Star Wars: Inside R2-D2

[@Tom_242]

R2D2 is the best. He's a hero of all the resistant movement, he was "born" to be a REBELIANT. Salut for Him.

[@mem1701movies]

Until that idiot JJ sidelined him

[@ARC-ug6gm]

If you’ve heard everything he’s said you would laugh, he’s always roasting C-3PO

[@tringalij]

Ever consider that maybe, the whole SW story is being told BY R2D2 in a robo-bar? He’s in all the movies, and is the hero… just like a guy telling a story.

[@Tom_242]

@@tringalij I have never looked at it from this point of view, but if I do, I would change the bar into an auditorium in which thousands of listeners are focused on talking about R2D2. But I remind you that he hung up for some years, so he could not know what was happening at that time, ... well, with C3P0, he later told him everything he knew. In my opinion, someone should make a copy of R2's entire memory, just in case.

[@mitchbarredo3990]

I could not love a fictional robot more than I love R2-D2.

[@robertmaniac]

me too, but to be honest, BD-1 is too close.

[@justicetaylor3050]

R2 deserves his popularity. I've lost count of the neat and emotional lore tid bits of his story. One more emotional post pointed out that R2 both watched Laih be born in episode 3 and watched her pass away in episode 9. The camera angle and lighting was able to imply sad emotions in that very last screenshot of R2 and Laih.

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks for sharing Justice.

[@joshuaritter5110]

Leia*

[@OceanandStars1178]

Love your content and animations. Never saw his inner Workings! Keep up the good work!

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks, will do!

[@Pygar2]

R2D2 was based on the robot drones from "Silent Running", named Huey, Dewey, and Louie- not the cartoon characters!

[@brettsalter3300]

Fascinating how such information gets misinterpreted, only years after inception. Imagine how much history is actually 'accurate' when considering these mistakes.

[@Halfscreen]

That was a misinterpretation, I was thinking of the cartoon series.

[@SteelWolf13]

@@Halfscreen Then maybe add a note to the description correcting it?

[@j0hnf_uk]

I immediately thought this when mentioned. The robots in, 'Silent Running', didn't look anything like R2-D2, however, you understand the concept of having a, 'buddy', droid there to help when they can.

[@klaustrybul3152]

You are right. I have Seen this Film at least 6 times.

[@MattStuttgart]

He was forgotten in the Sequels. He is my favorite droid since my childhood and one of my heroes

[@RedStar441]

Replaced by a soccerball

[@superpaytonmars8852]

I consider him lucky he was forgotten in the sequels.

[@blairtimusprime8770]

R2-D2 is my favourite droid from Star wars. I love how he can communicate with different droids and computers through beeping and whistles

[@boris2342]

Why not just use bluetooth ???

[@andrewmurray1550]

@@boris2342 because that doesn't exist in a galaxy far, far away. (nor did it in 1977 for that matter).

[@rustyneedles3743]

Top quality content bro and again, soooooo much better now you're narrating it yourself :) keep up the awesome work

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks! Will do!

[@sanka2929]

Absolutely love these animations, you’ve done a superb job as usual, please keep em coming! I’m also curious, do you have a plan / schedule for what you make or do you just find a cool schematic and go from there?

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks, Sanka, I kind of have a plan but it depends if the 3D models are available to download including the schematic. Without them, I won't spend the time guessing and creating the 3D model. In addition, I have to make sure there is enough data and R&D before starting a project.

[@sanka2929]

@@Halfscreen That makes a lot sense, I can understand some schematics being hard to find as well especially with some 40k material on starships. Thanks for replying to my question, looking forward to your next animation 👍

[@riccardomarchetti1666]

​@@sanka2929 mokllllllllilmiliiooooml

[@darkChristian]

I love C3-PO & R2D2 they made the show even cooler, they had their personality's and worked together so well, how can you love a robot-droids but we can, they have minds of their own which are amazing, they are genius creation's of Anakin luke and princess laya's Father one of the greatest stories ever told and it is far beyond its time, we are now heading into life in space, we shall colonize outer-space not too long now! enjoy the SWU.

