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|death=[[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]], [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|DS-1 Orbital Battle Station]], [[Yavin system/Legends|Yavin system]]<ref name="SWE">''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''</ref>
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|manufacturer=[[Arakyd Industries/Legends|Arakyd Industries]]<ref name="FF">Non-Canon Ref</ref>
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|model=[[RA-7 protocol droid/Legends|RA-7 protocol droid]]<ref name="SWE" />
|class=[[Protocol droid/Legends|Protocol droid]]<ref name="SWE" />
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|gender=[[Gender/Legends|Masculine programming]]<ref name="SWE" />
|sensor=[[Color/Legends|Silver]]<ref name="A New Hope">{{Film|IV}}</ref>
|plating=Black<ref name="A New Hope" />
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|affiliation=*[[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]]<ref name="CCG">{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=Premiere-Dark/large/5d6ra7.gif|cardname=5D6-RA-7}}</ref>
**[[Imperial Intelligence/Legends|Imperial Intelligence]]<ref name="SWE" />
**[[Imperial Security Bureau/Legends|Imperial Security Bureau]]<ref name="CCG" />}}
'''5D6-RA-7''' was an [[RA-7 protocol droid/Legends|RA-7 protocol droid]] manufactured by [[Arakyd Industries/Legends|Arakyd Industries]] who served as a [[Spy/Legends|spy]] for the [[Imperial Security Bureau/Legends|Imperial Security Bureau]] and [[Imperial Intelligence/Legends|Imperial Intelligence]]. Investigating [[Imperial officer/Legends|Imperial officers]] whose loyalty was in question, the [[Protocol droid/Legends|protocol droid]] served as a staff [[Aide/Legends|aide]] to the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire's]] [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Conan Antonio Motti/Legends|Conan Antonio Motti]] by [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]]. In that [[Standard year/Legends|year]], 5D6-RA-7 was present aboard the [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|DS-1 Orbital Battle Station]] prior to the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]]. During the battle itself, the [[Droid/Legends|droid]] was [[Death/Legends|destroyed]] when the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]] destroyed the [[Space station/Legends|station]] over the [[Yavin system/Legends|Yavin system]].

==Biography==
Manufactured by [[Arakyd Industries/Legends|Arakyd Industries]],<ref name="FF" /> 5D6-RA-7<ref name="CCG" /> was an [[RA-7 protocol droid/Legends|RA-7 protocol droid]] with [[Gender/Legends|masculine programming]]. By [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]],<ref name="SWE" /> the [[Protocol droid/Legends|protocol droid]] served in the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire's]] [[Imperial Security Bureau/Legends|Imperial Security Bureau]] as a [[Spy/Legends|spy]] who secretly investigated [[Imperial officer/Legends|Imperial officers]] whose loyalty was in question,<ref name="CCG" /> and reported on the [[Officer/Legends|officers]] to the Bureau.<ref name="TCG">{{JKTCG|set=Masters of the Force (Jedi Knights TCG)|link=http://www.decipher.com/jediknights/cardlists/mastersoftheforce/large/225d6ra7staffaide.html|cardname=5D6-RA-7 • Staff Aide}}</ref> He was also a spy for [[Imperial Intelligence/Legends|Imperial Intelligence]].<ref name="SWE" />

[[File:Admiral_Motti.png|thumb|left|250px|Admiral Conan Antonio Motti, for whom 5D6-RA-7 served as a staff aide]]
By [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]], 5D6-RA-7 served as an [[Aide/Legends|aide]] to the staff of Imperial [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Conan Antonio Motti/Legends|Conan Antonio Motti]]. Both 5D6-RA-7 and Motti were aboard the [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|DS-1 Orbital Battle Station]] in that [[Standard year/Legends|year]].<ref name="SWE" /> During an infiltration by eventual [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]] members [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] and [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]], the [[Droid/Legends|droid]] walked through one of the [[Space station/Legends|station's]] corridors and unknowingly passed by the pair&mdash;disguised as [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtroopers]] [[TK-421/Legends|TK-421]] and [[TK-422]] with Solo's ally [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] as an apparent [[Prisoner/Legends|prisoner]]&mdash;as the infiltrators were waiting for a [[Turbolift/Legends|turbolift]].<ref name="A New Hope" />

