I think it is a fairly universal thing that the fandom has noticed and agree that poor Threepio and Artoo - who should be MAIN characters - are now, sadly,
mere window dressing.
Which is disheartening and strange and dare I say it, lazy, on behalf of the authors. Now having said that, there have been recent authors who have given them
decent sized - hell, even epic - roles in their novels. What Stover did for Artoo especially in LSATSOM... this should be done ALL THE TIME.
Also, let's look at Fate of the Jedi. Two of the authors of this series are EU veterens, and indeed, both have utilised the droids with great
effect before. Heck, Allston even had Artoo DIALOGUE in Rebel Stand. Before LOTF, the droids had starring roles in Denning's titles.
So why is this? Why are the droids being put away? You can't tell me it is a case of not having anything for them to do.
For example, why can't Artoo join Darkmeld? If Luke's gonna make him stay behind, why can't he use his slicer skillz to help Jaina out? WHY must
the droids be stuck to the Big Three? Why CAN'T Artoo have a plotline with Jaina? And why can't Threepio, for a random example, hang around the Jedi
Temple and help Cilghal and the others nut out the issues relating to the Force psychosis?
Discuss.














