R2-X2 was a green and white^[5] R2 series astromech droid that served in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War against the Galactic Empire.^[2] In 0 BBY,^[1] it was at the Alliance's headquarters within the Great Temple on the moon of Yavin 4 and attended a briefing by General Jan Dodonna on the Alliance's plans to attack the Imperial Death Star superweapon. R2-X2 was then later loaded into the astromech socket of a T-65B X-wing starfighter in the temple's hangar bay which soon launched as part of Red Squadron to destroy the Death Star.^[2] It flew with Theron Nett as Red Ten^[6] but both were killed when their X-wing starfighter was shot down.^[2]

Behind the scenes[]

R2-X2 first appeared in the 1977 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.^[2] The droid was then first identified on a card in the "Premiere Limited" set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game released in 1995.^[7] The name was then first used in canon by the Japanese gacha toy Star Wars Pullback Droid when it was released in June 2015.^[8]

Appearances[]

• Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)

Non-canon appearances[]

• Disney Infinity 3.0

Sources[]

• Star Wars Pullback Droid (Pack: R2-X2) (First identified as R2-X2)
• Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition (Picture only)
• Star Wars: Destiny — Across the Galaxy (Card: Targeting Astromech) (backup link)
• Star Wars: The Black Series (Pack: Red Squadron) (backup link)
• Star Wars Day-at-a-Time Calendar 2020 (Picture only)
• "Republic, Rebel, and Resistance Starfighters" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Starfighter only)

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