R2D2?

CaptainRex · February 28, 2017 2:21AM

Remember R2? Sassy astromech droid? One of 2 characters to appear in all 8 films? The character that was teased at EA's panel a year ago?

Roadburn12 · February 28, 2017 2:21AM

Who?

millertime2717 · February 28, 2017 2:21AM

Chopper was just added check your toons

Georgemi6 · February 28, 2017 2:23AM

Naw dude he's not important there's this great new show called rebels that like 20 people actually enjoy screw r2 yay rip off r2 oh wait I mean chopper.

ArtooSW · February 28, 2017 2:24AM

Rip off Artoo? They are massively different. He's not a rip off at all.

Mzee · February 28, 2017 2:30AM

I don't watch Rebels, but it looks like another astromech droid, which is where the similarities come from.

And there are quite a few iconic characters that are not added yet. I assume it is to generate hope for them, and to boost sales later on.

Supercat · February 28, 2017 2:32AM

So was wicket.

Also why does chopper take the rule of rank and support.

hnewton · February 28, 2017 2:35AM

Georgemi6 wrote: »

Naw dude he's not important there's this great new show called rebels that like 20 people actually enjoy screw r2 yay rip off r2 oh wait I mean chopper.

Well actually Chopper was an original design for R2 so technically R2 is the newer one haha

CaptainRex · February 28, 2017 2:36AM

ArtooSW wrote: »

Rip off Artoo? They are massively different. He's not a rip off at all.

True. As annoying as he can be to his owners, R2 is loyal and tries to help. Chopper has almost killed his crew multiple times, for no rhyme or reason.

Georgemi6 · February 28, 2017 2:37AM

hnewton wrote: »

Georgemi6 wrote: »

Naw dude he's not important there's this great new show called rebels that like 20 people actually enjoy screw r2 yay rip off r2 oh wait I mean chopper.

Well actually Chopper was an original design for R2 so technically R2 is the newer one haha

He-hey... you jus... stay outta this okay?

ArtooSW · February 28, 2017 2:41AM

CaptainRex wrote: »

ArtooSW wrote: »

Rip off Artoo? They are massively different. He's not a rip off at all.

True. As annoying as he can be to his owners, R2 is loyal and tries to help. Chopper has almost killed his crew multiple times, for no rhyme or reason.

Exactly. Artoo not only tries to help he usually ends up being significant. Chopper at the end of season 2 had to be told by Kanan to stay when he was about to leave them and fly off he planet which the Sith Temple was on and at the start of season 3 Chopper said to Ezra "Every man for himself" when the a ship was blowing up. They're very different and for me they're not very good characters.

ArtooSW · February 28, 2017 2:43AM

hnewton wrote: »

Georgemi6 wrote: »

Naw dude he's not important there's this great new show called rebels that like 20 people actually enjoy screw r2 yay rip off r2 oh wait I mean chopper.

Well actually Chopper was an original design for R2 so technically R2 is the newer one haha

I think you're thinking of BB8. Artoo was meant to have a ball as his base although the original draft didn't have his top part spherical too.

hnewton · February 28, 2017 2:58AM

ArtooSW wrote: »

hnewton wrote: »

Georgemi6 wrote: »

Naw dude he's not important there's this great new show called rebels that like 20 people actually enjoy screw r2 yay rip off r2 oh wait I mean chopper.

Well actually Chopper was an original design for R2 so technically R2 is the newer one haha

I think you're thinking of BB8. Artoo was meant to have a ball as his base although the original draft didn't have his top part spherical too.

http://comicvine.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-rebels-meet-chopper/1100-147998/
"The design of Chopper, a.k.a. C1-10P, takes cues from early Ralph McQuarrie concept art for R2-D2, especially the expressive arms that fold out of his head. As "Star Wars Rebels" takes place four years prior to the events of "Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope," Chopper’s retro look creates an aesthetic continuity with droids of the original trilogy"

VaderJK12 · February 28, 2017 3:00AM

Chopper before R2?...FAIL

ArtooSW · February 28, 2017 3:02AM

hnewton wrote: »

ArtooSW wrote: »

hnewton wrote: »

Georgemi6 wrote: »

Naw dude he's not important there's this great new show called rebels that like 20 people actually enjoy screw r2 yay rip off r2 oh wait I mean chopper.

