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Why can't Threepio - as another example - be some sort of secretary/aide/minute-taker for the Jedi Council?

And why can't that plotline regarding Threepio's "mortality" plotline that Ack mentioned not be revisited?

I guess, with Artoo and Threepio all I can do is shake my head in sadness and offer up a big fat WHY to the authors and editors. There is no solid storytelling reason that will convince me that the droids are no longer interesting, or no longer serve a purpose, or that people don't want to read about them. Its just flat out not true.

S1thari says that Threepio annoys him because all he does is remain on the Falcon and annoy Han. While I slightly disagree - as I do not think that is ALL Threepio does, not by a long shot - I think it may be part of the problem. Threepio is merely seen as comic relief. There to annoy Han.

Um... no.

YES, being comic relief is PART of who Threepio is/his function just as PART of Luke's function is to be a father, or a Jedi Master or The Big Damned Hero, just like Leia is a wife or the HEROINE or whatever. But it isn't ALL they are, they don't have one role/definition that defines all that they are.

And neither, really, do/should Threepio and Artoo. Sure, even the movies had them as comic relief. But what the movies also showed of them was that they were just as important as Luke, or Leia, or Chewbacca. They contributed to the plot - hell sometimes they had their own plot - they helped everyone out, they did things, hell they even saved some lives sometimes.

So why the neglect? Can the authors really think of nothing substantial to do with them? Why is this? Or do they feel we're tired of the droids? Why would they think that? What's going on here?

Kirr, I also have no problem with them looking after Allana, but we're not really seeing that apart from a little bit in Outcast (thus far). I don't think Artoo and Threepio being basically babysitters is a problem like I think some other fans do. In fact, I do think it is quite swell. I mean really, who doesn't want Artoo badass Detoo as their babysitter? Seriously?

The grand-daughter of Han Solo and potential Hapan Chume'da tag-teaming it with Artoo-Detoo? That's a gold mine of awesomeness. Throw in See-Threepio and there is virtually no way you can argue the awesome factor of this.

Actually, I think it would be interesting if events in Fate of the Jedi somehow led to Han and Leia being separated from Allana, and Threepio and Artoo are FORCED to protect her at all costs. Kind of like what they did with Threepio and baby Ben in Star By Star, except make it last longer. For entire books, even.