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freedominwickedness:sonneillonv:baeddelshinsgirl:ananiujitha:baeddelshinsgirl:zappacats:favorite star wars things - [3/∞]Luke Skywalker + droidsWhen it comes down to it, Luke Skywalker is one of the only people in the ENTIRE Star Wars universe who instinctively treats droids like people. He talks to them (and not just when he wants something out of them, he jokes with them, he asks their opinion about things and listens to their advice.… he refuses to have their memories erased…owning them is still creepy though, even if it’s the only way to protect the droids.It’s a real shame that no author other than Timothy Zahn seems particularly interested in exploring the subject of droid rights.Anakin had a lot of similar behaviors. He trusted R2 enough to send him on missions entirely by himself and a whole lot of the modifications he made to him which were seen as extreme and strange by others, had to do with giving R2 agency. He could fight for himself, he could navigate spaces meant for humanoids much better than many other droids thanks to his jets and tools, he could hack, and he’s a bad-ass enough pilot to outfly separatist dogfighters even when those dogfighters were other droids. Anakin refusing to wipe his memory in most circumstances allowed him to build up a body of skill that empowered R2 as an individual. It’s unfortunate that because of a lot of the choices Anakin made as he slid to the Dark Side he also treated R2 with less respect for his autonomy, but Skywalkers in general seem to have space in their hearts for droids that many others just don’t. It’s heavily implied that sentience is an emergent characteristic in Star Wars droids — as long as they’re regularly wiped, they’re “just” a smart computer with limited emotional simulation to make it easier for humans to interact with them. They only develop functional sentience if they’re left for a long time. -- source link
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