r2-d2 stories

 
Geek alert: today's May 4. You know what that means. It's the unofficial Star Wars holiday where fans pop out the lightsabers and celebrate all things Jedi and Sith. While fathers and mothers across the planet baptize their younglings into Padawans, what about some love for all the new robots coming off the line? To celebrate the holiday and honor the most adorable droid in the entire galaxy, here's 24 incarnations of R2-D2 that prove why it's the real star of Star Wars. Future astromechs in-training, here's your role model! Got an iteration of R2-D2 you love? Let us know in the comments below, and may the fourth be with you!
 
Out of all the characters in the Star Wars universe, R2-D2 has to be the only one that gets so much love. Custom Xbox 360s, projectors, headphones, swimsuits, smartphones — the list goes on. Motorized Lego replicas? Well, that's just a tribute of love. Peter "Ickelpete" Salter's Lego R2-D2 is more than meets the eye. You'd be forgiven for thinking Salter's 15.7-inch wide by 23.6-inch tall creation was just a plastic statue, but it actually moves. It has a retractable leg, lights up, makes authentic "beep-doop" sounds and has a head that rotates &#8212 just like in the movies. All it took was 18 months of hard work.

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