Quote Originally Posted by tomandtish View Post
I actually read all three of these when they were first released. They're a lot of fun.

It was good to see Han's attitude towards Bollux. Droids are in a strange place in the Star Wars verse. They are pretty obviously supposed to be seen as sentient AI's, with their own wants and needs, but they're treated as a slave race in a lot of ways. Look at Luke offering C3P0 and R2D2 to Jabba in Return. The droids are upset that he's doing it, but they never say anything to indicate he doesn't have the right to do it.
... fitting them with restraining bolts (ANH) and having C-3PO's mind wiped in RoTS didn't already do that?

That said, the droids' treatment and status was a significant element in Luke's plan when sending the droids to Jabba. His entire plan rested on getting himself captured without losing his lightsaber - which he couldn't do without R2, and C-3P0 had more skill ranks in Diplomacy as the party face.

(That said, it does occur to me now exactly how much of a Rube Goldberg the plan was, since leaving aside that Luke had to accurately predict he, Chewie, and Han would be taken out of the Palace to be thrown into the Pit of Carkoon, it couldn't have succeeded unless R2 was providentially assigned as the drinks server on the Sail Barge.)