R2-D7

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"For an unintelligent machine, the I.D.A. seems to have a mind of its own. Poor R2-D7 has a hard time getting it to work."
―Complete Guide to Star Tours[3]

R2-D7 was a conical-headed R-series astromech droid who worked at the Star Tours travel agency's Tomorrowland Starport, tending to StarSpeeder 3000s and operating the Inventory Droid Assistant.[3]

Biography

By 4.3 ABY,[4] R2-D7 tended to StarSpeeder 3000s[1] at the Star Tours travel agency's Tomorrowland Starport. Using its scomp link, the droid also operated the track control[2] for the Inventory Droid Assistant to bring replacement parts from inventory to the starport's Droidnostics Center[3] under a Mon Calamari supervisor.[2] However, the I.D.A. seemed to have a mind of its own and R2-D7 had a hard time getting it to work.[3]

Characteristics

R2-D7 was a conical-headed,[1] second-degree[5] astromech droid[1] with a black photoreceptor and white plating, featuring a silver and teal trim. It was also equipped with a scomp link.[2]

Behind the scenes

R2-D7 was originally created for the[2] 1987[6] Disney simulator ride theme park attraction Star Tours. It was featured in the ride's queue at each of its locations, which included each of Disney's resorts excluding Hong Kong Disneyland and Shanghai Disney Resort.[2] The droid was first identified by a "Spot the Droid" poster displayed at Tokyo Disneyland's Star Tours attraction.[7]

An action figure of R2-D7 was released in 2002 as part of the Disney Parks exclusive Star Wars: Star Tours toy line. However, it was misidentified as R4-M9,[8] an astromech droid whose 2002 Star Wars: Power of the Jedi action figure the former was recolored from.[9]

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 70 ("R2-D7")
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Star Tours
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Complete Guide to Star Tours
  4. ↑ According to "Death Star timeline" – Keeper of the Holocron's Blog, Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (content now obsolete; archived from the original) , the events of the Star Tours can be dated to 4.3 ABY.
  5. ↑ According to The New Essential Guide to Droids, astromech droids are classified as second-degree droids.
  6. ↑ StarWars.com Imagineering Star Tours, Part 3: Visual Effects (and Disney) Magic on StarWars.com (backup link not verified!)
  7. ↑ Retro-Tokyo! A look back at TDL's Star Tours before it was updated… on EndorExpress (backup link)
  8. ↑ Star Wars: Star Tours (Pack: R4-M9) (backup link not verified!)
  9. ↑ Star Wars: Power of the Jedi (Pack: R4-M9) (backup link not verified!)

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