Skywalker, Solo, and Chewbacca eventually [[Rescue of Princess Leia/Legends|rescued]] one of the Empire's prisoners, the Alliance's [[Prince/Legends|Princess]] [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]], and escaped the DS-1 Orbital Battle Station with Organa.<ref name="A New Hope" /> Not too long after, the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]] occurred, with the Alliance's [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighters]] attacking and destroying the DS-1 Orbital Battle Station over the [[Yavin system/Legends|Yavin system]]. 5D6-RA-7 was [[Death/Legends|destroyed]] while Motti was also killed during the station's destruction.<ref name="SWE" />

==Characteristics==
5D6-RA-7 was particularly<ref name="TCG" /> foul-tempered, as well as vindictive, and was feared by other droids.<ref name="CCG" /> He had [[Color/Legends|black]] plating and silver [[Sensor/Legends|sensors]].<ref name="A New Hope" />

==Behind the scenes==
[[File:5DK.png|thumb|right|250px|5D6-RA-7 in ''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']]
5D6-RA-7 first appeared in the [[1977]] [[original trilogy]] film [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']].<ref name="A New Hope" /> His scene was filmed from [[May 5]]-[[May 10]], [[1976]] at Stage 9 of [[Elstree Studios]].<ref name="Making of">''[[The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film]]''</ref> In [[1995]], the droid's name was coined by the ''[[A New Hope Limited]]'' set of the [[Decipher, Inc.]] [[Star Wars Customizable Card Game|''Star Wars'' Customizable Card Game]], although the image used for the droid is not an image from the ''A New Hope'' film.<ref name="CCG" /> However, the ''A New Hope'' film's droid was confirmed to indeed be 5D6-RA-7 in the CD-ROM ''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]'',<ref name="BtM">''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]''</ref> released [[September 1]], [[1998]].<ref name="Cargo">{{SWArchive|subdomain=cargobay|url=webapps/cargobay/item-detail/719|text=Star Wars: Behind the Magic|archivedate=20080906131038}}</ref>

Inconsistencies lie with 5D6-RA-7's name. The [[June 30]], 1998<ref name="San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives">{{SWYoutube|-BZX-WxjhFE|San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives, Brand New LEGO Art, and More!|archivedate=20200703022849}}</ref> ''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]]'',<ref name="SWE" /> along with an [[October]] [[2008]] ''[[Star Wars: The Legacy Collection]]'' Build A Droid figure by [[Hasbro Inc.]],<ref name="TLC">'{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: The Legacy Collection|pack=5D6-RA7 (Build-A-Droid)|altlink=https://www.jeditemplearchives.com/legacy/evg/5D6-RA-7-Build-A-Droid-The-Legacy-Collection.html|archivedate=20210120162012}}</ref> and the [[December 9]], [[2008]]<ref name="release date">{{SWArchive|url=vault/books/news20080926.html|text=Inside ''The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia''|archivedate=20080927194545}}</ref> ''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]'', would identify the droid as 5D6-RA7.<ref name="CSWE">{{CSWECite|I|250|5D6-RA7}}</ref> [[Stephen J. Sansweet]]'s [[1999]] reference book ''[[Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive]]'' would call him 5DK-RA-7.<ref name="AFA">''[[Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive]]''</ref> Additionally, the 5D6-RA-7 action figure released by ''Star Wars: The Legacy Collection'' depicted the droid with gold sensors instead of silver.<ref name="TLC" /> This article treats all of the contradictions as errors, and treats 5D6-RA-7 as the [[in-universe]] name for the droid.

==Appearances==
*{{Film|IV}} {{1st}}
*[[Star Wars (Mighty Chronicles)|''Star Wars'' (Mighty Chronicles)]]
*''[[Star Wars Manga: A New Hope 3]]''

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*{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=Premiere-Dark/large/5d6ra7.gif|cardname=5D6-RA-7}} {{1stID}}
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*{{JKTCG|set=Masters of the Force (Jedi Knights TCG)|link=http://www.decipher.com/jediknights/cardlists/mastersoftheforce/large/225d6ra7staffaide.html|cardname=5D6-RA-7 • Staff Aide}}
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*{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: The Legacy Collection|pack=5D6-RA7 (Build-A-Droid)|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/TLCBAD5D6RA7.asp|archivedate=20170815204208}} {{ID|5D6-RA7}}
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*''[[Star Wars Widevision: The Original Topps Trading Card Series, Volume One]]''}}

==Notes and references==
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