The Mandalorian R5
When the mandalorian arrives back to the docking bay on tatooine hes greeted by peli motto played by amy sedaris.
The mandalorian r5. A new hope luke and owen skywalker almost purchase that r5 droid from the jawas. R5 d4 the red accented r5 unit who first appeared. The mandalorian is an american space western streaming television series created by jon favreau for disneyit premiered with the services launch in november 2019 and is the first live action series in the star wars franchise.
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. The gunslinger r5 d4 also called red by luke skywalker was a red and white striped r5 astromech droid owned by a group of jawas on tatooine in the early days of the galactic civil war. But whether r5 is just a cute cameo on the background of some scene or a major player in the mandalorian its mere return either way just has my star wars addled brain positively reeling with the.
The character made only a brief appearance in a new hope but hes still important to the overarching star wars saga. In the mandalorian r5 manages to have possession of an older map which he projects to djarin leading the bounty hunter to mos pelgo and in turn timothy olyphants cobb vanth. R5 d4 who projects a map of the towns location.
Since then no one knew what had happened to this fan favourite droid until now 43 years later when the mandalorian revealed that the jawas had sold r5 d4 to peli motto. Much to some fans surprise r5 appears again in chapter 9 under the ownership of peli motto in her hangar. It begins five years after the events of return of the jedi 1983 and stars pedro pascal as the title character a lone bounty hunter who is hired to retrieve the.
R5 d4 who has also gone by the names red and skippy over the years was the droid whose bad motivator made luke and uncle owen purchase r2 d2 in a new hope. This confirms that peli motto is now the owner of r5. She calls over an r5 droid unit and it looks like its the same one from the very first star wars movie.
To help the mandalorian she calls a droid from her hangar.