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"They don't come much worse than him!"

"A Race to the Finish" is the fourth episode of Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO. Written by Peter Sauder and Steven Wright and directed by Ken Stephenson, the episode originally aired on ABC on September 28, 1985.

Plot summary

C-3PO, R2-D2, Thall Joben, Kea Moll and Jord Dusat are on their way to the Boonta Speeder Race in the Sand Sloth—with the White Witch attached to the hull. While Artoo and Threepio are securing the speeder for lightspeed, a broken down Lambda-class shuttle attacks out of nowhere. Commanding the shuttle is none other than Sise Fromm, the disgraced crime boss seeking revenge for the racers' capture and destruction of his Trigon One super weapon. Manning the controls are Tig Fromm and Vlix Oncard, the only two henchmen Sise has left. Kea manages to jump to hyperspace just in the nick of time, but one of the engines gets hit badly and Jord hurts his left arm.

After coming out of hyperspace and making their descent to the planet Boonta, the Starrunner crash-lands in the Boonta scrapyard. There, the group meet the old Proto Droid Proto One, to whom C-3PO takes an immediate dislike. Proto still offers Kea to fix her broken ship while they take Jord to a medical unit. Meanwhile, Sise Fromm has hired Boba Fett to help him with his manhunt. Despite the fact that Jabba the Hutt has placed a price on Fromm's head, Fett decides to help the old gang leader because of a debt he owes him.

Boba orders his droid BL-17 to befriend C-3PO and offer accommodations to fix the White Witch in time for the race. Artoo proposes to hire Proto One to fix the speeder, but Threepio will hear none of it. BL-17 soon betrays the team, locking Kea and Artoo in the garage with a gas leak. However, Proto One and R2-D2 manage to disable BL-17 just in time for C-3PO to realize that he has put his trust in the wrong droid. Boba Fett then arrives and tries to destroy the heroes. Tig Fromm, trying to get to the racers before Fett, manages to plant a Thermal detonator on the Witch.

When the day of the Boonta Race arrives, Jord cannot compete because of the injury to his left arm, so Thall has to pilot the Witch. Boba Fett also competes, piloting his Silver Speeder as a late entry. Boba uses various weapons against Thall, but is knocked out of the race when the thermal detonator gets detached from the Witch's hull. Having lost the race, his speeder, his droid and nearly his life, Boba Fett decides that his debt to Sise Fromm is paid, and turns him over to Jabba the Hutt.

After winning the race, the team is contacted by the Zebulon Dak Speeder Corporation and offered a position designing and building speeders for them. Taking the job would require C-3PO and R2-D2 to be reprogrammed, which Thall, Jord and Kea object to. Upon hearing this, R2-D2 and C-3PO decide that it is time to part ways with their friends, because it will enable the humans to take the job, and allow the droids to keep their memories intact for the time being. The droids enter an escape pod, and eject it into space.

Credits

By type

Cast

Uncredited cast

Crew

Uncredited crew

Special thanks

Cast

Winston Rekert as Sise Fromm
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
Graeme Campbell as Proto One
Dan Hennessey as Jord Dusat
John Stocker as Vlix Oncard
Rob Cowan as Thall Joben
Stephen Ouimette as Narrator

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

BL-17 (First appearance)
C-3PO
Zebulon Dak (First appearance)
Jord Dusat
Boba Fett
Sise Fromm
Tig Fromm
Jabba the Hutt (Mentioned only)
Thall Joben
Kea Moll
Vlix Oncard
Emperor Palpatine (Mentioned only)
Proto One (First appearance)
R2-D2
Admiral Terrinald Screed (First appearance)

Droid models

Astromech droid
- R-series
  - R2-series astromech droid
BL-series Battle Legionnaire (First appearance)
Medical droid
Junk droid
- Proto Droid (First appearance)
Protocol droid
- 3PO-series protocol droid

Events

Boonta Speeder Race (First appearance)

Locations

Annoo (In flashback(s))
- Sise Fromm's stronghold (In flashback(s))
Boonta (First appearance)
- Boonta scrapyard (First appearance)
- Living Pits (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Annoo resistance
Bounty hunter
Fromm Gang
Zebulon Dak Speeder Corporation (First appearance)

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Escape pod
Lambda-class T-4a shuttle
- Voor Viper (First appearance)
C/L-82 landspeeder
- White Witch
Starrunner-class starship
- Sand Sloth
Trigon One (In flashback(s))
X-X landspeeder (First appearance)
- Silver Speeder (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

AAP blaster box
- AAP-II blaster box (First appearance)
Armor
- Mandalorian armor
  - Rangefinder
Hyperdrive
Jetpack
Laser cannon
Power chair
Thermal detonator
Welding torch

Miscellanea

Behind the scenes

This episode was adapted into the children's storybook of the same name.

In this episode, C-3PO claims that another droid graduated from the same "production facility" as he had. This may be a continuity issue, as in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace it is revealed that C-3PO was built by Anakin Skywalker, although this contradiction could be explained by the fact that his memory was set to be erased at the end of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.

The video game Star Wars: Racer Revenge features similar racing tunnels to those found in "A Race to the Finish".

Bibliography

Explore all of Wookieepedia's [[:Category:{{{soundcat}}}|audio files]] for this article subject.

