The origin of R2-D2 can be found in the "drones" Huey, Dewey, and Louie from 2002: la seconda odissea (1972). Upon meeting Douglas Trumbull, Director and Special Effects Chief on 2002: la seconda odissea (1972), George Lucas commented on how much he liked the designs of Trumbull's two-footed robots in the movie, which were operated by bilateral amputees. Five years later, a functionally similar design appeared as R2-D2 in this movie. Universal Pictures, the distributor of 2002: la seconda odissea (1972), noted the similarity between the robots (and the similarity of Star Wars to the Buck Rogers (1939) serials of the 1930s), and promptly sued Twentieth Century Fox for infringement. The lawsuit was eventually settled when Fox counter-sued over Battlestar Galactica (1978), which bore a striking resemblance to this movie.

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