[@vickid9035]

I enjoyed your breakdown of the astronaut droid R2D2 It was done really well

[@dpsamu2000]

R2 was the emotive chorus. 3PO was the classic greek. But R2 was so fun to interpret what he bleeped. It was always on an emotive note. From "OK" (good), to "Ooooh noooo" his way of saying "I've got a bad feeling about this.".

[@uomodonore245]

R2D2 has always been one of my favorite Star Wars characters.

[@dustydurant2746]

Don't forget the fact that the R2-D2 character was also in the starwars the clone wars the series

[@georgefernandez8243]

Hey another great inside out video! I like that you’ve been incorporating more than just ships such as Darth Vader and now R2. As I’m also a Star Trek fan, liked your video on the USS Enterprise. I think it would be cool if you can make some more on it. DS9 and Space Docks would be cool.

[@Halfscreen]

I'm looking at other genre too. thanks for watching george!

[@JD-rt8ym]

Me too! I love Star Trek too.

[@marketingwithwilliam]

@@Halfscreen Have you ever thought about the inner workings of Unicron and other transformers and/or the Robotech vehicles🤔

[@Halfscreen]

@@marketingwithwilliamYes, but these transformers and Robotech don't really have any cross-section reference for me to work with.

[@marketingwithwilliam]

@@Halfscreen you should be able to find some for Robotech Veritech fighters and the Transformer Movie showed alot of Unicron's insides BUT after seeing your work, I figured you could do a better job ☺

[@Wildicon19]

R2 D2 the famous droid that kept on saving every one! It is amazing how he was designed!

[@joperhop]

liking for Wall-E! one of my fav animated films!

[@MeNoOther]

1:04 actually the 3 robots Huey, Dewey, and Louie were from the movie Silent Running. Those robots inspired R2D2. Silent Running’s Huey, Dewey, and Louie were named after the Disney characters

[@minicle426]

Little known fact, R2-D2 was originally built by a mad scientist called Graeme Garden, under the designation of EB-GB. Also, I'd like to vote for a 3D model of the Nostromo from Alien. Very hard to find good internal schematics for it.

[@Halfscreen]

And 3D model too. Without a good schematics, I can't work on it.

[@zombiehunter1152]

I loved him since my childhood, that’s why I’m making an R2D2 now.

[@thefrecklepuny]

In the future I could imagine R2' type robots being used to both perform the tasks humans no longer wish to and being used as an alternative to guide/seeing and hearing dogs to assist disabled people. And go further still in performing tasks such as cleaning, home repairs, cooking, etc.

[@Halfscreen]

Wouldn't' that be nice.

[@andrewmurray1550]

well we already have "Roomba" vacuum cleaners. There's a start.

[@jamesteegardner2273]

R2D2 is made-up and filled with pure excellence! I remember seeing him and C3PO on screen like it was yesterday. They were our introduction to the Star Wars universe in A New Hope. Both C3PO and R2D2 are like childhood friends. With all the new AI being developed I have hopes for a real life R2D2 robot being produced that mimics everything that the "real" R2D2 can do (minus all of his weapons and his boosting thrusters of course).

[@theskunkworks355]

Thanks for these mate it satisfies the inquisitive mind.

[@Halfscreen]

My pleasure

[@davidjacobs8558]

in 1977, people were amazed by C3PO walking (barely) around. in 2020, Boston Dynamix actually built a humanoid robot that can do Parkour.

[@Halfscreen]

How true, but it's the robot-like C-3PO that made Boston Dynamix possible. I'm pretty sure these engineers were inspired by Star Wars in some way.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@Halfscreen indubitably

[@mysterio77690]

A great work on R2!! i realy love your channel!

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@uncaboat2399]

I coulda swore I saw him activate one of those two little blue "arms" attached horizontally on the front. I forget what he was doing with that, I'll have to go back and watch the movies again.

[@TheRyujinLP]

You're probably right, some times you gotta cheat a little in a movie and hope no one notices to get the shot that works best for the overall story.

