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R3-T2 was an R3-series astromech droid with red, blue, and white paneling. They lived in Mos Eisley spaceport on the planet Tatooine and in 9 BBY stood in one of the streets when a transport carrying three Inquisitors landed nearby. In 0 BBY, the droid passed by a X-34 landspeeder as they moved along Corporations Road in the spaceport.
Biography[]
R3-T2 was an R3-series astromech droid resident of the spaceport of Mos Eisley on the planet Tatooine during the Imperial Era.[1] In 9 BBY,[4] the droid was stood among the crowds on one of Mos Eisley's streets when the transport[5] Scythe[6] flew overhead and landed nearby to allow three Sith Inquisitors to disembark, although the droid did not turn to face the Inquisitors with the rest of the crowd.[5]
In 0 BBY,[7] R3-T2 was rolling down[3] Corporations Road[8] in Mos Eisley when an X-34 landspeeder carrying the locals Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi and Skywalker's droids, R2-D2 and C-3PO, passed them. A recklessly piloted Flare-S swoop[8] then caused a ronto to rear up in front of R3-T2, causing a Jawa to fall from the ronto's back in front of the droid. The astromech droid later passed by the same landspeeder again outside Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina.[3]
Characteristics[]
Standing 1.09 meters tall,[2] R3-T2 had a black sensor on their red dome and white-and-blue paneling on their chassis.[3] They were part of the R-series manufactured by Industrial Automaton.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
![R3-T2-Ronto-ANH](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/f/fb/R3-T2-Ronto-ANH.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20220914094622)
R3-T2 (far right) first appeared in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
R3-T2 first appeared in the 1977 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.[3] The droid's scene was shot between April 2 and April 4, 1976 on location in Djerba, Tunisia.[9] The droid was recreated based on the original for the Obi-Wan Kenobi television series, with the crew using R3-T2 as the model's identifier.[10] R3-T2's scene was shot on the fourteenth day of shooting for the series[11] and the droid then appeared in the show's first episode,[5] which aired on May 27, 2022.[12]
In the current Star Wars canon, the droid was first identified in the 2016 reference book written by Michael Kogge included in the Star Wars: R2-D2 Deluxe Book and Model Set.[1] The designation originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where they were first used on the "R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)" card in the Special Edition Limited expansion set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game, which was released by Decipher, Inc. in 1998.[13]
A LEGO figure of R3-T2 was created for the 2018 set "75198 Tatooine Battle Pack."[14] Images of this figure were re-used in the 2023 non-canon reference book LEGO Star Wars Galaxy Mission to represent the separate character R2-Z2C. The book was written by Julia March with LEGO models by Rod Gillies.[15]
Appearances[]
Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I"
- Obi-Wan Kenobi 1
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
Sources[]
- Ultimate Star Wars (Picture only)
- Star Wars: R2-D2 Deluxe Book and Model Set (First identified as R3-T2)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations (Picture only)
LEGO Classic Star Wars (Set: 75198 Tatooine Battle Pack)
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition (Picture only)
- The Star Wars Archives: Episodes IV–VI, 1977–1983 (Picture only)
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition (Picture only)
- Star Wars Day-at-a-Time Calendar 2021 (Picture only)
- The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I–III, 1999–2005 (Picture only)
- A Galaxy for Everyone (Picture only)
Part I Episode Guide | Obi-Wan Kenobi on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (Video clip only)
Star Wars: Droid Factory (Pack: Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Figure Set) (backup link)
Ronto in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars: R2-D2 Deluxe Book and Model Set
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
R3-S1 in the Databank (backup link) states that R3-series astromech droids are 1.09 meters tall. As Star Wars: R2-D2 Deluxe Book and Model Set shows R3-T2 to be an R3-series astromech droid, it must be 1.09 meters tall.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates
Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I" to 9 BBY.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2
Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I"
- ↑
Inquisitor Transport Scythe on LEGO's official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events on Tatooine in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope to 0 BBY.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ The Making of Star Wars
- ↑
Part I Trivia Gallery | Obi-Wan Kenobi on StarWars.com (backup link) (Slide 1)
- ↑ Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
- ↑
Obi-Wan Kenobi (@obiwankenobi) on Twitter (May 27, 2022): "The time for #ObiWanKenobi has arrived…early. Start streaming the first two episodes on @DisneyPlus TONIGHT at 9PM PT." (backup link)
- ↑
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Special Edition Limited (Card: R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)) (backup link)
- ↑
LEGO Classic Star Wars (Set: 75198 Tatooine Battle Pack)
- ↑ LEGO Star Wars Galaxy Mission