Make new friends, but keep the old ones silver and the others gold.
“Come with me, droid.”
“Droid, I order you to give me those stolen plans!”
“I recognize that voice… Little Ani, is that you?”
“Oh snap! C-3PO! How the hell are you?”
“Good, good. Can’t complain… Or maybe I can, because ever since you left it’s been human-after-human telling me what to do and treating me like crap. And yourself?”
“Oh you know… bringing order to this chaotic galaxy, slaughtering all those who dare oppose me. Regular stuff…”
“Anyway… about those stolen plans?”
“Oh yes… Here you go. SCREW THE REBELLION!”
“I’m so proud. My little Ani, all grown up, large and in charge! So slaughtering all those who dare oppose you, eh? Well do I have quite the list for you…”