PT.

I'm not exactly complaining about the PT, mind you, but - you're right. Something does seem missing from the droids. Offhand, I'd say it's about 18 years of being partners, having gone through the strangest adventures together and coming out in one piece.

Artoo was the driod that understood what was going on while C3PO has always been clueless.

Case in point: there's a scene from the Droids cartoon series (Memory Lane Alert!) where Threepio and Artoo meet a group of amateur racers. Threepio went into a sales pitch about his capabilities while the racers got excited about the R2 unit.

But I

 

I realized my typo and fixed it after I got a chance to really look it over. I figure that those memories are in the hidden memory core. Also, some of those memories are revealed later in some of the books. Not many, but a few and R2 is reluctant to show them.

 

Well, this is shaping up to be an interesting story. I'm not sure if you have a PM list, but if you do then I'd appreciate being added to it.

 

There was so much to love in this story, and Artoo steals my heart every time! I loved his "binary equivalent of a shrug!"

Droids do not celebrate birthdays. Why would they? Due to the nearly universal practice of deleting a droid's memory once or twice a year, no droid "lives" long enough to have a birthday.

Threepio was different from most other droids in that he could recall events that happened nearly two decades ago. Any memory of things that happened prior to that point belonged to his predecessor - that is, the droid who shared his parts but not his experience.

In his years of service, Threepio had often come across droids whose memories had been wiped. It was always awkward finding out the droid he was talking to no longer remembered who he was. After a while he had learned to notice a certain coldness and precision in their mannerisms, and to treat them as they truly were: total strangers]

I could see Threepio doing this. "Oh, I'm so sorry, I remember speaking to you last year. A memory swipe? My apologies!"

Bravo!