Here's A New Way To Look At The Star Wars Saga

It's long been assumed that the Star Wars movies have been a story about the Skywalker's.  This is an easy assumption to make, considering that the prequels followed Anakin Skywalker from childhood to Vader, and the Original Trilogy covered Luke's journey to becoming a Jedi.  But what if the true hero of the films isn't a Skywalker at all?


Chris Taylor, the author of How Star Wars Conquered the Universe, the real hero of the movies is R2D2.  And this isn't just some crack-pot theory, this comes from the man himself...George Lucas.  Lucas shared this idea with the animation director Rob Coleman, while they were on the set of Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.  He called it "his ultimate framing device".  Here's what Taylor writes on the idea R2D2 is the main character of the films:
"The entire story of Star Wars is actually being recounted to the keeper of the Journal of the Whills -- remember that? -- a hundred years after the events of Return of the Jedi by none other than R2-D2."


According to Taylor, R2D2 is featured in every movie, he hasn't had his memory wiped like C3PO has, he's determined to get to Obi-Wan in A New Hope because he remembers him from the prequels and knows his "true history".  R2D2 also stops an elevator from crashing in Revenge of the Sith, he shuts down the garbage compactor in A New Hope, fixes the Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive in The Empire Strikes Back, and throws Luke his lightsaber to help him escape from Jabba's clutches.  He's been the savior to almost every major character in the Star Wars movies.


So what do you think about Lucas' idea that R2D2 is the true hero of the films?  Leave your thoughts in the comments section down below and tell me what you think.