The Great Heep only made one showing in 1989 on BBC's Going Live!, which was a Saturday morning children's show-it was split into two parts over two weeks. The entire series was shown twice within this time (in 19 to coincide with the full release of the Star Wars trilogy as well as Droids on VHS). In the UK, BBC Television bought rights to screen the series in its entirety between 19 as part of the Children's BBC programming strand. was the Korean company hired to animate the series.

Several episodes were written by Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt.

The series was produced by the Canadian company Nelvana for Lucasfilm. Other guest stars include George Buza, Andrew Sabiston, Eric Peterson, Jamie Dick, Donny Burns, Alan Fawcett, Don McManus, and Gordon Masten.

Long John Baldry as the Great Heep, Roto.

Dan Hennessey as Jord Dusat (episode 4), Uncle Gundy, Jyn Obah, Vinga, Yorpa, Governor Koong, and Captain Cag.

John Stocker as Vlix Oncard, Greej, Zatec-Cha, and Sollag.

Graeme Campbell as Proto One, Admiral Terrinald Screed, and Lord Toda.

Winston Rekert as Sise Fromm, Mungo Baobab.

Don Francks as Jann Tosh, Boba Fett, Gir Kybo Ren-Cha / Kybo Ren.

Anthony Daniels as C-3PO Daniels also portrayed the character in the films.

This is explained by the droids being accidentally separated from Antilles during the events of the animated series. In the latter film, C-3PO tells Luke Skywalker that his and R2-D2's 'last master was Captain Antilles.' The droids are placed in Antilles' care by Bail Organa at the end of Revenge of the Sith, creating an apparent continuity error. The series was retroactively placed four years after Revenge of the Sith and fifteen years before the events of A New Hope. During their adventures, the droids find themselves in the service of successive new masters and in difficult situations as a result. The original trilogy characters Boba Fett and IG-88 appear in one episode apiece.ĭroids follows the adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO as they face off against gangsters, criminals, pirates, bounty hunters, the Galactic Empire and other threats. During their adventures, the droids find themselves in the service of successive new masters. The opening theme, 'In Trouble Again,' was performed by Stewart Copeland of the Police. The series ran for one season of 13 half-hour episodes an hour-long special broadcast in 1986 serves as the finale. The series was produced by Nelvana on behalf of Lucasfilm and broadcast on ABC with its sister series Ewoks (as part of The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour). It focuses on the exploits of droids R2-D2 and C-3PO between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO is a 1985 animated television series spin off from the original Star Wars trilogy.

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