Hilariously Inefficient Droid Repair
Charting the technological evolution of Star Wars’ universe is a fraught endeavor at the best of times, but the thought that the Naboo haven’t figured out a way to repair ships in flight that doesn’t involve sending a little army of Astromech droids out to go work on fixing parts while under blaster fire is as hilarious as it is horrifying.
Like, we know R2-D2 is going to be fine, because he’s R2-D2, but he has to work literally under fire, while watching his fellow astros just get blown away by cannon fire? And his reward as seemingly the sole survivor of the repair job is Padmé saying “thanks, get this dirty little droid cleaned up please.” Star Wars’ relationship to droid personhood continues to be a hot mess.