[@thepadawancollectorofficial]

This was an excellent video! Thanks for making it

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ThieflyChap]

The heroic droid with language so foul, they had to bleep every word he said.

[@jeffd8465]

some of the other cool things that a R2 unit could do was to have it's head detached when there wasn't room for the whole R2 without lose of it's brain. The other is that R2D2 (I'm not sure about the others) could extend it's "neck" to fit in a slot that was too tall for him like when he was in the Naboo fighter. I love how the creators thought through those little details that few would even think about! The biggest question I'd love to ask George Lucas is if R2D2 never had a memory wipe, why hasn't he ran out of data storage? Did R2 have to go in to the shop every so often and get an upgrade to his hard drives? I'd also want to ask, why didn't R2 tell anyone that Vader was Anikin, wasn't R2 aware of what was going on?

[@Halfscreen]

Yeah, I knew about it but decided not to animate the detached head and why wasn't his memory wipe, I'm assuming George Lucas probably avoid this subject matter.

[@jeffd8465]

with Halloween here in the U.S. it could have been fitting to have a headless R2 unit running around. ;P thinking about the memory issue, what if the Star Wars universe had figured out quantum computers? That way they would be able to store data at the atomic scale instead of the nano scale that we use today. Yes I'm over thinking fiction but I find it fun and good for the mind.

[@Halfscreen]

@@jeffd8465 Maybe they can store data into the blockchain where it would be more difficult to delete the data. There are multiple ways to store data vs how it was back in 1970.

[@petercampbell8694]

Fun fact - The three robots in Silent Running where called Huey, Dewey and Louie - These were the inspiration for R2-D2 👍

[@Pynaegan]

I had to stop the video as soon as he said that and go to IMDB to see what year "Silent Running" came out. I knew about the names of the robots but when he said that R2-D2 was inspired by the cartoon characters, I had a "That's a 2+2=5!" moment. Sad movie. I think it's time to revisit it. (probably over ten years since I last watched it)

[@megamanx466]

Excellent video and my favorite Star Wars character overall! 😄

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@snerfbuizel]

To be clear R2-D2 stands for Reel 2- Dialog 2 as he was going to be the one narrating the movie

[@Halfscreen]

😁😂

[@argonwheatbelly637]

Reel 2, Dialog 2 of "American Graffiti", actually.

[@JohnH20111]

R2 pretty much had an attitude throughout the whole Star Wars series, & in one of the prequels, he actually "speaks"

[@jeffwalker7185]

R2D2 is actually a film production term and stands for Reel 2, Dialogue 2 (making sure the soundtrack matches the film track).

[@the_hwyman]

You will understand and better appreciate the Star Wars movies once you realize R2D2 is the one that is telling the story....

[@marketingwithwilliam]

I never thought about this but you may be on to something 🤔

[@jedidrummerjake]

The real hero of them all.

[@JD-rt8ym]

R2 is stubborn, steadfast, and faithful! He is the best!

[@alexsears7892]

You missed his light saber launching system. I think you may find footage in the Clone Wars animated cartoons showing it holds more then one. Easy to find footage is in ROTJ when he launches Luke's saber to him near the sarlac pit. I'm pretty sure he had a cable launcher and a body mounted arc welder that he attempted to zap a monkey with. His feet were capable of being magnetized too.

[@Halfscreen]

I didn't forgot about it, just didn't add it in. There is a ROTJ video add at the end of the video.

[@andrewmurray1550]

and retro-rockets in the prequels that he clearly doesn't have in the original. Maybe the Rebels added a few extras to the "swiss army knife on wheels" when the Rebels repaired him towards the end of A New Hope.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

It's sad that the only times we got to see him use those rocket boosters in his legs was in Attack of the Clones in the Droid Factory scene and in the hangar scene against those 2 Battle Droids in Revenge of the Sith and after that was the last and only time we ever saw them.

[@yagamijubei28]

R2-D2 is more badass than a Mandalorian.

[@jimhar5818]

Great idea making videos about droids.

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks!

[@theobserver9849]

We love R2D2!

[@doxxor7962]

R2-D2 is literally the republics greatest soldier.

