• Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Depends on the droid. C-3PO is a 3PO class droid. R2-D2 is an R2 class droid. So there’s only 36 designations for 3POs and 1,268 for R2s.

    BUT, designations don’t always have to follow the standard scheme. For example HELIOS-3E is IG-86 class droid. And we’ve got Chopper (C1-10P) a C1 class. We’ve also got R0-GR, a B1 series; though my head canon is that all B1s are jammed Roger, so when they say “Roger Roger” it’s actually “Roger, Roger”.

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      1 year ago

      So yes. Yes is what I am reading. The designations are more like generic “make/model” numbers and not unique “serial” numbers or names. Thanks for the reply!

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        1 year ago

        No, the designations are unique names.

        Droids being given shitty names that are often just their make/model mostly has to do with how droids are treated in the Star Wars universe.

        Sentient organics are enslaved in SW; droids gather even less respect, particularly from humans.