C-3PO | Wookieepedia | Fandom powered by Wikia "There's been some terrible mistake. I'm programmed for etiquette, not destruction!" ―C-3PO during the Battle of Geonosis [src] C-3PO in his new silver plating Later, his owner Shmi was sold to the moisture farmer Cliegg Lars , who freed them and married her. Shmi brought C-3PO along with her and the protocol droid found himself in the service of the Lars family, who owned a moisture farm in the Jundland Wastes . C-3PO's new owners covered him in a silver plating to shield him from Tatooine's sandy environment. Ten years after his parting with Anakin Skywalker, Shmi was kidnapped by a group of Tusken Raiders , fearsome nomads native to Tatooine's desert wastes. Sensing his mother's pain and anguish through the Force, Anakin returned with his secret lover and childhood friend Padmé Amidala to find his mother. Skywalker had advanced in his Jedi training as a Padawan under the tutelage of Obi-Wan Kenobi while Amidala had become a Senator in the Galactic Senate .

[10] When Skywalker and Amidala visited the Lars' moisture farm, they found C-3PO working on a moisture vaporator. He initially didn't recognize Skywalker until the latter finished his name for him when introducing himself. Greeting his Maker, C-3PO discovered that Skywalker had come in search of his mother, and brought the two guests into the homestead's courtyard, where they were met by Cliegg Lars, as well as his son Owen Lars and his girlfriend Beru Whitesun . Learning of his mother's peril, Skywalker took Owen's speeder bike to find her, and soon returned with her corpse, having recovered it from a Tusken village. C-3PO was present when he arrived, and later attended a funeral for Shmi on the farm's property. When R2-D2, who had been waiting aboard Amidala's nearby yacht, interrupted the funeral with an urgent message for the Padawan, C-3PO translated the astromech's binary beeps and whistles. After viewing the holocomm message, Skywalker and Amidala departed Tatooine for Geonosis to rescue Skywalker's Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.

[10] Thus, C-3PO would become both a witness and participant in the subsequent Battle of Geonosis ; the first spark of the Clone Wars , a conflict that would change the course of galactic history. After landing on Geonosis, C-3PO reluctantly followed R2-D2, Skywalker, and Amidala into the Geonosian droid foundry. After being tapped in the factory's conveyor belt system, C-3PO's head was separated from his body and grafted onto the chassis of a B1 battle droid . Meanwhile, a B1 battle droid head was inserted onto Threepio's body. During the ensuing battle, both of C-3PO's "bodies" were knocked out during the fighting. Fortunately for him, he was promptly reattached to his rightful body by R2-D2. Following the events on Geonosis, C-3PO and R2-D2 attended Skywalker and Amidala's wedding in Naboo's Lake Country. [10] The Clone Wars Edit C-3PO and Senator Amidala trying to escape the Malevolence During the Clone Wars, C-3PO would serve Senator Padmé Amidala, the spouse of Anakin Skywalker.

On one occasion, Amidala was captured by Jabba's uncle Ziro during a mission to reopen communications with the Hutts after Jabba's son Rotta was kidnapped by the Separatist leader Count Dooku . Amidala contacted C-3PO, who in turn contacted the Coruscant Guard , which promptly raided Ziro's Palace and freed Amidala. Meanwhile, Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano managed to rescue Rotta and return him safely to his father. C-3PO and his comrades' actions help the Republic win over Jabba, who later signed a favorable treaty with them. [21] Following the Rotta affair, C-3PO accompanied Senator Amidala on a mission to contact the InteGalactic Banking Clan's executive, who purportedly wanted to sue for peace. Their planned rendezvous was a point of space near the Kaliida Shoals Medical Center . Unknown to the two of them, this was a trap concocted by Darth Sidious and his apprentice Count Dooku. The Separatist military commander General Grievous 's flagship Malevolence had been damaged during a recent space battle and was unable to enter hyperspace .

The Sith and Separatists hoped to use Senator Amidala as a hostage to extract leverage from the Republic commander Skywalker, who was pursuing the Malevolence. [22] Amidala's vessel was trapped in the Separatist warship's tractor beam but they managed to break free by exploding their vessel's engines. C-3PO and Amidala then sneaked aboard and contacted Skywalker for help. Skywalker along with Kenobi and R2-D2 boarded the Malevolence and made arrangements to rendezvous with C-3PO and the Senator at warship's rail jet system. However, they were accosted by battle droids there, which prompted Amidala to shove C-3PO into a moving hover train . After the battle droids were neutralized, Kenobi began levitating C-3PO to safety, but the floating droid was hit full-on by a moving hover train, which was only halted when R2-D2 sliced into a computer terminal and shut it down. The sudden stop launched C-3PO onto a nearby platform, where he quickly regained his bearings and again began wandering the cruiser's corridors before being located by R2-D2.

Together, the two droids managed to escape the Malevolence before the Separatist warship crashed into a nearby moon after being sabotaged by Skywalker. [22] Mission to Rodia Edit C-3PO and Representative Binks on Rodia Following their adventures on the Malevolence, C-3PO along with Senator Amidala and the Gungan Representative Jar Jar Binks traveled to Rodia to meet with her old friend Senator Onaconda Farr . Amidala's mission was to ensure that the ailing Rodians remained loyal to the Galactic Republic. While Threepio and Binks remained with Amidala's yacht on the landing platform, Senator Amidala went to meet Farr. An ill-fated attempt to contact local swamp creatures ended with some fruit being thrown into C-3PO's face. Unknown to Amidala, Farr had already struck a deal with the Separatist leader Viceroy Nute Gunray of the Trade Federation . [23] C-3PO and Binks were soon confronted by several B1 battle droids . During the ensuing confrontation, Threepio became stuck to a magnetic hoist that collided with the Separatist battle droids; throwing them into the water below.

