However, while Yoda acts as though he had never met R2-D2 before, the Star Wars prequel trilogy, released decades later, revealed that Yoda was already well acquainted with the famous astromech droid.
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A story called “The First Lesson”, written by Jim Zub, explains that Yoda did in fact recognise the droid, but chose to remain silent.
“Even though the droid was caked with algae, dirt, and stomach fluid, its appearance and familiar blips were still quite recognisable.