R2-D2

R2-D2, or just Artoo, you should all know. (At least, you would know unless you have just stumbled upon my blog by accident, and know nothing about Star Wars.) He is a simple astromech droid, a robot programmed to repair and sometimes help control a ship, as is the case with a small starship. He belonged, for a time, to the Royal House of Naboo (in The Phantom Menace), and even spent a short time under Jabba the Hutt (Return of the Jedi), but he was, for the most part, under the Skywalkers. R2-D2 saves the lives of a friend in need in all six of the movies--heroic, don't you think?

Just a tidbit of interesting, useless information: in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Artoo appears on the wall of the Well of Souls, in what appears to be just an Egyptian mural on the wall. Go to http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Oldr2.jpg to see that picture. He is right in the middle, but fairly hard to see.