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|manufacturer=[[Industrial Automaton/Legends|Industrial Automaton]]<ref name="TNEGTD manufacturer">''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]'' establishes that the [[R5-series astromech droid]]s were made by [[Industrial Automaton/Legends|Industrial Automaton]]. As ''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]'' states that the [[Astromech droid/Legends|droid]] was an R5 unit, it must have been manufactured by Industrial Automaton, as well.</ref>
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|height=1 [[Imperial standard meter|meter]]<ref name="TNEGTD height">''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]'' establishes that the [[R5-series astromech droid]]s were a "[[Imperial standard meter|meter]]-high stack." According to ''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]'', this [[Astromech droid/Legends|droid]] was an R5 unit, therefore it also had the same height.</ref>
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*[[Unidentified Tatooine moisture farmer|Tatooine moisture farmer]]<ref name="Jedi Academy">''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]''</ref>}}
{{Quote|Now, what have we here? Hmm&hellip;Hey, haven't I seen you before? Seems like I'm always fixing this burnout!|G2-9T|<ref name="Star Tours" />}}
'''R5-D2''', often referred to simply as '''R5''', was a [[Gender/Legends|masculine]] [[R5-series astromech droid]] who served part of [[Star Tours/Legends|Star Tours]]' technical pool until he burnt out in a tour accident and had to have parts replaced by the [[maintenance droid]] [[G2-9T/Legends|G2-9T]]. The droid eventually became the property of a [[Unidentified Tatooine moisture farmer|Tatooine moisture farmer]] and was involved in the [[Disciples of Ragnos]] crisis in [[14 ABY/Legends|14 ABY]].

==Biography==
===Star Tours===
[[File:G2-Droid.jpg|thumb|left|225px|G2-9T repairing R5-D2]]
{{Quote|Now, was I supposed to weld that logic module positive to positive, or negative to negative? No, no, I'm positive it was negative to positive, absolutely positive.|G2-9T tries to remember how to install a logic module into R5-D2|<ref name="Star Tours" />}}
Around the [[Standard year/Legends|year]] [[21 BBY/Legends|21 BBY]],<ref name="SW Annual 2011">''[[Star Wars Annual 2011]]''</ref> R5-D2,<ref name="R5-D2">{{HasbroCite|set=Star Tours|text=|pack=R5-D2|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/sw03str5d2.asp|archivedate=20190906180918}}</ref> often referred to simply as R5,<ref name="Complete Guide to Star Tours" /> was on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Ukio/Legends|Ukio]].<ref name="Act on Instinct">''[[The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct]]''</ref> Around [[1 BBY/Legends|1 BBY]],<ref name="Convenient Daily Departures">{{SW|url=news/convenient-daily-departures-the-history-of-star-tours|text=Convenient Daily Departures: The History of ''Star Tours''|int=Convenient Daily Departures: The History of Star Tours}}</ref> [[Gender/Legends|he]]<ref name="Complete Guide to Star Tours" /> served as a [[Navigator/Legends|navigator]]<ref name="Star Tours" /> in [[Star Tours/Legends|Star Tours]]' technical pool<ref name="CSWE">{{CSWECite|III|71|R5-D2}}</ref> at [[Spaceport THX1138]]<ref name="The Adventures Continue" /> until he burnt out<ref name="Star Tours" /> on a routine flight and had to undergo repairs,<ref name="Complete Guide to Star Tours" /> including the replacement of his [[Logic module/Legends|logic module]],<ref name="Star Tours" /> by the [[maintenance droid]] [[G2-9T/Legends|G2-9T]] in [[Tomorrowland Starport]]. However, due to the [[Droid/Legends|droid's]] low productivity, it was unknown how long it would take to fix R5-D2.<ref name="Complete Guide to Star Tours" /> In [[4 ABY/Legends|4.3 ABY]],<ref name="KOTHB">{{Blog|holocron|7|Death Star timeline|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee|archivedate=20100820051239}}</ref> he was still being repaired by G2-9T prior to the departure of [[Star Tours Flight 45]] on an [[Battle of Death Star III|ill-fated flight]] to the [[Forest/Legends|Forest]] [[Moon/Legends|Moon]] of [[Endor/Legends|Endor]].<ref name="Star Tours" />