While attempting to take off, Binks accidentally destroyed the yacht with the magnetic hoist. Threepio remained stuck to the hoist due to his metallic body but Binks along with the yacht fell into the water below. C-3PO believed that Binks perished during the accident. However, Binks resurfaced and promptly released C-3PO from the hoist. While scouring through the wrecked yacht, Binks found and donned a Jedi robe. [23] Shortly later, the two of them were separated again and Threepio was captured by Separatist droids, who were ordered to march him off to a dismantling center. However, C-3PO was rescued by Amidala, who destroyed his captors. She then ordered C-3PO to send a distress signal to nearby Republic forces. Threepio succeeded in sending for help before being arrested by two more Separatist droids. Gunray then attempted to execute both Amidala and C-3PO but they were foiled by Binks, who returned with a Kwazel Maw monster which disposed of the Separatist droids.

Senator Farr then turned on Gunray and arrested him; revealing that his collaboration with the Separatists had been a ruse to lure the Viceroy into a trap. Republic forces arrived on Rodia and promptly apprehended Gunray. Despite his annoyance with Jar Jar Bink's annoying habits, he conceded that the Gungan's foolishness had saved the day. [23] Mission to Orto Plutonia Edit C-3PO played an important role in ending hostilities between the Pantorans and Talz Later, C-3PO and R2-D2 accompanied Skywalker, Kenobi, and Captain Rex on a mission to investigate the disappearance of a Clone trooper force on the icy planet of Orto Plutonia . Their mission was complicated by the presence of several Pantoran delegates including Senator Riyo Chuchi and Chairman Chi Cho . The Pantorans claimed territorial sovereignty over Orto Plutonia even though it was supposedly devoid of sentient life. After discovering the dead Clone troopers, the Jedi and Republic mission also discovered that a nearby Separatist base had been destroyed. They quickly deduced that a third force had been responsible for these two attacks.

[24] Later, Skywalker and Kenobi discovered that Ord Plutonia was home to a species of primitive bipedal sentient beings called the Talz . After some difficulties, Kenobi and Skywalker managed to establish contact with the Talz and assure them that they had come in peace. The Talz chieftain Thi-Sen wanted the Republic to leave his people in peace and to withdraw their presence from the planet. After the Jedi had made contact with the Talz tribe, C-3PO and Cho joined them in meeting with Thi-Sen. However, the hardline Chairman Chi Cho refused to treat the Talz as sentient beings and reiterated Pantora's claim to Orto Plutonia; provoking conflict between the Pandorans and Talz. [24] The Jedi managed to end the fighting by convincing Senator Chuchi to contact the Pantoran Assembly , which gave her the authority to negotiate peace with the Talz and to relieve Chairman Cho of his authority. C-3PO and his companions then accompanied Senator Chuchi to the scene of the fighting. There, C-3PO helped Chuchi to broker a truce with Thi-Sen; ending the Pandoran-Talz conflict.

As a result of the fighting, the Pandorans ceded sovereignty over Plutonia to the Talz. [24] The Blue Shadow Virus Crisis Edit C-3PO interrogating the tactical droid Following the discovery of a scouting party of Separatist battle droids on Naboo, C-3PO accompanied Senator Amidala and Representative Binks back to Naboo. Amidala had been summoned by Queen Neeyutnee , who wanted to procure more military aid from the Republic. C-3PO questioned a captured T-series tactical droid , which had its photoreceptors removed. After convincing the droid that it was aboard a Separatist starship, C-3PO managed to glean that there was a secret Separatist facility on Naboo producing some sort of virus before Jar Jar Binks accidentally destroyed the droid. Despite this setback, Binks and Amidala discovered a slug-beetle and mud from a swamp; which led them to Naboo's Eastern swamps .

[25] While Threepio stayed behind on Theed with Captain Gregay Typho to examine data from the captured Separatist droids, Amidala and Binks ventured into the swamps and discovered a secret Separatist research facility headed by the scientist Doctor Nuvo Vindi . Vindi was developing a deadly bioweapon called the Blue Shadow Virus for the Separatists. C-3PO and Typho discovered a hologram of Dr Vindi in one of the Separatist battle droids and managed to convey this information to their companions. With the aid of a local Gungan farmer named Peppi Bow , Skywalker, Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, and several Clone troopers , Amidala and Skywalker succeeded in apprehending Dr Vindi and stopping him from releasing his bioweapon. [26] The Senate hostage crisis Edit C-3PO being tortured by Cad Bane When Senator Amidala was organizing a party for Senator Aang , she sent Threepio and R2-D2 to buy some jogan fruit that Artoo had forgotten to buy for garnishing the jogan fruit cake , Aang's favorite dessert.

At the market, the two droids grumbled and C-3PO was swindled by a fruit vendor. Following the purchase, another droid approached C-3PO and R2-D2 and suggested that they visit Droid Spa for a cosmetic overhaul. While R2-D2 visited the facility, C-3PO was kidnapped by the Separatist-aligned Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane 's droid henchmen, Todo 360 and HELIOS-3E . [27] Threepio was taken to Bane's hideout in an industrial district on Coruscant where his databanks were scanned for information on the Senate Building 's layout. While C-3PO's databank yielded no such information, he mentioned that his astromech counterpart R2-D2 might have the information. Bane's droid henchmen then promptly kidnapped R2-D2 and brought him to Bane. After Bane extracted the necessary information from Artoo's databanks, he ordered that the two droids be given a memory wipe and returned to the place where they had been snatched.

