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|name=FX-7
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|manufacturer=[[Medtech Industries/Legends|Medtech Industries]]
|line=[[FX-series medical assistant droid/Legends|FX-series medical assistant droid]]
|model=[[FX-7 medical assistant droid/Legends|FX-7 medical assistant droid]]
|class=[[Medical droid/Legends|Medical droid]]
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|height=1.7 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]]
|mass=55 [[Kilogram/Legends|kilograms]]<ref name="H2H">''[[Star Wars: Head-to-Head Tag Teams]]''</ref>
|gender=[[Gender/Legends|Masculine programming]]
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|affiliation=[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]]}}
'''FX-7''' (or '''FX7'''), also known as '''Fixit''', was a [[FX-7 medical assistant droid/Legends|FX-7 medical assistant droid]] in service to the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]] around the time of the [[Battle of Hoth/Legends|Battle of Hoth]].

==Biography==
[[File:FX7_btm.jpg|thumb|left|180px|FX-7 at work in Echo Base.]]
FX-7 was stationed in the Rebels secret [[Echo Base/Legends|Echo Base]] on the ice planet of [[Hoth/Legends|Hoth]]. He assisted both [[Human/Legends|Human]] and [[Droid/Legends|droid]] medics in the [[Echo Base medical lab]]. The droids ability to use its twenty retractable manipulator arms simultaneously proved useful to an understaffed medical bay. After the loss of [[Great Temple/Legends|Yavin Base]], the Alliance used any outmoded equipment they could find. This droid was certainly classed as outmoded but proved invaluable for its sophisticated medical, diagnostic and procedural programming. Although this droid was capable of speech, its speech synthesizer card was missing.

FX-7 assisted [[2-1B/Legends|2-1B]] on [[Hoth/Legends|Hoth]] after [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] was attacked by a [[Wampa/Legends|wampa]]. The droids built up a good rapport with one another, and had worked together for more than a year. Despite this, 2-1B would often state his superiority over his medical assistant, due to his egotistical droid personality.

FX-7 and 2-1B escaped Hoth aboard the [[GR-75 medium transport/Legends|GR-75 medium transport]] [[Bright Hope/Legends|''Bright Hope'']], the last transport to leave the planet. After the [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunters]] [[4-LOM/Legends|4-LOM]] and [[Zuckuss/Legends|Zuckuss]] rescued the passengers of the ''Bright Hope'', including the two medical droids, FX-7 was reassigned to the [[EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate/Legends|EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate]] [[Redemption/Legends|''Redemption'']].

==Behind the scenes==
FX-7's first appearance in the vintage 3 and 3/4 inch Kenner line came in 1980. Released on the new Empire cards, FX-7 is a unique figure in the original line. Consisting of a gray tubular body, a head that can be spun 360 degrees and can be extended upwards by an inch in height. Underneath the head is a rigid white arm terminating in a claw appendage, this arm is mounted on a spinning ring allowing it to be spun 360 degrees around the body. The main part of the body has eight white arms that can be opened out away from the body. Although these limbs have no joints, they can be slightly articulated at the elbow and shoulder. There is a major variation with the FX-7 figure in that two different head molds exist. One head being smaller with differently situated detail than the other. Another shorter FX-7 can be found on card, this figure is simply missing its glued on base that sometimes broke off during production. This shorter FX-7 is not classed as a true variation but merely a production mistake. FX-7 ran for 5 years through the Empire, Jedi and Tri-logo line. The next FX-7 figure to be released came in the Power Of The Jedi line in 2000-2002. This new figure offers a far more realistic look and greater attention to detail that the vintage toy. The addition of twice the number of articulated limbs of the vintage figure, jointed at the elbow and shoulder, add much more detail and capture a close likeness of the original production prop.

In ''[[Of Possible Futures: The Tale of Zuckuss and 4-LOM]]'', author [[M. Shayne Bell]] mistakenly and inexplicably varies between referring to FX-7 first as "Effour-Seven," and then calling the droid "Effex-Seven" once, the only time in the story the droid is correctly named, before again returning to calling him "Effour-Seven," all within the course of several paragraphs.