===Service to a moisture farmer===
<div style="float:right">[[File:Tatr5.jpg|thumb|150px|R5-D2 during his service to the Tatooine moisture farmer]]</div>
Years later, R5-D2 ended up in service of a [[Unidentified Tatooine moisture farmer|moisture farmer]] who lived on the [[Desert/Legends|desert]] [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]<ref name="Jedi Academy" /> in [[14 ABY/Legends|14 ABY]].<ref name="Date">The events of the ''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]'' video game are dated to [[14 ABY/Legends|14 ABY]] by ''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''.</ref>

The [[Moisture farmer/Legends|farmer]] ordered the [[Astromech droid/Legends|droid]] to record a conversation about the [[Disciples of Ragnos]]&mdash;a [[Sith cult/Legends|Sith cult]] that was trying to [[Scepter of Ragnos|revive]] the [[Death/Legends|dead]] [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] [[Marka Ragnos]]&mdash;that the [[Moisture farm/Legends|farmer]] overheard in a local [[Cantina/Legends|cantina]]. When the [[Farm/Legends|farmer]] became fearful of reprisals from the cult, the individual sold the [[R-series/Legends|R-series]] [[Droid/Legends|droid]] to a band of [[Jawa/Legends|Jawa]] [[Scavenger/Legends|scavengers]], before leaving Tatooine.<ref name="Jedi Academy" />

===Jaden Korr's mission===
{{Gamemechanics|Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy}}
{{Quote|Well! You're still in one piece, so you must have handled yourself alright. Let's get this droid back to the Academy.|Kyle Katarn, to Jaden Korr|<ref name="Jedi Academy" />}}
[[File:Droid_rescued.png|thumb|left|250px|The R5 unit and Jaden Korr meet with Kyle Katarn.]]
When the [[New Jedi Order]] found out about the droid,<ref name="Jedi Academy" /> the [[Human/Legends|Human]] [[Gender/Legends|male]]<ref name="Crosscurrent">''[[Crosscurrent]]''</ref> [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Jedi Initiate/Legends|Padawan]] [[Jaden Korr]] [[Mission to Tatooine (Disciples of Ragnos crisis)|journeyed]] to purchase the droid from the Jawas. The Jedi had to fight his way through [[Tusken Raider/Legends|Tusken Raiders]] that had attacked and killed all the Jawas, but eventually he located the R5 unit aboard the Jawas' [[Sandcrawler/Legends|sandcrawler]] and retrieved it.<ref name="Jedi Academy" />

After the two reunited with Korr's [[Jedi Master/Legends|Master]], [[Kyle Katarn]], the droid was taken by the Jedi to the [[Jedi Praxeum]] on the [[Moon/Legends|moon]] [[Yavin 4/Legends|Yavin 4]]. There, Jedi Master [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] intended to have his astromech droid [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]] analyze the Tatooine droid's [[Memory core|memory banks]] in order to learn more information about the Disciples of Ragnos.<ref name="Jedi Academy" />
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==Characteristics==
{{Quote|Well, I was just wondering if you could tell me where this goes? See, I wasn't really online when they were programming us for logic repairs. Usually I can figure it out, but these old R5's are kinda built backwards, know what I mean? Heh! No, you don't know what I mean&hellip;|G2-9T asks for advice while attempting to repair R5-D2|<ref name="Star Tours" />}}
R5-D2 was a masculine<ref name="Complete Guide to Star Tours" /> [[R5-series astromech droid]],<ref name="Star Tours" /> a low-cost model of the popular [[R-series/Legends|R-series]] [[Astromech droid/Legends|astromech droid]] line manufactured by [[Industrial Automaton/Legends|Industrial Automaton]].<ref name="TNEGTD manufacturer" /> He had [[Color/Legends|white]] plating with a red trim, portions of which were battered and scorched black after the droid burnt out<ref name="Star Tours" /> during a routine flight that necessitated him undergoing repairs,<ref name="Complete Guide to Star Tours" /> a pair of blue [[Photoreceptor/Legends|photoreceptors]].<ref name="The Adventures Continue" /> The droid stood one [[Imperial standard meter|meter]] tall,<ref name="TNEGTD height" /> and was a [[Second-degree droid|second-degree]] unit specializing in technical works.<ref name="TNEGTD degree">''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]'' establishes that technical [[Droid/Legends|droids]] such as [[Astromech droid/Legends|astromech droids]] were [[second-degree droid]]s. As ''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]'' states that this droid was an astromech droid, it can also be classified as a second-degree unit.</ref> The droid communicated with other individuals by using [[Binary/Legends|droidspeak]].<ref name="Jedi Academy" />

