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* C-3PO of ''[[Star Wars]]'' is a protocol droid fluent in over 6,000,000 forms of communication, and thus acts as an interpreter. This was at first treated as a throwaway character trait just to get Luke's uncle Owen to buy him and thus become a part of Luke's life (not to mention relay what [[The Unintelligible|R2-D2]] says to others), but Threepio's linguistic abilities eventually become important in ''Episode VI: [[Return of the Jedi]]'', when the Ewoks see him as a god and he gets their support in defeating the Galactic Empire. He also occasionally proves useful in being able to identify some codes. Despite his abilities, C-3PO is absolutely horrible interpreter incapable of understanding any allusion or context of the conversation.<ref>When the prequel trilogy was released, it was revealed that he had been built from scrap parts by a very bright pre-teen. Which probably goes a long way toward explaining his limitations and lacks.</ref>