[[Star Wars Insider]] made use of FX-7's status as assistant to [[2-1B/Legends|2-1B]] in the latter's short-lived "advice column," [[Dear 2-1B]]. To counter the brash ego of the humanoid droid, the magazine's editors "brought in" FX-7 to answer reader mail in [[Star Wars Insider 55]].

==Appearances==
[[File:FX-7.jpg|thumb|FX-7 at work.]]
*''[[Star Wars: Tiny Death Star]]'' {{Nc}}
*''[[Star Wars: Battlefront]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Battlefront II]]''
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' novel]] {{1st}}
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' junior novel]]
*{{Film|V}}
*''[[The Empire Strikes Back: A Storybook]]'' {{Po}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 39|''Star Wars'' (1977) 39]]
*{{Shortstory|story=Of Possible Futures: The Tale of Zuckuss and 4-LOM|book=Tales of the Bounty Hunters}}
*{{Film|VI}}

==Sources==
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (toy line)|text=''Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back''|pack=FX-7 (Medical Droid)|link=VINtFX7.asp|archivedate=20190926213712}}
*{{Topps|set=1980 Topps Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Series 1|cardname=Luke's Fight For Life|link=https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/72967/cid/5255781/1980-Topps-The-Empire-Strikes-Back-26-Luke's-Fight-For-Life|archivedate=20201105052918}} {{Po}}
*{{Topps|set=1980 Topps Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Series 1|cardname=Rejuvenation Chamber|link=https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/72967/cid/5255782/1980-Topps-The-Empire-Strikes-Back-27-Rejuvenation-Chamber|archivedate=20201105052951}} {{Po}}
*{{Topps|set=1980 Topps Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Series 3|cardname=FX-7|link=https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/72967/cid/5256032/1980-Topps-The-Empire-Strikes-Back-277-FX-7|archivedate=20201105053804}}
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe]]''
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded]]''
*''[[Star Wars Technical Journal of the Rebel Forces]]'' {{Po}}
*''[[From Star Wars to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives]]''
*{{GalaxyCite|3|Galactic Bazaar|Galactic Bazaar: Strange Tales of Collecting Aliens}} {{Po}}
*''[[The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire]]''
*[[Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids]]''
*''[[Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary]]''
*{{InsiderCite|74|Who's Who in Echo Base}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive]]''
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary]]''
*{{CCG|set=Hoth Limited|cardname=Bacta Tank}} {{Po}}
*{{CCG|set=Hoth Limited|cardname=FX-7}}
*{{FFCite|1|MED1, ''2-1B Medical Droid (Too-Onebee)''}}
*{{FFCite|9|MAN2, ''Droid Manufacturers''}} {{Po}}
*{{FFCite|13|MED3, ''FX Medical Assistant''}} {{Po}}
*{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: Power of the Jedi|pack=FX-7 (Medical Droid)|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/POTJfx7.asp|archivedate=20190901170104}}
*{{GamerCite|7|Harbingers of Doom}}
*{{TCG|set=The Empire Strikes Back (TCG)|sformatted=''The Empire Strikes Back''|link=https://swtcg.com/Content/Images/Cards/ESB/FX_7_Medical_Assistance_Droid_A.webp?v=2|cardname=FX-7 Medical Assistance Droid (A)}}
*{{TCG|set=The Empire Strikes Back (TCG)|sformatted=''The Empire Strikes Back''|link=https://swtcg.com/Content/Images/Cards/ESB/Medical_Center.webp?v=2|cardname=Medical Center}} {{Po}}
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*{{SWGTCG|set=The Nightsister's Revenge|cardname=FX-7}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 38]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Head-to-Head Tag Teams]]''
*{{DB|droid|fx7|FX-7|archivedate=20100203061306}}
*{{FFGTCG|set=Assault on Echo Base|cardname=FX-7 Medical Assistant}} {{Po}}
*[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]] {{Po}}
*''[[Star Wars in 100 Scenes]]''
*{{InsiderCite|156|Launchpad|Launch Pad}}

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Alliance to Restore the Republic droids]]
[[Category:FX-series medical assistant droids]]
[[Category:Droids with masculine programming]]