SEE-THREEPIO - SERIAL #: C-3PO/Z195A46
               TYPE: Translator
               DROID CLASS: Servant/Domestic
               OWNER: Luke Skywalker
          PROGRAMMING: Protocol; Human-droid Relations Specialist Class C
               CONSTRUCTION: Imperial Cybernetics Corporation

DESCRIPTION:
             Height - 1.92 meters
             Weight - 226 kilos
             Finish - burnished duralloy, a scratch-resistant alloy
Bipedal, roughly human in appearance.
 

C-3PO model droids are programmed to blend perfectly with human
society, even to the extent of mimicking human gestures and
idiosyncrasies.  Their external arrangement, conforming as closely as
possible to the pan-human norm, is designed to convey an expression of
neutrality--there is still considerable hostile feeling for droids on
the more backward worlds of the galaxy, and a droid so resembling a
human must watch his step. See-Threepio is equipped with a complete
range of visual, auditory, olfactory and sensile receptors, as well as
a broad band antenna for receiving the electronic communications of
less-sophisticated robots. His main function--as a cosmeticized
interpreter--is to translate instantly any one of thousands of
galactic tongues.  As a translator, the creativity output of his
motivator is minimal, and he has little aptitude for embellishing his
translations.

HISTORY:

Several translator droids of the highly-sophisticated C-3PO model were
ordered by the Royal Family on Alderaan for use as servant/domestics.
This particular droid was given the usual tests for normalcy, and was
found to be slightly erratic; but instead of returning him to Imperial
Cybernetics, a minor clerical error ordered him put to work as a
Drudge; programming binary load lifters.  Reassigned as a personal
valet to the Viceroy of Alderaan, See-Threepio was added to the staff
of a privately-manned Galactic Cruiser, and narrowly missed seizure by
Imperial stormtroopers when the vessel was boarded.  Escaping to the
inhospitable surface of the planet Tatooine, See-Threepio was sold by
local scavengers to Owen Lars, the late uncle of the legendary Luke
Skywalker.

CONDITION:

Although See-Threepio suffered various forms of damage on the hot,
abrasive world of Tatooine, he was recently reconditioned by
technicians on the rebel base of Yavin.  New servomotors were
installed in a severed right arm, and a completely new finish applied.
In spite of the continued erratic functioning of the logical and
analytical sections of the droids's motivator, he has not been
subjected to a memory erasure as might be expected under the
circumstances.  His heroic actions in helping to deliver the vital
readouts to Yavin amply proved his dedication to the rebel cause.
See-Threepio has shown a unique and remarkable tendency to commit
deliberate falsehoods, an action completely independent of his
protocol programming.