Probably at the time he didn't even have the backstory in his head, but did Lucas ever explain why Obi-Wan Kenobi didn't recognize R2-D2 in "A New Hope"?
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1By Lucas do you literally mean George Lucas or do you mean Lucasfilm? – Valorum Aug 13 '19 at 09:38
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2Would you recognise your old phone from 20 years ago? Or just think "huh, I used to have one that looked like that..." The prequels show Astromechs as being common and mass produced - I doubt there's only one in the galaxy that's blue. – Chronocidal Aug 13 '19 at 14:32