Strength of C-3PO

Enola Straight · Post by **Enola Straight** » 2003-10-28 07:02pm

How physically strong is C-3PO? The only feat of strength I remember is in ANH where he tosses a dead Jawa onto a pyre for disposal.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2003-10-28 07:27pm

I'd imagine he's at least stronger than a human.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-28 07:46pm

I'd think that he's at least as strong as a human, but perhaps less.

There's really no reason for a protical droid to be much stronger than a human.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2003-10-28 07:51pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I'd think that he's at least as strong as a human, but perhaps less.

There's really no reason for a protical droid to be much stronger than a human.

No, but he is a droid, and they tend to be pretty strong. There's no real reason for Data to be super strong, being a science officer, yet he still is.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-10-28 08:00pm

observer_20000 wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I'd think that he's at least as strong as a human, but perhaps less.

There's really no reason for a protical droid to be much stronger than a human.
No, but he is a droid, and they tend to be pretty strong. There's no real reason for Data to be super strong, being a science officer, yet he still is.

Data wasn't originally made to become a Starfleet science officer though.

As for 3P0, it may be hard to gauge without feats. Anakin did create him from scraps after all. Some may be from parts that give the droid extra strength, some not.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2003-10-28 08:07pm

neoolong wrote:
observer_20000 wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I'd think that he's at least as strong as a human, but perhaps less.

There's really no reason for a protical droid to be much stronger than a human.
No, but he is a droid, and they tend to be pretty strong. There's no real reason for Data to be super strong, being a science officer, yet he still is.
Data wasn't originally made to become a Starfleet science officer though.

As for 3P0, it may be hard to gauge without feats. Anakin did create him from scraps after all. Some may be from parts that give the droid extra strength, some not.

I'm not talking about him being super strong or anything. He'd be rather useless in a battle considering he seems rather inflexible. I'm just saying that I'd imagine he's stronger than the average human, since he has servo motors in his joints as opposed to mere muscle.

We can't be sure, since we've never seen him really do anything that would demand an enormous amount of strength, but there's a good chance...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-28 08:11pm

Oh yes, since we all know robot automatically equals super strong...

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2003-10-28 08:18pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Oh yes, since we all know robot automatically equals super strong...

If you'd bothered reading my post, you'd notice I clearly stated I didn't think he was super strong or anything like that.

Just stronger than the average human.

Think about it. I don't know exactly how much he weighs, but considering he's mostly metal, his limbs would likely weigh more than a humans, therefore requiring servomotors in his joints, that are stronger than an average humans joints.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-10-28 09:30pm

Would his bad walking style provide any proof?

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2003-10-28 10:06pm

Gandalf wrote:Would his bad walking style provide any proof?

Or his feeble hand motions?

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-10-28 10:45pm

observer_20000 wrote:Think about it. I don't know exactly how much he weighs, but considering he's mostly metal, his limbs would likely weigh more than a humans, therefore requiring servomotors in his joints, that are stronger than an average humans joints.

That's the thing. They are probably stronger than human muscles BUT like you said, his arms weigh a bit more than a human arm as well, so that added strength goes to just moving the arms and less toward physical labor. If his arms weighed as much as human arms and the servos provided more power than human muscles, he would be stronger yes. Just having servos in his arms doesn't make him stronger.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2003-10-29 12:34am

Gil Hamilton wrote:
observer_20000 wrote:Think about it. I don't know exactly how much he weighs, but considering he's mostly metal, his limbs would likely weigh more than a humans, therefore requiring servomotors in his joints, that are stronger than an average humans joints.
That's the thing. They are probably stronger than human muscles BUT like you said, his arms weigh a bit more than a human arm as well, so that added strength goes to just moving the arms and less toward physical labor. If his arms weighed as much as human arms and the servos provided more power than human muscles, he would be stronger yes. Just having servos in his arms doesn't make him stronger.

True. I guess in the end, we really have no way of gauging his strength.

Cyke · Post by **Cyke** » 2003-11-05 09:58pm

Especially since, for that matter, we have no way of gauging how much his limbs weigh, whether they're made of metal, and, if they are, how dense those metals are.

I'd expect a typical protocol droid to be build with enough strength to locomote, make expressions approximating the beings with which it is meant to communicate, and carry a tray with drinks on it. Anything more would be a waste of resources and cause unwarranted increase in its price.

I think what Spanky the Dolphin meant, in his overly sarcasting way (

), is that servomotors don't automatically mean high-yield servomotors either.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2003-11-06 06:19am

About the most dynamic thing we saw him do (IIRC) was that scene from AOTC where he hung on to that droid/checker thing in the Geonosis factory (hung by his arms).

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-11-06 10:20am

Well, if he's a robot, he'll probably have Megadamages

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-11-06 11:36am

observer_20000 wrote:I'm not talking about him being super strong or anything. He'd be rather useless in a battle considering he seems rather inflexible.

He's not MADE for battle. WAR droids are. He's a protocol droid and there no need for him to be made tough.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2003-11-07 07:06pm

Kuja wrote:
observer_20000 wrote:I'm not talking about him being super strong or anything. He'd be rather useless in a battle considering he seems rather inflexible.

He's not MADE for battle. WAR droids are. He's a protocol droid and there no need for him to be made tough.

I never said he was.