Editing R2-D2 (section)

===Television===
R2-D2 and C-3PO had their own [[animated series]], ''[[Star Wars: Droids]]'', set before they came into Luke Skywalker's possession. This was excluded from the new canon in 2014.<ref name="THR Legends"/> They also appear in both the live action and animated segments of the ''[[Star Wars Holiday Special]]''. In the animated segment they are rescued by a mysterious bounty hunter, [[Boba Fett]], who offers to help them. Later R2-D2 intercepts a transmission between Darth Vader and Fett - thus confirming to him, C-3PO and the others Fett's true allegiances.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Lucas Seastrom |title=The Star Wars Holiday Special and the Debut of Boba Fett |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-star-wars-holiday-special-boba-fett |website=starwars.com |access-date=3 January 2023 |date=15 November 2018 |quote=The sequence would present an adventure where Han Solo, Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker, and their companions [C-3PO and R2-D2] are on the search for a mystical talisman. They run into trouble when they encounter Boba Fett, who at first pretends to be an ally but is later revealed as an agent of Darth Vader. |archive-date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115162336/https://www.starwars.com/news/the-star-wars-holiday-special-boba-fett |url-status=live }}</ref>

R2-D2 makes a guest appearance with C-3PO, Luke Skywalker (and [[Mark Hamill]]) and Chewbacca in an episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.

R2-D2 appears in the 2008 animated film ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'', and the subsequent [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|TV series of the same name]]. In the film, he accompanies Anakin (voiced by [[Matt Lanter]]) and his Padawan [[Ahsoka Tano]] (voiced by [[Ashley Eckstein]]) on a mission to rescue Jabba the Hutt's son Rotta. In the series, he helps them fight the Separatists. He previously appeared in ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', but this micro-series has been excluded from the new [[Star Wars canon|canon]].<ref name="THR Legends"/>

R2-D2 also appears in ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'' in the episodes "Droids in Distress" and "Blood Sisters", and in several episodes of ''[[Star Wars Forces of Destiny]]''.

In the second season [[Chapter 16: The Rescue|finale]] of the [[Disney+]] series ''[[The Mandalorian]]'', R2-D2 accompanies Luke Skywalker as he goes to retrieve [[Grogu]] to be trained as a Jedi.

R2-D2 appears in the sixth and seventh episodes of ''The Mandalorian'' spin-off series ''[[The Book of Boba Fett]]''. After Grogu decides to abandon his Jedi training, Luke has R2-D2 fly Grogu to Tatooine in his X-wing starfighter so that he may be reunited with his guardian, [[The Mandalorian (character)|Din Djarin]] ([[Pedro Pascal]]).