Star Wars: Andor

[MarkB]

If you think about it hard enough though if droids are sentient SW has a problem.

I mean, yeah, I stated that as my position several pages ago.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Is it against his programming to get into the pod or it just doesn't conflict with his core programming?

R2 is sentient imho. C3-PO maybe. It's borderline me for some of the smarter droids like C3-PO. R2 doesn't seem to be restrained by programming anymore, C3-PO still is.

I don't have definitive answer, Disney hasn't addressed it afaik Legends did have sentient Droids.

Chopper in Rebels is another droid that seems very self-aware and capable of things we restrict to sentient beings. Some of that is just there to be cute for the kids watching, but not all of it. It will be interesting to see how his live-action version plays out.

 

[pukunui]

Chopper in Rebels is another droid that seems very self-aware and capable of things we restrict to sentient beings. Some of that is just there to be cute for the kids watching, but not all of it. It will be interesting to see how his live-action version plays out.

Are we getting a live action version of Chopper?

 

[MarkB]

I think the sentient droids in Star Wars are a problem, and I think it's actually addressed, just not overtly.

I always wondered why the Republic and the Jedi so casually accepted the idea of using cloned humans as a slave army at the start of the Separatist conflict, despite there being laws against slavery within the Republic. I got that it was a desperate time that maybe called for desperate measures, but in most sources it's not even brought up as a point of contention - everyone just goes along with it.

I never really made the connection before, but perhaps the universal pervasiveness of droids had simply made that entire culture predisposed towards accepting the concept of a slave race, to the point that, with only the tiniest of spin, it slipped past any moral objections and became the norm. A lesson in the dangers of becoming comfortable with even artificial subservience.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Are we getting a live action version of Chopper?

Rumors for Ahsoka series. Will be with Sabine.

 

[Zardnaar]

Chopper in Rebels is another droid that seems very self-aware and capable of things we restrict to sentient beings. Some of that is just there to be cute for the kids watching, but not all of it. It will be interesting to see how his live-action version plays out.

Yeah chopper and the droids from Solo and Rogue One come to mind.

Disney droids in general I like in terms of personality R2, Chopper and HK47 probably my favorite droids. That and Darth Chuckles.

 

[MarkB]

Rumors for Ahsoka series. Will be with Sabine.

That would be nice, but hopefully only on assignment. The only way he'd be with Sabine full-time is if something had happened to Hera.

 

[MarkB]

Disney droids in general I like in terms of personality R2, Chopper and HK47 probably my favorite droids. That and Darth Chuckles.

They did a good job with BB-8, and Poe always treats him as a best friend rather than a subordinate.

 

[Rabulias]

Are we getting a live action version of Chopper?

We already have had a "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" Chopper cameo in Rogue One.

That would be nice, but hopefully only on assignment. The only way he'd be with Sabine full-time is if something had happened to Hera.

Spoiler

Rumor has it we will see Hera in the Ahsoka series as well.

 

[pukunui]

Spoiler

Rumor has it we will see Hera in the Ahsoka series as well.

That would be cool. They're getting better at depicting aliens in live action.

I also love Rebels (I'm currently halfway through binge rewatching it) and am pretty excited that the Ahsoka series appears to be shaping up to be a live action follow-up to the cartoon.