R2-D2 survived a direct shot by Darth Vader during the assault on the first Death Star. (Not sure how somebody as Force powerful and skilled a pilot as Darth Vader could have missed blowing the X-Wing fighter apart instead of merely nicking a mere astromech droid, but hey, we'll go with this.)
R2 comes back all beat up and C-3PO promises to gladly donate some of its circuits.
How much damage did R2 receive during the battle?
Was its "brain" destroyed and many (all?) of its memories zapped?
Answer
Based on what we see of what's in R2D2's dome, the answer seems to be very little important is in there. In other words, it's not his "head". It's unlikely they would leave it so exposed in the back of an X-Wing if it were
What we do see is
- A radar dish of some sort
- A periscope
- A hidden compartment Luke hides his lightsaber in
- Apparently the dark dome is his camera. He swivels this in canon to face what he's looking at.
- A holoprojector
- Various equipment to grab things. Most notably he can repair an X-Wing and serve drinks
What we don't see displayed here are core (mission critical) systems. Moreover, there wouldn't be a lot of room for said systems with so much crammed in there. Presumably, R2D2 was blind from having the dome destroyed. Possibly whatever circuits that he uses to communicate. But the core was clearly undamaged. Only his utility would have been affected.
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