[27] Following the unpleasant shopping trip, C-3PO and R2-D2 returned to Amidala with their purchase. Both droids were completely unaware about what had befallen them. The jogan fruit was added to Senator Aang's dessert, as planned. Meanwhile, Bane delivered the plans from Artoo's memory banks to Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine. The Hutt crime lord then ordered Bane to free his uncle Ziro from prison since he knew information that would endanger the Hutts, who were nominally working with the Republic. Bane then hatched a plan to rescue Ziro. [27] Following his kidnapping and mind-wipe, C-3PO and Senator Amidala were caught up in the Senate hostage crisis . Cad Bane and several other mercenaries infiltrated the Senate Building and took Amidala, Threepio, Skywalker and several senators hostage in a bid to force a pardon for the imprisoned Ziro. These senators had been meeting to discussed the proposed Enhanced Privacy Invasion Bill . Despite the Republic honoring Bane's demands, Bane planted several explosives in the hall with the aim of killing the senators.

Skywalker managed to save the day by using his lightsaber to cut a hole around the group, moments before the explosives went off. [28] The Separatist Spy Edit C-3PO advises Amidala and Rush Clovis on Cato Neimoidia. C-3PO was briefly reunited with R2-D2 when the two droids accompanied their masters Senator Amidala and General Skywalker on a mission to Cato Neimoidia . The quartet were accompanying Rush Clovis , the representative from Scipio and a delegate representing the InterGalactic Banking Clan in the Senate. The Jedi Council suspected that Clovis was secretly spying for the Separatists and sent Skywalker and Amidala to spy on him. During the journey, C-3PO noticed Skywalker's hostile behavior towards Clovis, who was trying to flirt with his secret wife Amidala. [29] Upon arriving on Cato Neimoidia, the delegation was greeted by the Trade Federation's Senator Lott Dod , who tried unsuccessfully to force Clovis to lend more money for the Separatist cause. When Dod deduced that Clovis was infatuated with Senator Amidala, he arranged for her to be poisoned during a formal dinner.

Despite this, Amidala succeeded in stealing a hologram disc which confirmed that Clovis was indeed working for the Separatists. After Amidala began to succumb to the effects of the poisoning, C-3PO and a 2-1B surgical droid attended to the Senator in her quarters. [29] Meanwhile, Clovis learnt that Amidala was spying on him and went to confront her only to be cornered by Skywalker. Realizing that Skywalker loved Amidala, Clovis offered to get the antidote in return for receiving back the holodisk. C-3PO and his companions brought Amidala back to their ship but were cornered by Dod and his aides. Clovis attempted to bluff his way out but Dod refused to let them leave. After Clovis pulled a blaster and forced Dod to hand over the antidote, C-3PO and his companions fled aboard Amidala's ship. They fled into space but left Clovis behind to face Dod alone. [29] Serving a Peacemaker Edit C-3PO and R2-D2 escape from the rampaging Zillo Beast on Coruscant.

As the Clone Wars dragged on, C-3PO continued serving Senator Amidala; who was becoming an active member of a group of Senators that supported diplomacy and opposed the expansion of the Grand Army of the Republic . On one occasion, C-3PO accompanied Senator Amidala and Master Kenobi when they presented evidence in the Galactic Senate that the planet Mandalore wished to be neutral. As a result, the Senate rescinded an earlier vote calling for a military occupation of Mandalore. [30] Later, Senator Amidala and her supporters including the Alderaanian Senator Bail Organa and the Rodian Senator Onaconda Farr proposed a bill calling for the reduction of military spending . C-3PO also attended several meetings of this informal peace coalition in Senator Amidala's office. On one such occasion, C-3PO was serving drinks when Senator Farr suffered an apparent heart attack and died. Threepio and Amidala later attended the funeral of Senator Farr. Later, Amidala and Organa discovered that Farr had been poisoned by his aide Lolo Purrs , who blamed the late Senator for bringing the war to Rodia.

[31] The Zillo Beast Edit Following the Republic's victory at Malastare , Chancellor Palpatine ordered the Jedi Generals Windu and Skywalker to transport the Zillo Beast , a gargantuan monster that had been captured and sedated during the fighting. After learning that a lightsaber could not harm the beast, Palpatine enlisted the services of the scientist Sionver Boll to study the beast's scales in order to develop a new type of armor for the Grand Army. Palpatine also planned to kill the monster with Malastarian fuel after it had outlived its usefulness. [32] Senator Amidala learnt about Palpatine's plan and arranged a meeting with Skywalker and Kenobi. During the meeting, C-3PO had another brief reunion with his astromech counterpart, R2-D2. Amidala succeeded in convincing her husband Skywalker and the delegation met with Chancellor Palpatine and Vice Chair Mas Amedda . However, the Zillo Beast escaped Boll's laboratory at the same time and proceeded to wreck havoc on the streets of Coruscant. Sensing that Palpatine was a Sith, the Zillo Beast made its way to the Galactic Senate building.

C-3PO assisted in the evacuation of staff from the building and guided them to an executive ship that was piloted by a Senate Commando . [32] Before they could flee to safety, the ship was grabbed by the Zillo Beast but Skywalker managed to use his lightsaber to cleave the vessel in half; sending the bow along with C-3PO and the other passengers plummeting into the Senate Building. C-3PO hitched a ride aboard R2-D2, who had used a tow cable to attach himself to the other side of the building. However, R2-D2 was forced to rescue Chancellor Palpatine and activated his booster rockers; leaving C-3PO behind. The protocol droid lost hold of the cable and fell to the floor of the Senate building. Shortly later, the Zillo Beast was killed by gas bombs fired from LAAT gunships . C-3PO survived the Zillo Beast incident and continued serving Senator Amidala. [32] Mission to Aleen Edit C-3PO and R2-D2 meet the Kindalo.

