me: ok the thing is i know that r2-d2 and c3po are married –
beth: …i don’t think they’re married though
me: ??
beth: i just think they’ve been doing a group project together for so long they’ve forgotten how to do anything else
me: and is that not a kind of marriage
beth: … a kind. but marriage has some other key components i think. like not being willing to sell your spouse out for one corn chip.
C-3PO would not sell R2-D2 out for any price, but in many cases WOULD rat out R2-D2 to the authorities (Luke) for free simply because he’s the sort to naively believe that the authorities know what they’re doing and so this is the best thing for everyone.
R2-D2 WOULD sell out C-3PO for one corn chip but would already have a plan to get him back and also steal the rest of the corn chips out of spite.