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Roger Roger

posted 7 years ago by DarthKane
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I actually like how the droid says that. Sucks that the movie is so bad that this is a highlight.

If they are being controlled by a single control ship, why would it be necessary for them to talk to each other at all?

The ones controlling them are humans/aliens. They are programmed to use voice so that their owners understand them.
Even if they're not around, the programming still remains. It's like an alarm clock, which goes off even if you're not at home.

My ratings are not always like the IMDB average score because I only enjoy intelligent movies.

[–] sbwheeler65 7 years ago

how do you figure that? when the ship blows up, they quit working.

[–] dragos_matei_serban 7 years ago

I mean they're always programmed to voice their commands, even when the owner is not present. They use voice when talking to humans superiors but they also use it amongst themselves, even if there's no human present. They're programmed to use voive.

I'm not talking about when the ship blows up and they don't function anymore

My ratings are not always like the IMDB average score because I only enjoy intelligent movies.

[–] Volley2020 7 years ago

I found it to be too earth-like, and comedic. It is one of the problems with the prequel trilogy. More of this hoo-haa is found on Geonosis, when the Techno Union guy is adjusting his radio to speak, and on General Grievous ship when R2 is spewing oil all over more droids.

[–] Kruleworld 7 years ago

given these droids don't have any built-in weapons, it's probably a fair guess that they weren't designed to be war machines, but were adapted from another use, probably protocol droids, since 3po has no problems interfacing with one.
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/8/80/3POGeonosis.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141105205031

"He's dusted, busted and disgusted, but he's ok"

[–] CoriSCapnSkip (1562) 2 years ago

The droid said it well but I wish they'd have used another expression. This is so American World War II for a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.