C-3PO and R2-D2 later took part in a mercy mission to the Mid Rim planet of Aleen , which was experiencing a series of catastrophic global earthquakes. C-3PO served as the translator for the Republic mission led by Clone Commander Wolffe while his astromech counterpart Artoo Detoo was tasked with interfacing with the equipment. Threepio's arrival coincided with a brief aftershock during which he tried to calm the local villages. When the aftershock stopped, the Aleena thought that the golden droid was some sort of divine messenger and asked the Republic soldiers to put the earth to rest; a request that Wolffe reluctantly had to acquiesce to. [33] During the mission, C-3PO translated while Wolffe explained the function of the Republic's delivered supplies to the Aleena King Manchucho . Later, C-3PO accompanied R2-D2 and several Clone troopers as they entered the local Republic communications station to survey and repair the damage caused by the earthquakes. There, the Aleena villagers led C-3PO and R2-D2 into a collapsed structure, which contained a huge golden seal embedded into the ground.

The seal turned out to be the entrance to a tunnel that led to the subterranean regions of Aleen. When another earthquake struck the area, C-3PO and R2-D2 fell into the tunnel and were separated from the Clone troopers. [33] While exploring the underground tunnels, C-3PO and R2-D2 encountered a species of sentient, tree -like beings called the Kindalo , who demanded that they leave since the surface dwellers "destroyed the peace." After C-3PO managed to convince the Kindalo that they bore no ill will and had come to help with the earthquakes, the Kindalo sent the droids to meet Orphne , a reptilian humanoid with mystical powers. Orphne told the two droids that a mutual balance had previously existed between the Aleena and the subterranean world. Since Aleena's atmosphere was toxic to them, the underground dwellers depended on a filtering process of the planet's soil that made the air breathable for them. The underground dwellers had set off this earthquake as a means of sealing the breach. [33] When C-3PO agreed to help fix the damage, Orphne gave the droids a parting riddle.

R2-D2 quickly deduced that Orphne was referring to a river and used the water seal to activate a water spout that sent the two droids and the chamber's central floor plate back to the surface. The two droids landed at the opening where they were greeted by a chanting crowd of Aleena. Recalling the riddle, Threepio quickly realized that only he and R2-D2 were able to seal the breach, which was in fact the unsettled seal. Together, the two droids closed the seal and brought an end to Aleena's earthquakes. While Wolffe and his clone troopers were skeptical of their story, the two droids' efforts were greatly appreciated by the Aleena. [33] Further Adventures Edit C-3PO and R2-D2 encounter the pint-sized Patitites. Following the events on Allena, C-3PO and R2-D2 were caught up in a second adventure that took them to Patitite Pattuna , Balnab , and the pirate ship Marauder . While traveling aboard the Jedi Master Adi Gallia 's Star Destroyer, their starship was attacked by three Separatist cruisers led by General Grievous.

C-3PO and R2-D2 escaped the stricken vessel aboard a BTL-A4 Y-wing assault starfighter/bomber and crash-landed on the nearby planet of Patitite Pattuna. [34] On Pattuna, they were captured by the indigenous Patitites , who brought them before their obese leader Hay-Zu . During their meeting, R2-D2 accidentally toppled the tyrannical overlord much to the joy of the Patitites, who released their prisoners and allowed the two droids to leave on their Y-wing. With their starfighter's power systems damage, C-3PO and R2-D2 landed on another planet called Balnab. The indigenous Balnabs captured the two droids and brought them before their leader, who turned out to be a holo-projection created by a group of rogue pit droids . These pit droids had enslaved the Balnabs. After R2-D2 exposed the scam, the Balnabs rebelled against their droid overlords. [34] C-3PO and R2-D2 took the opportunity to escape and resume their search for a replacement power unit for their Y-wing starfighter.

Low on power, the two droids were captured by a band of Weequay pirates, who wanted to use them as gladiators. However, the Weequay's pirate ship Marauder was attacked by General Grievous' cruiser. During the bombardment, C-3PO and R2-D2 were sucked out of the Marauder by a hull-breach. R2-D2 used his rocket boosters to bring him and C-3PO aboard Grievous' ship. Grievous ordered the two droids to be melted down in his incinerator but they were rescued by a Republic fleet led by Master Plo Koon , who had come to rescue Master Gallia. C-3PO and R2-D2 were subsequently rescued by Plo Koon's forces and resumed their services to Senator Amidala and General Skywalker respectively.

[34] Rise of the Empire Edit C-3PO and Senator Amidala near the end of the Clone Wars Following the Battle of Coruscant , C-3PO joined the Jedi Master Mace Windu and the Galactic Senate 's Loyalist Committee in greeting R2-D2 and his Jedi companions Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi following their successful mission to rescue Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, who had been kidnapped by the Separatist General Grievous . C-3PO would continue serving Senator Amidala during the last days of the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Purge , which ushered in the Galactic Empire . He also accompanied his master to Mustafar and piloted the skiff; allowing some reprieve for Amidala who was distraught at her husband's turn to the Dark Side and his role in the murder of Jedi Younglings at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. [11] Unknown to him and Amidala, Skywalker's former Master Obi-Wan Kenobi had stowed aboard the skiff. On Mustafar, Kenobi's presence enraged Skywalker who Force choked his wife.

