R3-T2/Legends
R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo) was an R3-series astromech droid who was the property of an abusive crew of pirates. By the year 0 BBY, R3-T2 had escaped its owners and roamed the streets of the desert planet Tatooine's Mos Eisley spaceport, avoiding capture by its former masters.
Biography
Manufactured by Industrial Automaton,[1] R3-T2, also spelled "Arthree-Teetoo,"[3] was one of the few R3-series astromech droids to avoid service aboard the warships built during the Galactic Civil War. For many years, the droid was the property of an abusive crew of pirates based in Mos Eisley,[1] a spaceport located on the desert planet Tatooine.[4]
Finally at the end of its electronic tether, R3-T2 escaped from its tormentors[1] by 0 BBY[5] and was a refugee from that day forth, constantly roaming the spaceport to avoid capture,[1] though its owner remained a mystery to some.[6] Shortly before the Battle of Yavin, the droid was wandering the streets of Mos Eisley[3] when it passed an X-34 landspeeder carrying Tatooine locals Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.[2]
Characteristics
The astromech droid R3-T2 had a mostly red dome, white body plating with blue trim, and a black photoreceptor.[2] Unlike most R3 units, R3-T2 did not have a clear plastex dome.[3]
R3-T2 was equipped with an Intellex V droid brain. Its former masters enhanced the astromech droid with an increased memory capacity, as well as special programming that made it equally capable of enhancing or sabotaging a starship's hyperdrive systems.[1] The droid was adapted for survival on Tatooine,[6] a desert world.[2]
Behind the scenes
R3-T2 appears in the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope as one of the droid extras roaming the Mos Eisley spaceport during the arrival of Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.[2] The droid was first identified by name and given a brief backstory on the "R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)" card from the 1998 Special Edition Limited expansion set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game from Decipher, Inc.[7]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- A More Wretched Hive: The Mos Eisley Cantina
Sources
- Star Wars: Chronicles (Picture only)
1997 Topps Star Wars Special Edition (Card: #14 Ext. Mos Eisley) (backup link) (Picture only)- 1997 Topps Star Wars Special Edition (Card: #15 Ext. Mos Eisley) (backup link) (Picture only)
- 1997 Topps Star Wars Special Edition (Card: #17 Ext. Mos Eisley) (backup link) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Behind the Magic (Picture only)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Special Edition Limited (Card: R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)) (backup link) (First identified as R3-T2)- Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive (Picture only)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 11 (AST3, Astromech Droids)
Star Wars Trading Card Game – Rogues and Scoundrels (Card: Streets Of Tatooine) (backup link) (Picture only)- Creating the Worlds of Star Wars: 365 Days (Picture only)
Star Wars: The Saga Collection (Pack: Astromech Droid Pack Series I) (backup link not verified!)- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 44 (R3 1, R3 Units)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Non-Canon Ref
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 70 ("R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)")
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 224 ("Tatooine")
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology dates the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which includes R3-T2's time in Mos Eisley, to the year 0 BBY.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: The Saga Collection (Pack: Astromech Droid Pack Series I) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Special Edition Limited (Card: R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)) (backup link)