"Droids" Tail of the Roon Comets (1985)

Director:

Ken Stephenson

Writers:

Ben Burtt (story) &
Michael Reaves (teleplay)

TV Series:

"Droids" (1985)

Original Air Date:

9 November 1985 (Season 1, Episode 10)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation | Sci-Fi | Family

Plot:

The droids' new master, Mungo Boabab, plans to open up a new trade route to the Roon system and save his father's Merchant Fleet from financial ruin...

Plot Keywords:

Old Enemy | Battle | Empire | Alien Technology | Futuristic

Cast

Anthony Daniels	...	C-3PO (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Graeme Campbell	...	Admiral Screed (voice)
Rob Cowan	...	(voice)
Lesleh Donaldson	...	(voice)
Don Francks	...	(voice)
Dan Hennessey	...	Governor Koong (voice)
Michael Kirby	...	(voice)
Peter MacNeill	...	(voice)
Eric Peterson	...	(voice)
Winston Rekert	...	Mungo Baobab (voice)
John Stocker	...	(voice)

Trivia:

When the pirates prepare to re-program C-3PO, they ask him if he has any preference as to his new name. C-3PO replies "Well, I've always been partial to Anthon- oh dear, what I am saying?", a reference to Anthony Daniels, who plays C-3PO in the Star Wars films and in this cartoon.

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek: The Trouble with Tribbles (#2.15)" (1967)