The Mandalorian R5 D4
The character made only a brief appearance in a new hope but hes still important to the overarching star wars saga.
The mandalorian r5 d4. That droid is of course one of the most influential and under appreciated characters of the original star wars movies our grubby red pal r5 d4. To help the mandalorian she calls a droid from her hangar. Im talking about r5 goddamn d4.
Most of us know r5 as the red droid that was. The film introduced the droid as one of many in the possession of the jawas on tatooine at the time when they captured c 3po and r2 d2. As r5 faced the same problems that plagued his line of astromech droids he became frustrated over time as a result.
The brand new star wars tv series created by jon favreau the mandalorian may feature r5 d4 from a new hope. What happened to the little astromech after that tragic day has remained a mystery until nowbut with favreau teasing us with this awesome first look it would appear we are set for more adventures alongside r5 d4. R5 was last seen being carted away by jawas following his sudden malfunction which caused his motivator to overload.
This particular droid from 1977s original star wars was only ever referred to by its color as in. R5 d4 was an r5 unit with a white and red chassis. Set to debut on disneys upcoming streaming platform disney plus the series will take place between return of the jedi and the force awakens possibly allowing fans to learn about what happened to the said droid following its debut.
In said film luke skywalker mark hamill goes off to purchase from the jawas a new droid for the family moisture farm and the red and white r5 d4 was his first choice. R5 d4 who projects a map of the towns location. Also known as that droid in a new hope that blew up literally seconds after being bought by luke and his uncle you know the one they passed on r2 d2 for at.
This confirms that peli motto is now the owner of r5. Owen lars originally was going to buy r5 d4 instead of r2 d2 but r5 sabotaged his chance for freedom on purpose to help r2. R5 was once part of the rebellion but was captured by jawas who wiped his memories.
Sadly the little guy. Actually theyve never heard it.