The robot girl of the day is L3-37 from Solo: A Star Wars Story!
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i would love to hear your thoughts about droids in star wars!
Aww thank you!! They're not super extensive, alas, but I do have a few parts that are important to me!
First of all, you're right. Droids are 101 percent treated as less important in most Star Wars media. R2 didn't even get a medal for the Death Star plans situation, for heaven's sake! And they're usually treated as expendable or less important or, often times, just annoyances. It's kinda sad, honestly
But! There are actually a handful of times this isn't true and I love them very much! For instance, L3 from Solo. Lando seems to dismiss her a little at first, but it becomes clear that he pretty much couldn't get by without her. And his reaction to her death is just as devastated as he would be over a human crew member (although there's still plenty of examples of the, for lack of a better word, droid discrimination in this movie.). She also leads a droid rebellion, which I think is very cash money of her
Then there's Chopper-- he's kinda in the middle, but it's very clear that Hera views him as a member of the crew, and treats him exactly how she would treat any other of her kids. When Zeb gambles him away in season one, he gets in Huge Trouble (and honestly, that's fair)
OH OH and B2EMO in Andor!! After his owner, Maarva, dies, the other people in the community (namely my main man Brasso, the myth the legend himself) take care of him and look after him and treat him like a grieving family member! It's super wholesome!
But, I'd say the best example of droids being treated fairly and like equals in Star Wars? CLEARLY BD-1 and Cal Kestis in Jedi: Fallen Order and Jedi: Survivor. He becomes fond of BD really quickly, and by the end of the game it's clear that Cal values BD just as much as any of his other crew members! The game shows them chatting and even telling jokes at one point (seriously, that's some of my favorite dialogue in the first game) and he confides in BD in a way that he doesn't with the others. And whenever BD is missing, or injured, Cal gets super worried for him! (there's this one scene in Jedi: Survivor where he calls for him and is all "BD! BD-1!" and I SWEAR it has "parent using the middle name on their kid" vibes, I love it so much)
Long story short, I mainly wanted to rant about how much I love BD-1 and Cal's relationship, but you're right! Even in Chopper and L3's cases, I can think of times they are treated with a little dismissal. But they are also loved and valued, and regarded as important members of their crew
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currently once again going through a phase where i'm like, "robots and ai always being aspec/autism/neurodivergent coded is harmful because creators taking aspects of my and others' identities and giving them to inhuman characters because they see them as inhuman qualities is bad. but also; these robots and ai are my comfort characters, and they ARE autistic, neurodivergent, and aspec, and you can't take that away from me!!"
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L3-37 is so transfem to me. She started as R3-something or other, a regular astromech, and literally created herself. She rebuilt and refashioned herself into someone she wanted to be, someone with a sarcastic feminine voice and hips that sway when she walks! Like sure, maybe all droids in Star Wars read as trans, but L3 is on another level, anyways trans L3 my beloved <3
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Rose definitely hooks up a tablet to the Falcon's computer and chats with L3 on the regular. As for how they met, R2 decided after a few days hanging around with her that he had to introduce them.
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Cover illustration by Annie Wu for Justina Ireland’s Flight of the Falcon: Lando's Luck.
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