Did You Know R2-D2's Name Came from American Graffiti - Star Wars Explained #Shorts | Star Wars Explained

Report from the Holocron of Xela. Description: Did you know R2-D2 owes his name to George Lucas’s previous film, American Graffiti? In the Star Wars Archives book, George said, “When we were mixing soundtracks from American Graffiti sound editor Walter Murch asked me to go over to the rack to get R2-D2. That’s Reel 2, Dialog 2, and I said, I like that. That’s a great name. When I was developing the character of the little robot, I developed it around that name.” #shorts --- Subscribe for more Star Wars videos every day! --- Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/starwarsexplain Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5KUexDNjIDcGPz4nAY9mBw Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@starwarsexplain Alex on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/alexdamonlive Mollie on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/molliedamon Instagram: http://instagram.com/starwarsexplained Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarWarsExplain Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/starwarsexplained Discord: https://discord.gg/ZPwEnDT Google+: http://goo.gl/Q3gDkY Star Wars Tees: http://shrsl.com/?~9i83 Mailing Address Star Wars Explained 1227 Rockbridge Rd SW Ste 208 PMB 264 Stone Mountain, GA 30087


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