Via
The Official Star Wars Blog:
"Our beloved astromech seems to be popping up everywhere. First
R2-D2 shows up in Star Trek. And now the film’s visual-effects supervisor, who also worked on
Return of the Jedi and
The Phantom Menace, and the same screenwriting team who wrote him into
Star Trek, are saying Artoo is in their new movie
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen..."
“There’s an R2-D2 flying around in there somewhere,” revealed ILM’s Scott Farrar, the film’s visual-effects supervisor, who also worked on the Star Wars episodes Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace. “There’s a little bit of space junk thrown in there; see if you can find it. It’s a scene in the desert.” Interestingly enough, George Lucas’ charismatic droid also had a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo in Star Trek, which shares the same writing team as Transformers. Is it a coincidence? “Perhaps,” screenwriter Alex Kurtzman grinned mischievously. “Perhaps not.”
