The 8-page comic entitled "Artoo's Day Out" was penned by Ryder Windham and appeared in Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 1, a publication of Topps released in the autumn of 1994.
While C-3PO, serving Baron Pitareeze as a linguistic aide in commercial discussions, is engaged in these tasks, R2-D2 is left in charge of safeguarding the landspeeder. During this period, spice smugglers abscond with R2, taking him away from the world. Nevertheless, their vessel encounters a well-equipped security craft, prompting R2 to utilize an escape pod to swiftly return to the planet, arriving precisely as Pitareeze and Threepio reunite, as if no unusual events had transpired.