History WesternAnimation / Droids

''Star Wars: Droids -- The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO'' is a cartoon from the mid-80s, produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}} for Creator/{{ABC}} starring the [[Characters/StarWarsRebelHeroes titular robots]] of ''Franchise/StarWars''. It follows the two droids during their adventures long before the original trilogy (four years after ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', to be exact). Along the way, they run into angry mob bosses, lost kings, and all manner of monsters and [[HunterOfHisOwnKind hostile robots]]. It was partnered with fellow ''Star Wars''-based cartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'', though this show didn't get a second season unlike ''Ewoks''. Although it ''did'' get a primetime special with "The Great Heep".

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: The Durkii. Normally, it's a GentleGiant. But when infested with Kleex, it becomes hostile.

''Star Wars: Droids -- The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO'' is a cartoon from the mid-80s, produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}} for Creator/{{ABC}} starring the [[Characters/StarWarsRebelHeroes titular robots]] of ''Franchise/StarWars''. It follows the two droids during their adventures long before the original trilogy (four years after ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', to be exact). Along the way, they run into angry mob bosses, lost kings, and all manner of monsters and [[HunterOfHisOwnKind hostile robots]]. It was partnered with fellow ''Star Wars''-based cartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'', though this show didn't get a second season unlike ''Ewoks''.

* VillianousFriendship: Subverted as Kybo-Ren seems happy to get his right hand man Jyn Obah back, he really was talking about his ship.

* HostageExchange: Kybo Ren holds Gerin Toda hostage in exchange for his men and ship, and later expands his demands to King Mon Julpa. [[spoiler:Neither holds up their of the bargain as Kybo refuses to return Gerin and Julpa and Toda hide soldiers in Kybo's ship.

* TooThePain: C-3PO and R2-D2 get Jyn Obah to reveal Gerin Toda's location by making R2 appear to be a torture droid at 3PO is terrified of. Once Obah talks, R2 reveals the torture implement was really a party function.

* LazyArtist: It's easy to see places where the animators cut corners -- characters' skin colour will change randomly between frames; they can even lose (and suddenly regain, [[HereWeGoAgain then just as suddenly lose]]) entire facial features. Interestingly, the show had a surprisingly large budget for the time it was made (it cost between $500k and $600k to produce two episodes of ''Droids'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'').

* SpacePirates: The droids encounter these in a few episodes.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Admiral Screed -- Imperial warlord and representative of Palpatine -- draws the line at using Rooze Disease to wipe out insurgents. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since he's seen it used before, and it ended up killing as many Imperials as Rebels.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Whenever stormtroopers showed up, instead of rifles or pistols, they'd use [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Force_pike/Legends force pikes]] instead (though these were retroactively labeled as force pikes, previously they were simply "blaster staffs"). The heroes don't use anything resembling the usual guns in the films, more like block-shaped devices are used instead. The hypocrisy is especially odious considering the typical kids would be familiar with the regular weapons of the franchise, such as the films and toys.
** Amusingly, the one time a traditionally gun-shaped weapon is shown, it turns out to actually be a Seed Launcher that fires rapidly growing vines that restrain the first thing the touch, effectively making it a Family-Friendly Firearm by virtue of non lethal ammo.

** Jabba the Hutt is mentioned by Boba Fett in "A Race to the Finish" and by Lin-D in "Across the Roon Sea", but Jabba never physically appears.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Emperor Palpatine, he's repeatedly mentioned and alluded to but never appears physically.

--> C-3PO: ''What'' are ''we going to do now? We can't function without a master.''

* KnightOfCerebus: Admiral Screed. In contrast to the show's usual [[HarmlessVillain harmless villains]], Screed's men were responsible for, among other things, theft, poisoning, attempted murder and even ([[spoiler: failed]]) ''genocide''. Appropriately enough, he was the face of the Galactic Empire on the show.

* LazyArtist: It's easy to see places where the animators cut corners -- characters' skin colour will change randomly between frames; they can even lose (and suddenly regain, [[HereWeGoAgain then just as suddenly lose]]) entire facial features.
** Interestingly, the show had a surprisingly large budget for the time it was made (it cost between $500k and $600k to produce two episodes of ''Droids'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'').

** DenserAndWackier: It's a children's cartoon from the 80s. ''Star Wars Rebels'' this ain't.

* MechanicalAbomination: The Great Heep from the movie of the same name. Later ''Star Wars'' material would reveal that he is an Abominor, an extra-galactic droid that even the Yuuzhan Vong feared.

* DoAnythingRobot: R2-D2, the show took the examples set by the movies and [[UpToEleven took it to its logical extreme]].

* SwissArmyWeapon: You thought Artoo was useful in the movies? [[UpToEleven You ain't seen nothing yet]]. He's got everything from a parachute to an ''umbrella'' in there.

* CanonFodder: Several ideas for the prequel movies, as well as anthology movies, come from the series.

[[{{Retcon}} Due to the]] ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' revamp, this show [[CanonDiscontinuity is no longer considered canon]]. However, it's still worth checking out for those who are curious as to how far animated adaptations of Lucasfilm properties have come over the years. It is now available on Creator/DisneyPlus.

* ButNowIMustGo: Threepio and Artoo help Thall and Jord get their dream jobs at Zebulon Dak Speeder Corporation, but overhear a conversation between them and Kea about how the company has an uncompromising "no droid" policy and how the two of them plan to turn down said jobs to keep Threepio and Artoo. Rather than allow that to happen, the droids quietly take an escape pod and leave the ship.