Thrawn's Revenge

Off Topic => Star Wars Discussion => Topic started by: renx215 on June 17, 2017, 02:24:31 PM

Title: Question about a New Hope Episdoe IV
Post by: renx215 on June 17, 2017, 02:24:31 PM
Can some one refresh my memory please...

For what legitimate reason did moisture farmers need an astromech and protocol droid?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Question about a New Hope Episdoe IV
Post by: Corey on June 17, 2017, 07:58:31 PM
Astromech droids can do the maintenance on any mechanical or computer systems they had, and since Tatooine was heavily based around the space port and their clientele, they would have needed a protocol droid to talk to potential customers for their big bottles of moisture.
Title: Re: Question about a New Hope Episdoe IV
Post by: Pentastar Enforcer on June 18, 2017, 02:03:59 AM
and the protocol droids can speak Bacchi - which is the binary language of moisture vaporators.
Title: Re: Question about a New Hope Episdoe IV
Post by: Pali on June 18, 2017, 08:05:10 PM
It wasn't specifically that they needed an "astromech", just that they needed a mechanically-capable droid and an astromech happened to be what the Jawas were offering.

Similarly with Threepio - he needed a translator, and a protocol droid with an extensive translation matrix was available.  It was the translator part that mattered far more than the protocol part.