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[Star Wars] So can EVERY astromech droid open ANY door ANYWHERE in the galaxy, or is R2D2 special?

I was watching the Star Wars marathon this weekend for the billionth time and it really strikes me as odd that a droid built to help fly X-wings can break into any door on any planet, or any door on the Death Star. Why do they even HAVE doors in Star Wars if any $20 droid can just open them?
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R2-D2 is special, sort-of.

Astromechs - in fact most droids -  routinely have their memories wiped, rendering them back to factory default. They are 100% artificially intelligent and can learn and grow beyond their programming. Artoo never had his memory wiped, and has decades of knowledge and experience. He's quite gifted at hacking computer systems.

You see this with some other droids that have avoided memory wipes: Chopper, K-2SO, LOM-4, IG-88...