>A New Hope>Luke wants to buy the R4 droid, but it malfunctions and he's forced to buy the R2 droid instead>Disney Expanded Universe>The R4 droid is actually a sentient jedi droid who sensed Luke was the chosen one and sacrificed himself using the Force Selfdestruct technique so that Luke would buy R2D2 insteadWhy?
>>217316746That wasn’t Disney. Skippy the Jedi Droid was a joke story in a Lucasfilm-era comic, Star Wars Tales. The whole book is full of parodies, including a story where Yoda and Mace reenact the diner scene from Pulp Fiction while talking about how the prequels don’t make sense.
>>217316746>Disney Expanded UniverseDo zoomers even know the wookiepedia? Disney was just continuing the rich tradition of Star Wars autism.
>>217316746It is funny how in the old EU we got to a point where everyone in Mos Eisley Cantina was a secret jedi who was guiding Luke to his destiny.
>>217316908But it’s a lot less fun now. Disney would never give anyone permission to take the knife to the sacred cow outside of shit like the toothless LEGO specials. Say what you will about Lucas, but the man was always able to laugh at himself and he adored Star Wars parodies.
>>217316746>a sentient jedi droid who sensed Luke was the chosen oneThat was Vader, not Luke. Dumb droid.
Disney wars is worse but the old EU was still retarded crap and I'm sick of people acting like it was high literature just because they dont like the disney shit
>>217316982>old EUThat's new canon. Old Mos Eisley was still a trip. My favorites were:>The Ithorian who kills an Imperial officer but because of his beliefs clones the guy and raises the kids>Greedo being caught up in a political intrigue from his planet; actually an assassination target, but the assassin kills him by telling him he's a badass and can kill Han Solo.>A random stormtrooper who got demoted from AT-AT trainee because he suggested the Rebels could tie the walkers up; he watches Owen and Beru die, defects to the Rebels, and plans to tell them the cable thing.
