During the an interstellar municipal battle, rebels competition up against an evil empire, added from the Darth Vader and you can an effective villainous governor named Grand Moff Tarkin. The fresh imperial stronghold try a planet-measurements of, armored space station known as Dying Celebrity, and you may insurgent Princess Leia Organa prospects an objective to seize the battleship’s blueprints, hoping to let you know their susceptability. Struggling to get well the newest arrangements, Darth Vader finds out you to an escape pod premiered inside attack, and commands the fresh new droids arrested. Ornery C-3PO is displeased because of the their companion’s claim that he is towards the a significant purpose, and also the two droids part means.

In ensuing battle, Darth Vader and his armed forces push from stormtroopers take Leia’s spaceship, but she secretly hides the fresh new Dying Celebrity agreements for the a robotic “droid” titled R2-D2, exactly who flees the newest spaceship with his partner, C-3PO

Yet not, he or she is seized because of the cloaked scavengers titled Jawas and you may marketed in order to younger Luke Skywalker and his Uncle Owen.