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- "Oh, nice to see a familiar face."
"E chu ta!"
"How rude!" - ―C-3PO and E-3PO
E-3PO[7] was a silver[6] 3PO-series protocol droid[2] with yellow photoreceptors who was present in Cloud City, a tibanna gas mining colony that floated in the Life Zone of the planet Bespin, shortly after the Battle of Hoth.[6] E-3PO was equipped with a TechSpan I module which allowed him to directly access Imperial networks.[5] After exiting a room of Imperial stormtroopers, he was greeted by a fellow 3PO unit known as C-3PO[6] but responded with a Huttese insult[2] and continued down the hallway. After calling the protocol droid rude, C-3PO heard an R2 series astromech droid inside the room that E-3PO had exited and, believing that it was his friend R2-D2, entered to investigate the sound. However, instead of finding R2, he was blasted to pieces by stormtroopers.[6]
Behind the scenes[]
E-3PO was portrayed by Chris Parsons in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, who also portrayed 4-LOM, R-3PO, and K-3PO in the same film.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
- The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Screen Comix
Non-canon appearances[]
Sources[]
"Jedi Challenge!" — Star Wars Insider 161 (First identified as E-3PO)
Karabast! 7 Galactic Slang Terms for Everyday Use on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 17 Droid Directory: 3PO & TC-series Protocol Droids
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
"C-3PO" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded establishes that all 3PO protocol droids are manufactured by Cybot Galactica.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?
- ↑ Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded establishes that all 3PO protocol droids stand 1. 67 meters tall.
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels: Head to Head establishes that all 3PO protocol droids weigh 75 kilograms.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- ↑
"Jedi Challenge!" — Star Wars Insider 161