Editing C-3PO (section)

=== Comics ===
According to the [[Star Wars comic strip|''Star Wars'' comic strip]], {{nowrap|C-3PO}} was activated on the planet Affa hundreds of years before the events of the original ''Star Wars'' film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hansen |first=John |date=2014-10-26 |title='Star Wars' flashback: 'The Constancia Affair,' 'The Kashyyyk Depths,' 'Planet of Kadril' and unpublished newspaper strips (1979-80) (Comic book reviews) |url=http://coldbananas.com/2014/10/comic-books/star-wars-flashback-the-constancia-affair-the-kashyyyk-depths-planet-of-kadril-1979-80/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115160708/https://reviewsfrommycouch.com/2014/10/comic-books/star-wars-flashback-the-constancia-affair-the-kashyyyk-depths-planet-of-kadril-1979-80/ |archive-date=15 January 2023 |access-date=2020-12-09 |website=Cold Bananas Movie & TV Reviews |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe]]'' states his activation date as 112 years before ''Star Wars''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Slavicsek |first=Bill |url=https://archive.org/details/guidetostarwarsu00slav/page/ |title=A Guide to the Star Wars Universe |publisher=Del Rey |year=1994 |isbn=0-345-38625-6 |edition=2nd |page=[https://archive.org/details/guidetostarwarsu00slav/page/ xviii] |url-access=registration}}</ref> In the ''[[Star Wars Tales]]'' story "[[Star Wars Tales Volume 2#Thank the Maker|Thank the Maker]]", Vader remembers finding the defunct droid in [[Watto]]'s junk heap and guessing it was several decades old.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Windham |first=Ryder |author-link=Ryder Windham |title=Star Wars Tales #6 |publisher=Dark Horse Comics |year=2000 |location=Milwaukee, OR |pages=51–53}}</ref> In the ''[[Star Wars: Republic]]'' story "The New Face of War", [[Jedi Exile|Queen Jamillia]] appoints C-3PO to serve as a liaison to the Jedi. In 1994, [[Dark Horse Comics]] serialized a story titled ''Droids,<ref>{{cite web|title=Star Wars: Droids Special|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/94-548/Star-Wars-Droids-Special|access-date=November 11, 2018|website=Dark Horse Comics|archive-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612070138/https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/94-548/Star-Wars-Droids-Special|url-status=live}}</ref>'' which led to a 14-issue comic series continuing the adventures of {{nowrap|C-3PO}} and {{nowrap|R2-D2}} before the events of ''Star Wars''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/everything-youd-ever-want-to-know-about-star-wars-droids|title=Everything You'd Ever Want To Know About Star Wars: Droids|last=Greene|first=Jamie|website=[[Syfy Wire]]|date=January 18, 2018|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120050018/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/everything-youd-ever-want-to-know-about-star-wars-droids|archive-date=January 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Thorsland|first=Dan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDKFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR6|title=Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire Vol. 5|date=2019-03-26|publisher=Marvel Entertainment|isbn=978-1-302-51077-0|pages=6|access-date=12 June 2020|archive-date=15 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115160705/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDKFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR6|url-status=live}}</ref> Lucasfilm did not require this series to align narratively with the animated series ''Droids''.<ref name="omnibus">{{Cite book|last=Windham|first=Ryder|title=Star Wars Omnibus: Droids|publisher=Marvel|year=2015|location=New York|pages=i–ii|author-link=Ryder Windham}}</ref> Anthony Daniels and [[Ryder Windham]] also co-wrote a 1997 one-shot comic titled ''The Protocol Offensive''.<ref name="omnibus" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dietsch|first=TJ|date=September 19, 2017|title=Star Wars Spotlight: Droids – The Protocol Offensive|url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/star-wars-spotlight-droids-the-protocol-offensive|access-date=2020-06-13|website=Marvel Entertainment|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613071949/https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/star-wars-spotlight-droids-the-protocol-offensive|url-status=live}}</ref>

In ''[[Empire's End]]'' (1997), C-3PO and R2-D2 are nearly destroyed after they spot an Imperial installing a homing beacon on the'' Millennium Falcon'', but are saved by Han and Chewbacca.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Veitch |first1=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNcCPQAACAAJ |title=Empire's End |last2=Baikie |first2=Jim |date=1997 |publisher=Dark Horse Comics |isbn=978-1-56971-306-8 |language=en}}</ref> The resurrected Palpatine and his fleet discover the Alliance's existence, leading C-3PO and the others to flee to Iziz, a city on the planet of Onderon. Palpatine eventually finds them, but is mortally wounded by Han and destroyed when [[List of Star Wars characters|Empatojayos Brand]] sacrifices himself to save Anakin Solo. C-3PO is found partially destroyed and abandoned by two slave boys, Otalp and Remoh, in the ''[[Star Wars Tales]]'' story ''[[Star Wars Tales Volume 5#Storyteller|Storyteller]]'', which takes place after the original film trilogy. The droid tells them stories of Luke's adventures, and they imagine the stories played out by members of their own alien race. As he is finishing his tale, a Vindar slavedriver appears, blasts C-3PO's head off, and kills Otalp. Later, Remoh finds hope for his people's freedom when he discovers a lightsaber in the remains of C-3PO's body.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Various |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bTdBQAAQBAJ |title=Star Wars Tales Vol. 5 |date=2015-01-22 |publisher=Marvel Entertainment |isbn=978-1-302-46200-0 |language=en}}</ref>