"Boba Fett: Mystery Man in Not-So-Shining Armor" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 1
"A Star Wars CELibration" — Star Wars Insider 27
Boba Fett in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
"A State of Nelvana" — Star Wars Insider 73
"Boba Fett: A Bounty Hunter's Journey" — Star Wars Insider 117

Episodes
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · The Great Heep
Compilations
The Pirates and the Prince · Treasure of the Hidden Planet Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour · Star Wars Animated Adventures: Droids
Books
Droid Adventure series The Lost Prince · The White Witch · The Pirates of Tarnoonga · Escape from the Monster Ship Dragon Books series The White Witch · The Trigon Unleashed · Escape Into Terror · A Race to the Finish The Droid Colouring Book of the Future · The R2/D2 Quiz Book and C/3PO Puzzle Book Plaza Joven Droids
Comics
Marvel: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · Omnibus (softcover) · Omnibus (hardcover) Dark Horse The Kalarba Adventures: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · Artoo's Day Out · Special · Trade paperback Rebellion: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Trade paperback Season of Revolt: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Trade paperback Apple Jacks · The Protocol Offensive · Omnibus · Epic Collection MyComyc Neutralizing Trigon I · Kea Kidnapped · The Stolen Ship · Sabotaged Droid Troublesome Outing · The Secret Disk · The Cloud
Multimedia
Toy line · Card game · Video game · "In Trouble Again" · "The Droids Re-Animated"

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-[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]], [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]], [[Thall Joben]], [[Kea Moll]] and [[Jord Dusat]] are on their way to the [[Boonta Speeder Race]] in the ''[[Sand Sloth]]''&mdash;with the [[White Witch]] attached to the hull. While Artoo and Threepio are securing the speeder for lightspeed, a broken down [[Lambda-class T-4a shuttle/Legends|''Lambda''-class shuttle]] attacks out of nowhere. Commanding the shuttle is none other than [[Sise Fromm]], the disgraced crime boss seeking revenge for  the racers' capture and destruction of his [[Trigon One]] super weapon. Manning the controls are [[Tig Fromm]] and [[Vlix Oncard]], the only two henchmen Sise has left. Kea manages to jump to [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]] just in the nick of time, but one of the engines gets hit badly and Jord hurts his left arm.
+[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]], [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]], [[Thall Joben/Legends|Thall Joben]], [[Kea Moll]] and [[Jord Dusat]] are on their way to the [[Boonta Speeder Race]] in the ''[[Sand Sloth]]''&mdash;with the [[White Witch]] attached to the hull. While Artoo and Threepio are securing the speeder for lightspeed, a broken down [[Lambda-class T-4a shuttle/Legends|''Lambda''-class shuttle]] attacks out of nowhere. Commanding the shuttle is none other than [[Sise Fromm]], the disgraced crime boss seeking revenge for the racers' capture and destruction of his [[Trigon One]] super weapon. Manning the controls are [[Tig Fromm]] and [[Vlix Oncard]], the only two henchmen Sise has left. Kea manages to jump to [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]] just in the nick of time, but one of the engines gets hit badly and Jord hurts his left arm.
-After coming out of hyperspace and making their descent to the planet [[Boonta]], the Star Runner crash lands in the [[Boonta scrapyard]]. There, the group meet the old [[Proto Droid]] [[Proto One]], to whom C-3PO takes an immediate dislike. Proto still offers Kea to fix her broken ship while they take Jord to a medical unit. Meanwhile, Sise Fromm has hired [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]] to help him with his manhunt. Despite the fact that [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba the Hutt]] has placed a price on Fromm's head, Fett decides to help the old gang leader because of a debt he owes him.
+After coming out of hyperspace and making their descent to the planet [[Boonta/Legends|Boonta]], the Starrunner crash-lands in the [[Boonta scrapyard]]. There, the group meet the old [[Proto Droid]] [[Proto One]], to whom C-3PO takes an immediate dislike. Proto still offers Kea to fix her broken ship while they take Jord to a medical unit. Meanwhile, Sise Fromm has hired [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]] to help him with his manhunt. Despite the fact that [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba the Hutt]] has placed a price on Fromm's head, Fett decides to help the old gang leader because of a debt he owes him.
 Boba orders his droid [[BL-17]] to befriend C-3PO and offer accommodations to fix the White Witch in time for the race. Artoo proposes to hire Proto One to fix the speeder, but Threepio will hear none of it. BL-17 soon betrays the team, locking Kea and Artoo in the garage with a gas leak. However, Proto One and R2-D2 manage to disable BL-17 just in time for C-3PO to realize that he has put his trust in the wrong droid. Boba Fett then arrives and tries to destroy the heroes. Tig Fromm, trying to get to the racers before Fett, manages to plant a [[Thermal detonator/Legends|Thermal detonator]] on the Witch.
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 This episode was adapted into the children's storybook [[A Race to the Finish (book)|of the same name]].
-In this episode, C-3PO claims that another droid graduated from the same "production facility" as he had. This may be a continuity issue, as in [[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'']] it is revealed that C-3PO was built by [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]], although this contradiction could be explained by the fact that his memory was erased at the end of [[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'']]. The video game ''[[Star Wars: Racer Revenge]]'' features similar racing tunnels to those found in "A Race to the Finish".
+In this episode, C-3PO claims that another droid graduated from the same "production facility" as he had. This may be a continuity issue, as in [[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'']] it is revealed that C-3PO was built by [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]], although this contradiction could be explained by the fact that his memory was set to be erased at the end of [[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'']].
+The video game ''[[Star Wars: Racer Revenge]]'' features similar racing tunnels to those found in "A Race to the Finish".
 ==Bibliography==
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