Well actually Chopper was an original design for R2 so technically R2 is the newer one haha

I think you're thinking of BB8. Artoo was meant to have a ball as his base although the original draft didn't have his top part spherical too.

http://comicvine.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-rebels-meet-chopper/1100-147998/
"The design of Chopper, a.k.a. C1-10P, takes cues from early Ralph McQuarrie concept art for R2-D2, especially the expressive arms that fold out of his head. As "Star Wars Rebels" takes place four years prior to the events of "Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope," Chopper’s retro look creates an aesthetic continuity with droids of the original trilogy"

I guess both were from early Artoo designs then.

hnewton · February 28, 2017 3:07AM

ArtooSW wrote: »

hnewton wrote: »

ArtooSW wrote: »

hnewton wrote: »

Georgemi6 wrote: »

Naw dude he's not important there's this great new show called rebels that like 20 people actually enjoy screw r2 yay rip off r2 oh wait I mean chopper.

Well actually Chopper was an original design for R2 so technically R2 is the newer one haha

I think you're thinking of BB8. Artoo was meant to have a ball as his base although the original draft didn't have his top part spherical too.

http://comicvine.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-rebels-meet-chopper/1100-147998/
"The design of Chopper, a.k.a. C1-10P, takes cues from early Ralph McQuarrie concept art for R2-D2, especially the expressive arms that fold out of his head. As "Star Wars Rebels" takes place four years prior to the events of "Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope," Chopper’s retro look creates an aesthetic continuity with droids of the original trilogy"

I guess both were from early Artoo designs then.

A lot of Rebels is from early Ralph McQuarrie art. Such as Zeb who was an early Chewbacca design

ArtooSW · February 28, 2017 3:08AM

Yeah I knew that. I was actually at Star Wars identities in London a couple of weeks ago and they had some of those designs there as well as costumes from the films.

War · February 28, 2017 3:11AM

The walkers, thin lightsabers, Chopper, Zeb, a lot of other design choices. All taken from original art designs for Star Wars. That was one of their selling points for the series.

Darth_Amarth · February 28, 2017 3:11AM

Why most people complain before trying something out? That goes for Rebels and this game as well.

ArtooSW · February 28, 2017 3:12AM

hnewton wrote: »

ArtooSW wrote: »

hnewton wrote: »

ArtooSW wrote: »

hnewton wrote: »

Georgemi6 wrote: »

Naw dude he's not important there's this great new show called rebels that like 20 people actually enjoy screw r2 yay rip off r2 oh wait I mean chopper.

Well actually Chopper was an original design for R2 so technically R2 is the newer one haha

I think you're thinking of BB8. Artoo was meant to have a ball as his base although the original draft didn't have his top part spherical too.

http://comicvine.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-rebels-meet-chopper/1100-147998/
"The design of Chopper, a.k.a. C1-10P, takes cues from early Ralph McQuarrie concept art for R2-D2, especially the expressive arms that fold out of his head. As "Star Wars Rebels" takes place four years prior to the events of "Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope," Chopper’s retro look creates an aesthetic continuity with droids of the original trilogy"

I guess both were from early Artoo designs then.

A lot of Rebels is from early Ralph McQuarrie art. Such as Zeb who was an early Chewbacca design

Here's the picture I took of that design.

hnewton · February 28, 2017 3:14AM

ArtooSW wrote: »

hnewton wrote: »

ArtooSW wrote: »

hnewton wrote: »

ArtooSW wrote: »

hnewton wrote: »

Georgemi6 wrote: »

Naw dude he's not important there's this great new show called rebels that like 20 people actually enjoy screw r2 yay rip off r2 oh wait I mean chopper.

Well actually Chopper was an original design for R2 so technically R2 is the newer one haha

I think you're thinking of BB8. Artoo was meant to have a ball as his base although the original draft didn't have his top part spherical too.

http://comicvine.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-rebels-meet-chopper/1100-147998/
"The design of Chopper, a.k.a. C1-10P, takes cues from early Ralph McQuarrie concept art for R2-D2, especially the expressive arms that fold out of his head. As "Star Wars Rebels" takes place four years prior to the events of "Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope," Chopper’s retro look creates an aesthetic continuity with droids of the original trilogy"

I guess both were from early Artoo designs then.

A lot of Rebels is from early Ralph McQuarrie art. Such as Zeb who was an early Chewbacca design

Here's the picture I took of that design.

That's awesome. I saw that art on Star Wars' Twitter a couple months ago

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