While Kenobi dueled with his former Padawan, C-3PO and R2-D2 attended to the ailing Senator and brought her back aboard the skiff. After defeating Skywalker, C-3PO and Kenobi piloted the skiff to Polis Massa , a remote Outer Rim world where she gave birth to twins, a boy named Luke Skywalker and a daughter named Leia Organa , before passing away. While the Skywalker twins were spirited away to various locations to hide them from the Empire, C-3PO and R2-D2 passed into the ownership of Padmé's friend Bail Organa , the Senator for Alderaan . Due to Threepio's talkative nature, Senator Organa made arrangements for the protocol droid to receive a memory wipe. [11] Age of the Empire Edit C-3PO and R2-D2 on their mission to Garel About five years before the Battle of Yavin , Senator Bail Organa sent C-3PO and his astromech counterpart R2-D2 to escort the Imperial Minister Maketh Tua and the Aqualish arms dealer Amda Wabo to the planet Garel .

Minister Tua wanted to obtain a shipment of T-7 ion disruptor rifles , illicit weapons which had been banned by the Imperial Senate following the brutal pacification of Lasan . She intended to mass-produce the weapons on Lothal , a formerly backwater Outer Rim world that had become a manufacturing base for the Empire. Since Tua could not speak the Aqualish language , C-3PO was assigned the job of acting as her translator. Unknown to C-3PO, but known to R2-D2, their true mission was to prevent the T-7 ion disruptors from falling into Imperial hands. [12] Upon arriving in Lothal, C-3PO and his companions boarded the Star commuter shuttle ST-45 which ferried them to Garel. Unknown to C-3PO, members of a Lothalian rebel cell were also traveling on the shuttle. Two of rebels, the human teenager Ezra Bridger and the astromech droid Chopper created a noisy ruckus. Another rebel, the former Jedi Kanan Jarrus pretended to be irate and demanded that the petulant Chopper be sent to the back of the shuttle.

The pilot complied, but in retaliation Bridger demanded that Tua's droids be sent to the back as well. Despite Tua's and C-3PO's protests, the protocol droid and his astromech counterpart were forced to move to the rear compartment. [12] Bereft of a translator, Tua was forced to turn to the Mandalorian girl Sabine Wren , who posed as an Imperial Academy student fluent in Aqualish. However, Tua was also a member of the Lothalian rebel cell who were planning to deliver the shipment of weapons to the Devaronian crime lord Cikatro Vizago . Sabine learnt that the weapons were stored in Garel's Bay 7 but misled Minister Tua into believing that they were in Bay 17. After the shuttle landed in Garel's spaceport , C-3PO and R2-D2 accompanied Minister Tua and a force of stormtroopers to Bay 17. When they found nothing, C-3PO explained that Sabine might have accidentally mistranslated "Bay 7" as "Bay 17".

[12] While traveling to Bay 7, C-3PO's counterpart R2-D2 was accosted by Chopper, who had been sent to distract the Imperials. Chopper rammed himself right into R2-D2, then shook his arm in apparent anger. In response, R2-D2 whipped out his electroshock prod, but did not use it as C-3PO ordered him to apologize. But then, Minister Tua recognized Chopper from the shuttle ride to Garel and ordered her stormtrooper guards to hurry to Bay 7. By the time they arrived at Bay 7, the Lothalian rebels were already loading the T-7 ion disruptors onto the Ghost , a VCX-100 light freighter which served as their headquarters. A blaster fight broke out and in the ensuing confusion C-3PO and R2-D2 fled aboard the Ghost, which fled into hyperspace . The two droids were then taken prisoner by the Lothalian rebels who placed restraining bolts on both of them. [12] The Lothalian rebels then traveled back to Lothal to sell their stolen weapons to Vizago at a pre-arranged rendezvous point.

Despite his restraining bolts, C-3PO managed to used the ship's intercom to contact the Imperial authorities telling that he and his astromech counterpart had been kidnapped by "criminals." The Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus answered his transmission and promised that "help" was on the way. Using C-3PO's transmission to trace the Ghost's coordinates, Agent Kallus brought an Imperial attack force consisting of a Gozanti-class cruiser , two AT-DP walkers , and several stormtroopers to the Lothalian rebels' meeting place. Mistaking the Imperials for "friends", C-3PO approached them but was fired upon and narrowly escaped disintegration. Meanwhile, R2-D2 helped the Lothalian rebels to overload and destroy the T-7 disruptors. [12] Following the brief skirmish, both droids and the rebels managed to escape their Imperial pursuers. The rebels also returned C-3PO and R2-D2 to their rightful owner, Senator Organa, who paid them some credits for destroying the weapons. Due to the stress of his adventures at Garel and Lothal, C-3PO requested that he be allowed to rest for a while; which the Senator obliged.

Senator Organa then questioned R2-D2 about the Lothalian rebels. [12] Galactic Civil War C-3PO, Protocol Droid - Biography Protocol Droid Affiliation Galactic Republic, Rebel Alliance, New Republic C-3PO (also spelled See-Threepio, called 3PO for short) was a protocol droid—a droid specifically designed to interact with organics. Threepio's TranLang III Communicator module combined with his AA-1 VerboBrain allowed him to be "fluent in over six million forms of communication." He was also equipped with "over thirty secondary functions". C-3PO was generally seen with his counterpart, R2-D2, a small, wheeled astromech droid. His main function as a protocol droid was to assist with etiquette, customs, and translation so that meetings of different cultures ran smoothly. In his time, C-3PO loyally served over forty masters. He hated adventure and space travel, as they often resulted in him coming out on the wrong end of a fight, losing parts, and having them reattached. His motto was, "We're doomed!".

