jim%rand-unix@sri-unix.UUCP (06/18/83)
In ANH C-3PO is talking to Luke, who asks him about the Rebellion. Just before he delivers his famous line, R2-D2 gives a whistle like we would use to attract someone's attention (high-low-higher). Suddenly C-3PO gets a lot dumber. I claim that he is intentionally dissimulating here, in response to an untranslated warning from R2-D2. He is quite articulate throughout the series, so there is no particular reason to believe that he was telling the truth about his story-telling in ANH.