Since I can't seem to find any time to actually finish anything else, I thought I'd post something I *have* finished. I know the R5 isn't 100% nit-picking perfect, but it works for me!
B.J.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
He's a booty!
Posted by SoundEffect (Member # 926) on :
That's really good! Is it Illustrator??
Both look good, but as a minor point of constructive criticism, and I'm going by gut feeling as I don't have references around me so please correct me if I'm wrong, but the legs look like they hug the body a little too closely. Should they be slightly offset a little further from the main torso?
Are you going to do a side view as well?? Waht would look really good is a half cutaway showing some of the Astromech's internals.
I'd like to see an R4 unit as well. I like the old coneheads!
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Imagine an alternate Star Wars where - "red" didn't blow up after Owen paid for it? The rebels might have been crushed! Or "red" might have ended up defeating the Emperor instead!
Red... *I* am your... father! "Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!!!!!!!"
"So! You have a SISter-mech!?! - Your programming betrays you..."
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
What exactly is the difference between an R5, and the red R2 that Andrew already made reference to? I never understood that.
Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on :
If you want to belive comics, this R5 was actually Force sensitive Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Then I don't want to believe the comics.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Heheh - oh ok i'm confused in ANH - was the one that blew up a Red version of R2D2 or was it that one in the picture above? Is that ALSO an R2 unit - what then is an R5? What was obi wan's in ATOC? R14? Maybe they are colour codes... his was purple Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on :
The one that blew up in ANH (and, incidentally, was apparently eqipped with mini-transporter ) was NOT the red version of R2D2. It looked just like on picture above.
Posted by SoundEffect (Member # 926) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: What exactly is the difference between an R5, and the red R2
All of the Astromech droids can be physically distinguished by designation.
R2 Unit = Round Dome head R4 Unit = Faceted Cone Head R5 Unit = Truncated Cylinder Head
Those are the main three types seen in the Star Wars films. The only exception to this was because of a deleted scene/concept in EpII:AotC when the R4 Unit on Kenobi's Jedi Starfighter was damaged and although they salvaged the droid, the head casing was replaced with an R2 unit's head on Obi-Wan's ship. You'll notice in Episode II that Obi-Wan still refers to the droid as R4 though.
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
SoundEffect: Thanks! I use CorelDRAW 8. As for the legs, it depends on which references you look at. Personally, I don't think what shown is outside the realm of possibility.
I decided to do an R4 as well, since all I had to do was the head, as well as another R2. The R4 (on the right) was being escorted out of the Tantive IV with several captured rebels at the beginning of ANH. The R2 on the left was next to R2-D2 during the Death Star briefing room scene. The R4's body stripes are a bit different than the movie prop, but I wanted them to line up with the head's stripes when it's looking forward.
I don't plan on doing a side view, but you know, these things are easy once you have the body done!
B.J.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"The only exception to this was because of a deleted scene/concept in EpII:AotC..."
That still doesn't explain the R2 that blew up at the moisture farm in ANH. It can't have simply had its head replaced with an R5's, because Luke knew it was an R2 just from looking at it.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Maybe Luke doesn't know his R2s from his Rsole? Or maybe there is a little panel that we can't see that says "R2 unit"
What does the R stand for?
Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on :
"Robot" Posted by SoundEffect (Member # 926) on :
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: What does the R stand for?
Actually, in reality, George Lucas drew from various sources for the names, locations, etc. in the Star Wars films and even every film he's done.
R2-D2 is sound editing lingo that stands for "Reel two-Dialogue two".
Darth Vader is a variation on a Danish dialect that literally means "Dark Father".
Boba Fett's name comes from a variation of Harrison Ford's character from 'American Grafitti': Bob Felva.
The name for Chewbacca's race comes from an ad-libbed (but unused line) from American Grafitti where an actor driving one of the cars hits something and they have to do a retake. When he messed up the scene, the actor looked out the car window and said something like, "Did I just run over a wookie?" ...and Lucas remembered the name.
The bounty hunter droid 4-LOM gets it's name from the bounty hunters credo: For Love Of Money!
There are a few others I've heard over the years, if I remember any more I'll post in.
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Very nice job on the R4 unit! I like! Posted by HerbShrump (Member # 1230) on :
Most of the designations from the R series come from books and other sources. These sources aren't necessarially consulted (or even written) when the scripts are written and the movies shot.
Taking ANH on it's own (since it was the first Star Wars movie and no novels or source material existed for it to draw from), we can only go bi dialouge as to which droid is which type.
When the Jawas selling the droids scene was filmed, R2 was the only designation for those type of droids, hence Luke's comment about the red R2 unit having a bad motivator. It was only after this film was made that these other designations came out.
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Or "red" might have ended up defeating the Emperor instead! 
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