The R2D2 Toy Everyone Wanted

I worked at Toys R Us back in the late 90s / early 2000s. The new/old Star Wars trilogy (Episodes 1,2,3) came out at the same time. This is just one of the many tales I collected from those days.

This essay was published in the Winter 2025 issue of Otherwise Engaged: A Literature and Arts Journal, volume 16. The journal is available to purchase through Amazon or the editor’s website.