R-3PO (Ar-Threepio)
| Title | R-3PO (Ar-Threepio) |
|---|---|
| Side | Light |
| Type | Character — Droid |
| Set | Hoth |
| Publisher | Decipher |
| Era | Decipher era |
| Rarity | R2 |
| Uniqueness | Unique |
| Destiny | 3 |
| Power | 1 |
| Deploy | 2 |
| Forfeit | 3 |
| GEMP ID | 3_14 |
| Versions | Decipher — this page (3_14)Virtual Legacy — R-3PO (Ar-Threepio) (V) (Virtual Block 8) ( 1282_18)Virtual Modern — R-3PO (Ar-Threepio) (V) ( 200_24) |
R-3PO (Ar-Threepio) is a Light Character (Droid) from Hoth.
Card Text
Once each turn, during your control phase, for each opponent's spy present opponent must lose 1 Force (2 if spy is a droid or is Undercover, 4 if both).
Lore
Designed as a response to the threat of Imperial espionage droids. Joins a droid pool and uncovers spies. Has tattoo reading 'Thank The Maker' on left posterior plating.
Joke
"Left posterior plating" is the droid's backside, so the lore gives a prim protocol droid a tattoo on his bottom. Before the card, tattoos on the backside were a running joke about the singer Cher: her tattooed buttocks showed in her 1989 video for "If I Could Turn Back Time",[1] and in the 1993 video for "I Got You Babe" with Cher, Butt-Head of MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head says "We need a chick that's got tattoos on her butt".[2] The tattoo is C-3PO's catchphrase "Thank the maker!" from Star Wars,[3] the title of the Premiere card Thank The Maker. See Jokes.
Strategy
Write us a strategy note or a card combo and send to Star Wars strategist at Decipher.[4]
Pulled by
Characteristics
- Protocol Droid
Underlying card for
Sources
- Star Wars CCG cardlists index at Decipher.com (archive, 25 December 2008)
- Complete Card List (Decipher PDF, archive 28 September 2007) — Light Character: R-3PO (Ar-Threepio), Hoth, R2
References
- ↑ If I Could Turn Back Time, Wikipedia. Preserved copy: Internet Archive, 12 October 2026.
- ↑ Cher Gets Cheeky With Beavis and Butt-head, Los Angeles Times (14 November 1993). Preserved copy: Internet Archive, 24 April 2026.
- ↑ Star Wars: A New Hope script, IMSDb. Preserved copy: Internet Archive, 20 July 2026.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20040811123219/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/hoth/light/small/r3p0arthreepio.html
- ↑ Scomp: R-3PO (Ar-Threepio); card data swccg-card-json Light.json (commit d4e661e). Preserved copy: Internet Archive, 26 October 2026.