Biography 32 BBY C-3PO was built from scrap parts around 32 BBY by a prodigal young boy named Anakin Skywalker. His wiring and construction were sound, but Anakin could not afford even the simplest of droid coverings. C-3PO found this out when his future partner R2-D2 remarked that he was naked. He was extremely embarrassed by this, but later received coverings from his new master, Cliegg Lars. Clone Wars-22 BBY-19 BBY After Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala's visit to Tatooine, C-3PO left with his old master. He also became an unwilling combatant in the Battle of Geonosis when his head was taken off and temporarily attached to the torso of a B-1 battle droid. After being repaired, C-3PO became Senator Amidala's personal protocol droid for most of the Clone Wars. He was a reluctant participant in many adventures, often chastising Skywalker's droid, R2-D2, for being reckless. During this time period, his coverings were upgraded from a dull gray to a shining gold color.

He also, in a meeting of the Loyalist Committee, became the first person in the Galaxy to address Supreme Chancellor Palpatine as "Your Majesty." His memory was wiped on the Tantive IV after the birth of the Skywalker twins and death of Senator Amidala, in order to protect them from the Emperor and their father, Darth Vader. After his memory was erased, he believed he first worked with binary loadlifters. 19 BBY-0 BBY Though he and R2-D2 were officially part of the droid complement of the Tantive IV for the next 19 years, C-3PO also served Alderaan's royal house, the Organa family on Alderaan on occasion. While accompanying them to the Emperor's Ball, he mistook Darth Vader for a new droid, and was reassigned as a preschool teacher for a year as punishment. For a time, both C-3PO and R2-D2 were separated from the Organa family and the Tantive IV, and found themselves travelling the galaxy serving a series of different masters, including Mungo Baobab and Mon Julpa. After a series of adventures, they were returned to the Tantive IV.

0 BBY-4 ABY When the Tantive IV came under attack by Darth Vader’s Star Destroyer Devastator, C-3PO and R2-D2 were launched in an escape pod by Princess Leia Organa to deliver a secret message to Obi Wan Kenobi. On Tatooine, C-3PO and R2-D2 were captured by Jawas, taken into their Sandcrawler and sold to Owen Lars. When Owen and his wife, Beru, were killed by Imperial Stormtroopers, the droids fell into the hands of Luke Skywalker. In the Battle of Hoth C-3PO escaped with Han Solo in the Millennium Falcon, while his partner joined Luke in his pursuit of the mysterious Yoda. During this time, C-3PO and Han developed a strange relationship, with C-3PO quoting odds and Han defying them. On Cloud City, C-3PO was blasted by a Stormtrooper, but rescued by Chewbacca when the Wookiee headed to the Ugnaught recycling facility. An even stranger relationship developed between him and the Ewoks, who thought he was a god.

He rescued Luke and his friends from being eaten by threatening to call down his wrath on the Ewoks if they did not release them. Luke used the Force to levitate Threepio on his throne, and succeeded in freeing his friends. Later that night, C-3PO acted as a storyteller, gaining sympathy from the Ewoks and convincing them to help the Rebels at the Battle of Endor. 4 ABY-Present After the battle of Endor and the destruction of the second Death Star, C-3PO continued to travel with his permanent partner, now his friend. C-3PO would assist Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, and their allies in the New Republic on many missions, such as Talon Karrde's expedition to the Kathol Sector to find Jorj Car'das. Behind the scenes C-3PO was portrayed by Anthony Daniels in all six films. Daniels provided the voice for all films, wore the costume from Episodes II to VI, and provided the movements in Episode I. He also voiced the character in the Clone Wars and Droids cartoons.

C-3PO - Star Wars Wiki Guide - IGN Edit Biography C-3PO is a droid programmed for etiquette and protocol, built by the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker , and a constant companion to astromech R2-D2 . Over the years, he was involved in some of the galaxy’s most defining moments and thrilling battles -- and is fluent in over six million forms of communication. When the Resistance was first organized C-3PO was brought on to be the central hub for the hundreds of spy droids the Resistance has scattered around the galaxy. C-3PO received intel that BB-8 was on Takodana and organized a squadron of Resistant pilots to pick the little droid up. C-3PO helped provided intelligence updates during the offensive against Starkiller Base. Edit Description C-3PO has a humanoid body shade, similar to most other Protocol Droids. Through most of the films and comics, C-3PO is covered in a gold coating from head to toe. The major exception is The Force Awakens, where he is will seen with a red right arm. The origin of this arm be explained in the one shot C-3PO comic expected out in 2016.

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Some fly ships, others fix Podracers, and still others fight dangerous battles. I would be honored to tell you more in this colorfully illustrated storybook. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. My name is C-3PO. I am a droid. A droid is a mechanical being. There are many types of droids in the universe. Most of the work we do is hard and dangerous. It is often the kind of work that humans would rather not do. You might say that we are made to suffer! As a PROTOCOL DROID, one of my tasks is to help beings from many different worlds speak to each other. In fact, I am familiar with over six million forms of communication! The DUM-4 PIT DROIDS are a special type of worker droid. They can repair many types of vehicles and often work as pit crews at Podraces. Not all droids are built for work. Some are designed for combat. BATTLE DROIDS are very advanced. The Trade Federation has created an entire army of them. Battle Droids are designed to fold up to a compact size for swift and easy transport. They ride into battle on giant Trade Federation MTT transports....

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here , or download a FREE Kindle Reading App . Ignite your imagination with these editor's picks from Kindle books. See more Product Details Age Range: 5 - 8 years Grade Level: Kindergarten - 3 Publisher: Random House (April 25, 1999) Language: English Product Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 0.1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces By Judy K. Polhemus on October 23, 2009 As an elementary/middle school librarian, I already know how this book will play out--it will stay checked out!! The boys in first and second grade, sometimes other grades, ABSOLUTELY love the Star Wars books! ALL of them!! I wish I had the money for every single Star Wars book ever written. But for now, "I Am a Droid by C-3PO" will pacify them. Would you believe that Star Wars books can take the place of ADHD medication? Give any child with that affliction--that is, if he/she loves Star Wars books, one he/she has not read, and they go into the zone.