==Behind the scenes==
{{Quote|Keg-shaped droid damaged on routine flight. With G2-9T doing the repairs, who knows when he'll be back on the job.|"R5"'s description in ''Complete Guide to Star Tours''|<ref name="Complete Guide to Star Tours" />}}
R5-D2 was created for the [[1987]] [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] [[Wikipedia:Simulator ride|simulator ride]] [[Wikipedia:Amusement park|theme park]] attraction [[Star Tours (real-world)|''Star Tours'']], where he was featured in the ride's queue at each of its locations, which included each of Disney's resorts excluding [[Wikipedia:Hong Kong Disneyland|Hong Kong Disneyland]] and [[Wikipedia:Shanghai Disney Resort|Shanghai Disney Resort]].<ref name="Star Tours" /> He first appeared in a [[1986]] ''Star Tours'' [[George Lucas' Star Tours|promotional film]] that aired on [[Wikipedia:The ABC Sunday Night Movie|''The ABC Sunday Night Movie'']].<ref name="The ABC Sunday Night Movie">[[George Lucas' Star Tours|George Lucas' ''Star Tours'']]</ref> Although information on the droid was provided in ''[[Complete Guide to Star Tours]]'',<ref name="Complete Guide to Star Tours" /> he was without a proper designation until an action figure of the droid designating him R5-D2 was released in [[2003]] as part of the [[Wikipedia:Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|Disney Parks]] exclusive ''[[Star Wars: Star Tours]]'' toy line.<ref name="R5-D2" /> A [[StarWars.com]] news story prior to the toy's release claimed that the droid was actually [[R5-D4/Legends|R5-D4]] with a new head design, but the toy itself properly identified him.<ref name="Collection III">{{SWArchive|url=collecting/news/hasbro/news20030325.html|text=''Star Tours'' Collection III|archivedate=20080528034422}}</ref>

An R5-series astromech droid also appeared in the [[2003]] [[LucasArts]] [[video game]] ''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]''. While not identified by name in the game itself, the game files referred to the droid as "R5-D2." The game requires the player&mdash;taking on the role of Jaden Korr&mdash;to complete four out of five optional missions in order to proceed with the main story line, with the mission to recover the droid being one of such optional assignments. This article assumes full completion of the game, therefore it includes Korr's mission to retrieve the droid.<ref name="Jedi Academy" />

==Appearances==
*''[[The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct]]''
*''[[Star Tours: The Adventures Continue]]'' {{C|Paris only}}
*[[Star Tours (real-world)|''Star Tours'']] {{1stc}}
*''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]''

===Non-canon appearances===
*[[George Lucas' Star Tours|George Lucas' ''Star Tours'']] {{1st}}

==Sources==
*''[[Complete Guide to Star Tours]]'' {{C|As "R5"}}
*{{SWArchive|url=collecting/news/hasbro/news20030325.html|text=''Star Tours'' Collection III|archivedate=20080528034422}}
*{{HasbroCite|set=Star Tours|text=|pack=R5-D2|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/sw03str5d2.asp|archivedate=20190906180918}} {{1stID|R5-D2}}
*{{InsiderCite|104|Star Tours: Taking Off on a Star Tour}}
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*{{EndorExpress|database/r5-d2|R5-D2|archivedate=20200822111240}}
*{{EndorExpress|2013/05/retro-tokyo-a-look-back-at-tdls-star-tours-before-it-was-updated|Retro-Tokyo! A look back at TDL's Star Tours before it was updated&hellip;|archivedate=20170907183850}}
*{{EndorExpress|star-wars-adventures/star-tours/2009/08/star-tours-transcript|Star Tours Transcript|archivedate=20200822111032}}

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