![]() Just sayin’… Obi Wan remembered R2-D2 in A New Hope. If you ask me, gonk droids look more like the Silent Running droids than astromech droids. They pointed out the similarities between Universal’s Battlestar Galactica and Star Wars. However, the suit was quickly dropped by Universal when Fox levied a counter-sue. The likeness of Artoo to Silent Running‘s trio of droids caused Universal Studios to kick off a lawsuit for breach of creative copyright issues. In Silent Running, there was a trio of droids called Huey, Duey and Louie, and George Lucas showed them to legendary concept artist Ralph McQuarrie who designed Artoo using them as inspiration. George Lucas’s original design inspiration for R2-D2 came after the 1972 sci-fi flick Silent Running. These two have lived through generations of amazing galactic adventures, always somehow caught up in the middle of everything.Ĭheck out these 10 facts about this iconic droid duo! The design inspiration for R2-D2 caused a lawsuit between Universal & Fox. ![]() Hell, this duo is one of Sci-Fi’s all-round biggest icons – let alone Star Wars‘. ![]() In a galaxy full of icons and iconic moments, these two droids are about as iconic as you can get. ![]() There’s Luke and Leia, Han and Chewie, Vader and Sidious – and, of course, R2D2 and C-3PO. ![]() One thing I love about the Star Wars universe is the way characters are coupled with each other. ![]()
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