I have a new poster this year, as one of my themes, that says: Reading Zone. I recovered and added several large floor pillows. After the boys check out their books, they go to the Zones. Some quietly read, but students with books with pictures share and show those pictues and talk quietly about them. It makes me so happy to find books that TOTALLY delight children! "I Am a Droid" certainly will! What I particularly like about "I Am a Droid" is that C-3PO explains what a droid is, what he does, and how many different kinds there are. "A droid is a mechanical being." The work they do is "often the kind of work that humans would rather NOT do." C-3PO is a Protocol Droid, which means he translates the languages of other beings in the universe. C-3PO is "familiar with over six million forms of communication!" R2-D2 is an Astromech Droid, a type that helps pilots fly their ships and even make repairs in flight. The scary Droids are the Battle Droids, created strictly as robot battle masters. Did I mention that girls are beginning to discover Star Wars!

At least they can read the old books until I have money for new titles. The biggest disappointment I have as a librarian is finding books students clamor for and not having the money to buy them. In fact, half of the Star Wars books in our library came from my pocketbook. Filled with pictures from various movies and droid facts, "I Am a Droid" will entertain any Star Wars fan over and over until the information is totally memorized. Not a book to be missed!! 5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for young readers! By Chris Cortes on October 28, 2002 For those of you with young children, my son will be four in a couple months, this book is awesome! He hasn't put it down since we gave it to him a week ago. This is a short picture book, which is narrated by C3-P0. The pictures are vivid and colorful. Most of them look as if they were taken straight from the Phantom Menace film footage, giving them an 'in the action' feel. As an added bonus, this book also contains foil stickers of various droids/robots. My son loved pulling them off and sticking them to his clothes and bed posts.

Reminds me of when I was four playing with my Star Wars figures and the likes. I will definitely be getting the remainder of the books in this series. Excellent for kids and parents too! By Delite Rancher VINE VOICE on January 25, 2007 "I am a Droid" takes the reader through a tour of the Star Wars galaxy's mechanized characters. As would be expected, everybody's favorite protocol droid is the narrator. C-3PO talks about both the benevolent robots (astromech droids, protocol droids, worker droids, etc.) and the nefarious ones (battle droids, destroyers, etc.). Some illustrations are from stills, but most images draw from "The Phantom Menace." The pages are very creatively designed with respect to the way the images interact with the text. The reading level is good for most second graders. Considering that the book initially retailed for $3.99, the accompanying stickers were by themselves worth the cost. "I am a Droid" is an essential book in any young Padawan's library. Lego C3PO | eBay LEGO C3PO You need DIY by yourself as Instructions to build up the toy. General Interest.

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Vehicles just ask beforehand I can comb... C-3PO (See-Threepio) | StarWars.com Databank C-3PO (See-Threepio) C-3PO is a droid programmed for etiquette and protocol, built by the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker, and a constant companion to astromech R2-D2. Over the years, he was involved in some of the galaxy’s most defining moments and thrilling battles -- and is fluent in more than seven million forms of communication. databank HISTORY // FALL OF THE REPUBLIC Anakin Skywalker , a Tatooine slave boy, was gifted in engineering -- and was strong with the Force. To help his mother, Shmi , he secretly built a droid: C-3PO. In his earliest form, Threepio had no outside covering, and so appeared “naked,” with his internal parts and motors showing. When Anakin befriended a group of stranded travelers, C-3PO was introduced to R2-D2 , their heroic astromech. The two quickly became a duo, though when Anakin departed Tatooine to become a Jedi, he left his droid behind.

C-3PO continued to serve Shmi, as well as her new husband, Cliegg Lars , and their son Owen . Ten years after Anakin had left Tatooine to become a Jedi, he returned home due to visions that his mother was in distress. C-3PO met Anakin outside the Lars homestead ; though they both had changed -- Threepio now had a gray outer casing, and Anakin had grown up -- they recognized each other. “The Maker!” Threepio exclaimed. But this was not a happy reunion, as Shmi had been kidnapped by Sand People and would later die from wounds suffered at the hands of the Tuskens . C-3PO left with Anakin (and his old friend R2-D2) for Geonosis , where Obi-Wan Kenobi was held as prisoner. Geonosis was home to a massive droid factory , and inside it, Threepio had a bit of a misadventure -- accidentally swapping heads with a battle droid . Both his body and his head found themselves on the wrong side of the first battle of the Clone Wars, though R2-D2 finally made things right.

After the Battle of Geonosis, C-3PO assisted his friends and the clone army on certain missions. In one adventure on Aleen , the droid and his counterpart, R2-D2, found themselves lost beneath the planet’s surface in a subterranean world. They encountered the Kindalo , strange creatures resembling trees come to life, who were angry with Aleen’s surface dwellers. This led C-3PO and Artoo to Orphne , a beautiful reptilian nymph; she informed the duo that a divide between the surface and underground had been breached, poisoning the subsurface. Threepio and Artoo offered to seal the breach, moving a heavy door back into place that restored the planetary balance. C-3PO served Senator Padmé Amidala , Anakin Skywalker's secret wife, on Coruscant throughout the Clone Wars. As the calamitous events of Order 66 erupted around them, Threepio felt helpless. He bore witness to everything: the decimation of the Jedi, the fall of Anakin, and the birth of the Skywalker twins.

