Verizon Wireless’ DroidLanding Twitter feed, which gained over 20,000 followers during July’s nationwide Droid X scavenger hunt, is back in action today after a month-long hiatus. The new post leads to a cryptic audio clip of an “R2D2″ transmission labeled “Attack Pattern Alpha 1.”

An e-mail dispatched to customers who opted-in for more information about the Droid 2 R2D2 edition indicates that “plans for the DROID R2-D2 have been intercepted by sinister agents of the Empire and scattered across the internet” and that “[i]ntrepid members of the Alliance who succeed in uncovering the lost schematics will be rewarded handsomely – with a new DROID R2-D2 device.”

As the second phone heralded by a VZW scavenger hunt, we’re curious to see how hyped this interesting-looking phone gets. A white Droid is definitely a cool option, but I think you have to be a real Star Wars fan to appreciate this Droid’s looks… so I will have to leave that up to Aaron. He’ll take care of giving you the details on this collectible handset once we get our grubby green paws on it.

VZW’s Droid Does site indicates that the R2 will only be available online Sept. 30… how successful do you think the R2D2 Droid will be?

SOURCES: @DROIDLANDING, VZW