Has R2-D2 ever used its rocket thrusters to fly outside of Attack of the Clones?

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In Attack of the Clones, R2-D2 uses rocket thrusters to fly around the droid factory on Geonosis. To my knowledge, the droid never uses them to fly around in any of the other films (and it has already been asked Why did R2-D2 not fly in Return of the Jedi?).

Has there been any other work, in Disney Canon or in Legends, in which R2-D2 has used its rocket thrusters to fly? If not, has there ever been a reason given for why the droid has not used them since?

Valorum · Accepted Answer

He uses them again (very briefly) in the next film, Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith in the scene in the hangar:

and again later in the scene, to escape from a pile of debris:

Phyneas · Answer

Yes, several times in The Clone Wars cartoon. For example in S01E07, "Duel of the Droids", he uses them at the end of the episode to escape onto Anakin's ship.

And a link to a high-quality webm of the scene and a smaller version of the same clip

Jack B Nimble · Answer

R2D2 uses his rockets quite a bit in The Clone Wars cartoon.

At one point R2-D2 is part of a special droid task force and has his rockets upgraded for the mission. "Secret Weapons" The Clone Wars s5:e10.
As @Richard says he appears to have used them in Revenge of the Sith as well (although I had no memory of it).

GreenMatt · Answer

Early in Revenge of the Sith R2D2 briefly uses its thrusters to start a fire (after spraying some sort of black combustible liquid - possibly oil) to destroy 2 droids as Anakin and Obi-Wan are elsewhere attempting to save Palpatine, as shown in this clip:

Has R2-D2 ever used its rocket thrusters to fly outside of Attack of the Clones?

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