When the dust settled, he and R2-D2 were assigned to Captain Antilles aboard the Tantive IV -- but Threepio had seen too much. Senator Bail Organa ordered that C-3PO’s mind be wiped, a development which R2-D2 found just a little humorous. GALACTIC CIVIL WAR In the intervening 19 years after the rise of the Empire , C-3PO and R2-D2 stayed in the service of their master, Captain Antilles. Antilles was a Rebel, however, and his ship was boarded by Imperials upon the theft of Death Star plans. C-3PO and R2-D2 made a daring escape in a life pod, landing on the desert world Tatooine. The two droids bickered -- Artoo called Threepio a “mindless philosopher” -- and separated, but both were eventually recovered by Jawas . The scavengers sold the droids to Owen Lars , a moisture farmer, who charged his nephew Luke Skywalker with care of the droids.

Then, an adventure unfolded: R2-D2 was actually the custodian of the stolen Death Star plans, and Luke, along with new companions Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo , Chewbacca , and the droids left to bring them to Princess Leia on Alderaan . By the time this new group had arrived at Alderaan, however, it was too late. The planet was gone, destroyed by the Death Star -- which now held Leia captive. Instead, the small band’s ship, the Millennium Falcon , had been caught in the space station’s tractor beam. Through some smart trickery, they evaded capture and rescued Leia; and during the heroes’ escape, C-3PO and R2-D2 saved their friends from being crushed in a trash compactor. Back on the Falcon, they fled to the Rebel base on Yavin 4 . The plans were delivered and the Rebels launched on attack on the Death Star, with Luke taking R2-D2 in his X-wing .

While the massive weapon was destroyed, Artoo suffered devastating injuries; C-3PO volunteered to donate parts for his friend’s restoration, but he needn’t have worried -- the astromech was fully repaired, and both were included in the Alliance ’s medal ceremony that celebrated this important victory over the Empire. In the wake of the Battle of Yavin, the Rebel Alliance relocated to the ice planet Hoth . C-3PO remained with his masters and friend R2-D2, serving as an interpreter and performing various other functions. When the Empire dispatched a probe droid to the world’s surface, it was Threepio who identified the signal as foreign and possibly an Imperial code. In the resulting evacuation, he left with Han, Leia, and Chewbacca aboard the Millennium Falcon. The droid often found himself at odds with and perplexed by Han, who had no patience for C-3PO’s statistics, odds-quoting, and worrying. When the group later landed on Cloud City , believing they’d found safe haven, Threepio was the first to discover the truth.

Encountering a stormtrooper , he was blasted at point blank range and his limbs were scattered; when partially reassembled by Chewbacca, his internal memory banks revealed that just before he was shot, C-3PO had planned to warn his friends. While Han was ultimately frozen in carbonite and turned over to bounty hunter Boba Fett , C-3PO and his friends managed to escape. He was reassembled, and a plan was put in place to rescue Han. With Han frozen in carbonite and held in Jabba the Hutt’s palace , C-3PO and R2-D2 were dispatched by Luke to deliver a message to the crime lord. They walked together, once again, through the Tatooine desert before arriving at a massive gated entrance. C-3PO was visibly nervous. He wanted to leave -- but the door was answered, and the droids entered the lair. Standing before the mighty Jabba, R2-D2 played a holographic projection of Luke, now a Jedi Knight, asking to bargain for Han’s life and offering the droids as token of goodwill. C-3PO was shocked at this turn of events.

Indeed, Jabba turned down the offer but accepted the protocol droid and astromech , and quickly put C-3PO to work as an interpreter. It was trying for Threepio, but in time, the truth behind Luke’s plan was revealed: his lightsaber was hidden inside R2-D2, and after his arrival, used it to destroy the gangster’s henchmen. Han was rescued, Leia killed Jabba, and they all left to continue the fight against the Empire. After regrouping with the Rebel Alliance, C-3PO joined Han, Luke, Leia, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 on a mission to Endor . The goal: destroy the shield generator protecting Death Star II , the Empire’s new battle station. The group traveled the moon’s forests looking for the bunker, but Chewbacca’s ill-advised curiosity over a dead animal triggered a trap: they were caught in a net, and hoisted high above the ground. As they escaped, short furry creatures surrounded them. Called Ewoks , they appeared somewhat hostile -- until they glimpsed C-3PO.

Immediately, they knelt before him and began chanting; the Ewoks believed the gold droid was some sort of god. The primitive creatures took everyone captive except for Threepio, who they carried and worshiped. Back in their village, the Ewoks planned to hold a banquet in C-3PO’s honor. The main course: Han, Luke, and Chewbacca. With some quick thinking, Luke told the droid to inform the creatures that if they did not free his friends, he would become angry and use his magic. C-3PO was confused, but did as told. Reaching out through the Force, Luke levitated Threepio above the villagers, which sent them into a panic. The Ewoks quickly freed the heroes, and once everything calmed down, C-3PO expertly told the Ewoks the story of his friends and the Rebellion. They were officially adopted into the tribe, which proved to be an important alliance; in the attack on the Empire’s shield generator, the Ewoks turned the tide of battle. As a result, the Death Star II was destroyed and the galaxy became free once again.

THE FIRST ORDER After the Battle of Endor, C-3PO served Leia Organa during the fight to defeat the Empire’s remnants and the uneasy peace that followed. Following the rise of the First Order , C-3PO assisted Leia in her role as founder and leader of the Resistance. The protocol droid’s duties have expanded to include overseeing the movement’s network of spy droids, which operate across the galaxy. Related //

Question: What type of droid was C-3PO?
Answer: a Protocol Droid