[@marcelluslongus1202]

I never thought that R2-D2 would work without a motivator! 🤓

[@Halfscreen]

Me neither

[@nuggetwagon]

R2D2, the Jedi droid. I loved him.

[@juanantonionoguezruano7720]

When other generations have an icon childhood as pinochio or Tinkerbell ,im glad r2 Is in my childhood memories as someting mistical AND pure.

[@unclejupiter]

Great as usual!

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you think so!

[@greggybada]

its not from the disney cartoon huey dewey and louie but from the movie Silent Running's robots named huey dewey and louie...

[@THEQuantumBacon]

Awesome. Now let's see an arguably even more impressive little astromech...C1-10P(er)!

[@serginhoyamabuchi2004]

Amazing!!! Woooowwww

[@R2D2net]

Thank you 😌Loved it!

[@Halfscreen]

You’re welcome 😊

[@silviofoj]

A true hero!

[@Isaacthebiggestmoviefan57]

my favorite star wars droid

[@lord_haven1114]

Where’s the dwarf? He needs some recognition 😭

[@Craxin01]

Ah, the Swiss Army knife of the droid world.

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

Another amazing animation

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks for watching!

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

@@Halfscreen your welcome and also do a animation star wars insiden but a old w ship

[@SierraThunder]

You forgot the maintenance droids, "Huey", "Dewie", and "Louie", that were used onboard the U.S.S. Valley Forge in the sci-fi classic, "Silent Running".

[@terickel9889]

Vader: *one of the droids is R2 D2?! Oh my men never stood a chance...*

[@carlosschmitt7777]

Cool!!! Congratulations!!!

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks!!

[@geminidream4347]

I absolutely, positively, LOVE R2!!! I don't care how many droid makes they come up with, R2 will always be my favorite! To be honest if they take him out of the movies, I probably won't watch them as I was very disappointed with the last one because of only seeing BB8!

[@jphillips7083]

what's not to love about a good R2 unit?. Got one doing the dishes right now.....

[@UniversalNPC]

i'd never thought i'd be inside a robot

[@JD-rt8ym]

This video is so Terrific! Most of this, I did not know. Thank you. ❤ Any plans for a C3PO, IG-88, or a Medical Droid video?

[@Halfscreen]

It depend on how well this video does.

[@jimlassiter749]

You forgot to mention Astro Boy, Frankenstein Jr., the original L.I.S's B9 robot & Robby from Forbidden Planet... Fyi... Wonderful vids!

[@stevetemple8826]

Wish I had a R2 unit, I'm sure it would be quite useful.

[@Halfscreen]

You and me both!

[@holden7688]

R2 will always be loved, he fought alonside Anakin, Luke and eventually ThE sCaVeNgEr

[@sonnyrdr2421]

R2 is adorable

[@elizabethgarcia1290]

This video is well made !

[@hugochavezo]

R2D2 es un personaje muy especial. Sin él Star Wars no es la misma.

[@spitfiremark1a768]

But where's Mr. Kenny Baker? Surely he is in there as well.

[@RussellBarth]

he is the true hero of the entire saga

[@SuperMasterTurtle]

R2D2 of course is cool, but I like the Treadwell droid best. I would like to see more information on Treadwell .

[@aidianajones]

R2-D2 is the real MVP of Star Wars.

[@Fotoschiki]

R2D2 is the Pikachu of Star Wars.

[@harvestercommander3250]

You forgot about the extendable neck. R2 has a extendable neck connected by rods that move up and down, and a visible cord that connects his head to his body. Although it was never seen, but i have a blueprint that shows it. And that astromech in the Mandalorian, the final episode of the first season, you could see the droid’s neck extend a bit. (The lava boat droid.)

[@Halfscreen]

I was going to add it but decided not to.

[@harvestercommander3250]

@@Halfscreen aw.

[@martinstallard2742]

Will you be doing the USS Sulaco from Aliens

[@Sertoric]

The funny part is that R2D2 really stood for Reel 2 Dialog 2. LOL That is where he was in the script. Fact from the 70s.

[@emkkahn]

Favorite character from Star Wars....

