I saw about a week ago on msn.com that R2-D2 was the most popular Star Wars character of all time.

     Everybody loves Artoo, how can you not?

     This picture is great, because he is all messed up from the swamp on Dagobah.



     It is odd with George Lucas, because he built his film career with THX-1138 about a 'used future', where he didn't think the future would all be sterile and new.  It would look and feel used, instead of like '2001: A Space Odyssey'.

     Then in Episodes I, II, and III, everything looked new, and it didn't work.

     People liked Star Wars because everything looked fubar.  The lesson is to never mess with something that works.