R2-D2, Secret Agent Droid?

[mabfan]

A fellow named Keith Martin has posted an interesting retcon article, A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope, in which he retcons Star Wars: A New Hope given what we've now seen in Star Wars: Revenge of the SIth:

If we accept all the Star Wars films as the same canon, then a lot that happens in the original films has to be reinterpreted in the light of the prequels. As we now know, the rebel Alliance was founded by Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Bail Organa. What can readily be deduced is that their first recruit, who soon became their top field agent, was R2-D2...

It's a fascinating new perspective on the film, to say the least...

(Link spotted on Jed Hartman's blog Lorem Ipsum)

Comments

[lisafeld.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Rich, really well thought out in pretty much every detail, and it manages to close most (but not all) of Lucas's glaring plot holes...

[ckd]

I still say R2 is a secret Jedi.

Keith's done a much more complete analysis/"secret history" than I did, though.

Jedi R2

[cogitationitis.livejournal.com]

My husband agrees: R2 must be a Jedi. He even can 'mind-trick' the droids on the starship in the beginning for the last movie.