Just watched the scene again-- that's wild! I never noticed that before. I'm surprised it's stayed in the film through all the re-releases over the years.

Silly you, that's not a goof. Don't you know astromechs can teleport?

Yeah I always noticed that

Secretly there was a second one

Did you guys know R2 D2 says the most language of anyone in Star Wars. Because of the rating, it’s bleeped out, hence why he speaks in bleeps and boops (JK).