Editing R2-D2 (section)

==== ''The Phantom Menace'' ====
In ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'', set 32 years before ''A New Hope'', R2-D2 is portrayed as belonging to the [[Naboo]] defense forces, one of three astromech droids deployed for repair duty onboard Queen [[Padmé Amidala]]'s ([[Natalie Portman]]) [[starship]] as it attempts to get past the [[Trade Federation]] blockade. The sole survivor of the three, R2-D2 repairs the deflector shields and saves the day. Having proved his worth, R2-D2 then becomes part of Jedi Master [[Qui-Gon Jinn]]'s ([[Liam Neeson]]) party on Tatooine where he meets nine-year-old [[Anakin Skywalker]] ([[Jake Lloyd]]) and C-3PO, whom Anakin built from scrap. Later still, he serves as the astromech droid for Anakin's [[Military spacecraft in fiction|starfighter]] during the [[Battle of Naboo]], helping Anakin destroy the Trade Federation's command center and free the planet [[Naboo]] from the Federation's grip. R2-D2, along with Anakin and the young Obi-Wan Kenobi ([[Ewan McGregor]]), are awarded medals by Padmé and [[Boss Nass]] ([[Brian Blessed]]) at the end of the film.