And apparently female Stormtroopers can understand droid gibberish!by Mischief Maker 05/17/2021, 6:19am PDT
So it's an "Endor as Vietnam" metaphor, but they need to include an adorable robot with a feisty personality for the kids? An adorable space-nazi robot?
Why would the Empire manufacture suit-mounted droids with feisty personalities anyway? I thought R2D2's whole deal was that he's malfunctioning in an endearing way, and the rag-tag rebellion must make do with whatever tech they can scrounge. I really can't imagine a stormtrooper having to explain to Darth Vader that her suit-droid is in one of its moods.
Now THIS is what a fan-film about armored space-nazis in the shit is supposed to be like: