13 Answers. Save this answer. Show activity on this post. Obi-Wan never explicitly stated in the 3 Star Wars movies that he didn't remember
Obi-Wan never said that he didn't recognize the droids, but even if he did, he's been known to fib before. For instance, he initially lied to Luke about Anakin's fate (well, I suppose it was true from "a certain point of view"), and in a sense, he's been lying for years under his fabricated identity of Ben Kenobi.
Obi Wan and R2 interact frequently in the prequels - given the timeline, it seems odd that Obi Wan would have absolutely no recollection of R2. Unlike the droids (i.e., C-3PO and R2-D2) Obi Wan's memory wasn't wiped.
He does. In the comic Star Wars Tales #6, we see an interaction between Vader and C-3PO. In the comic, Boba Fett brings Vader C-3PO's remains. Vader instantly recognizes C-3PO, and is reminded of his childhood.
According to one article (via Looper), Obi-Wan recognized R2-D2 but simply decided not to tell Luke. When Luke asked Obi-Wan about his father, Obi-Wan stated that Darth Vader killed Anakin, which later turned out to be a symbolic description for Anakin becoming Darth Vader.
R2-D2 was present when Padmé gave birth to Leia and Luke, so he knew Luke was Anakin's son – but what he didn't know was that Anakin became Darth Vader. In addition to that, Anakin's fall was surely a painful event in R2-D2's life, one that he definitely wouldn't like to remember or even talk about.
Such cycles of fate no longer surprised the nine-hundred-year-old Jedi. So there you have it. Yoda and R2D2 knew each other and the galaxy is even a smaller world than we think.
Obviously, C-3PO does not recognize Vader because his memory was wiped at the end of Revenge of the Sith.
As we all know well, in A New Hope, Obi-Wan went to Mos Eisley to meet with Chewbacca and Han, in order to get off Tatooine to get R2-D2 to the Rebellion. By the end of Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan and Chewie didn't meet, at least that we have seen.
“It's good to fly with you again, my old friend,” the old man said, so softly Han wasn't sure he had heard him right. C-3P0 didn't; his memory was wiped at the end of Revenge of the Sith to prevent him from spilling the beans.
The two droids were dumped back on the streets, their memories wiped of the incident. Unlike R2-D2, Threepio's mind is wiped of all memories after the birth of Luke and Leia.
Obi-Wan Was Pretending He Didn't Know R2-D2
The base assumption of why Obi-Wan doesn't remember R2-D2 -- in light of the prequels -- is that Obi-Wan is feigning ignorance in A New Hope to downplay the importance of the droid's arrival.
Revenge of the Sith
After Anakin falls to the dark side of the Force and becomes Darth Vader, he takes R2-D2 with him when he goes to assassinate the Separatist council, but tells him to stay with the ship.
Vader agreed to help the handmaiden, silently recalling the time he spent with Padmé in the process. In this moment, he was once again Anakin Skywalker, a young man in love who simply wanted to change the world for the better.
The reason why Vader obeyed tarkin was out of a sense of respect for him as a military leader, not as his superior.
Anakin Skywalker is the son of Shmi Skywalker, born without a father through the Force. He is the secret husband of Padmé Amidala, the father of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, the father-in-law of Han Solo, and the maternal grandfather of Ben Solo.
During the iconic opening moments of Star Wars: A New Hope, Darth Vader has a tense confrontation with Princess Leia, an adversary who, unknown to him, is actually his daughter. Despite participating in Leia's interrogation, the Sith Lord doesn't uncover his familial connection with the rebellious royal.
During the Clone Wars, it was common practice to wipe the minds of astromech droids after every mission to avoid the risk of Separatists taking valued information. But Anakin remained staunchly against this idea for R2-D2, meaning the droid never had to worry about losing the memories of his past.
Yoda survived, however, with the help of natives Chewbacca and Tarfful, who used a hidden shuttle to evacuate the Jedi Master from the planet. In the aftermath, the brave Jedi Padawan Gungi, a survivor of the Jedi slaughter, was returned to what remained of his homeworld with the help of Clone Force 99.
Sure he does, with great fondness. I think(As Vader) he doesn't acknowledge the droid to provide R2 cover from the Emperor and the rest of the Imperials.
Vader relies on the complex life support system of his suit to survive and it happens to be very vulnerable to electrical discharges. So, if Vader ever had unleashed Force lightning, there's a good chance it would've caused his suit to short circuit, thus, killing him.
R2 doesn't know it. It's as simple as that. He isn't present on Mustafar (he flies with Anakin but is ordered to stay at the ship. He isn't present while the slaughtering of the seperatists or the fight of Anakin/Obi-Wan.), differently to Obi-Wan and C-3PO.
After the battle, R2-D2 and C-3PO were the sole witnesses to the marriage of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala in Lake Country. After this Padmé gave ownership of R2 to Anakin while she kept 3PO.
R2-D2, the indomitable droid and mainstay of the Star Wars series, may be responsible for one more incredible feat: saving Grogu.