[@fyrrydr4g0n]

buttons forward vs hydraulics forward debate, GO!

[@pknuttarlott4934]

Johnny 5 is alive!

[@Halfscreen]

Yes, it is!

[@markmitera4521]

Robot from the original Lost In Space, Robot from The Day the Earth Stood Still, two more iconic robots in tv and film.

[@cyph3r.427]

R2 is the most important character in all of Star Wars.

[@grimchef]

Where is R2-D2’s plot device located?

[@logann7942]

What’s inside R2? Whatever the screenplay needs! He can even fly...when the script needs him to.

[@Molten_Freddy.]

OK let’s be honest R2-D2 is like a roach in the Star Wars universe in a good way he is very useful and very friendly as well and it is basically impossible to kill him

[@twogungunnar9456]

It’d make more sense if his interior had a revolving arm/tool assembly with swappable components…kind of like the cylinder in a revolver.

[@angelicagaldos]

R2D2 is the best Droid ever!

[@USSRBot]

To me Star Wars was always about R2 and C3's story.

[@TheRyujinLP]

You're more right then you might think. Lucas drew some inspiration from a Japanese film called The Hidden Fortress (which gets a call out in a New Hope) which told the story from the point of view of two earnest but kinda dim witted peasants who end up playing a part in winning a war. He loved that idea and well, you already know where he went with that idea heh.

[@larrylehman751]

I was wanting to see how Kenny interacted and fit into the unit

[@argonwheatbelly637]

It was tight....and hot in there.

[@richardkirkland6805]

Correction, only R5s have photoreceptors, the thing you called R2's primary photoreceptor is actually a radar eye. It serves the same purpose of letting R2 see, but it's not a photoreceptor.

[@joyomanda375]

Excellent animation work! Who wouldn´t love having an assistant like RD-D2 instead of a top - tech "smartphone", no matter the price?

[@ΠαζαρακιαΣιτι]

R2 is the Greatest hero of the star wars universe.

[@anticat900]

Great video, but would ave been good to see his circuits, brain and ram etc?

[@Halfscreen]

Even though most of 3D model was made, the circuit, brain wasn't on the schematic.

[@anticat900]

@@Halfscreen considering you are creating the most detailed images there are, maybe you should be the one to put these parts in place? Canon can then follow you?

[@anticat900]

@@Halfscreen pps if you do get stuck on what to do next i and many would like to see the Blakes 7 Liberator given this treatment, though its scale and interior are debatable.

[@Halfscreen]

@@anticat900 I didn't want to deviate too far from "blueprint".

[@Halfscreen]

@@anticat900 I have a great schematic, otherwise, it would be impossible for me to recreate.

[@RedSiegfried]

R2's interior is lavishly appointed with posters of Optimus Prime and an in-dash lotion dispenser.

[@AZ-rg3rf]

A platoon of R2-D2s can crush any invasion from the Empire.

[@Halfscreen]

😂

[@paweldun]

i think head plate of the r units are made of beskar, in order to deflect laser shots when they navigate on battle

[@andrewmurray1550]

"DEFLECT" laser shots? He lost most of his head thanks to Vader in the Death Star trench dog-fight.

[@keithallver2450]

R2-D2 was the Swiss Army Knife of Droids

[@matthiasbecker5064]

There are 2 things i connect with Star Wars: Light sabers and R2 😅

[@anxiousproductions9183]

This cracks me up! The bits on him were just parts from old air fix kits that they could cobble together. Now we have these super nerds that come up with all this bullshit!!!! Lol.

[@rolandmine6693]

Could you do half screen unsc Spirit Of Fire

[@Halfscreen]

Don't know if I can find a good 3D model and good cross-section references.

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

Hang on a minute….Lucas and McQuarrie weren’t inspired by the Huey, Dewey and Louie from Disney it was the three service robots of the same name from excellent seventies sci-fi film, Silent Running!

[@Halfscreen]

That was a misinterpretation on my part. I didn't know about Silent Running when I google Huey, Dewey and Louie..

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

@@Halfscreen it’s OK, it’s still a great video!