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R4 astromech droid,[11] also referred to as R4-series,[12] R4 unit,[13] or R4 agromech unit[14] was a model of R-series astromech droid manufactured by Industrial Automaton.[2] It was identical in appearance to the R2-series, except that its dome was conical instead of hemispherical. The official Press Corps of the Galactic Empire used repurposed R4 units as courier droids, as a means to physically transport data.[1]
The R4-P Astromech[15] was a modified model of the R4.[11] R4-P44, R4-P17, and R4-G9, were R4-P who had the dome of a R2 unit.[3]
The R4 courier droids, were modified R4 droids used by the Galactic Empire designed to be couriers, carrying information from one place to another, avoiding the use of networks.[16]
Appearances
Non-canon appearances
- Rogue One: Recon A Star Wars 360 Experience
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Visions – Takashi Okazaki 1
Sources
"Children of the Force" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
Rebels Recon #1.13: Inside "Rebel Resolve" | Star Wars Rebels on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 19 Starship Fact File: Koensayr BTL-B Y-Wing Fighter-Bomber (First identified as R4 unit)- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 28 Secrets of Spaceflight: Astromechs
Star Wars Helmet Collection 12 Databank A-Z: Cosians–Dagobah (Picture only)- Star Wars Helmet Collection 28 Weapons & Uniforms: Droid Firefighters
Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 26 Droid Directory: Imperial Astromechs (First identified as R4 droid)
Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game — Saw's Renegades Expansion Pack (Card: R4 Astromech) - Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 73 Droid Directory: D-Squad – Clone War Heroes (First identified as R4 agromech unit)
Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — T-65 X-Wing Expansion Pack (Card: R4 Astromech) Reissued in Saw's Renegades Expansion Pack, Rebel Alliance, Scum and Villainy, and Resistance Conversion Kits, and Guardians of the Republic and Heralds of Hope Squadron Packs- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 82 Droid Directory: R2-D2 Astromech, Part 5 (First identified as R4-series)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 79 Databank A-Z: Zabrak–Zillo Beast (Picture only)
- Star Wars Search and Find Volume I
- Rise of the Separatists (First identified as R4 astromech droid)
Every Droid in Star Wars | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (original link is obsolete)
Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 62 Starfighter Aces: R2-D2 — Going Solo- Droid Depot (mobile app)
"R2-D2" — Star Wars Encyclopedia- "Republic, Rebel, and Resistance Starfighters" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle!
Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — "Beeps"- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
Courier Droid in the Databank (backup link)- M5-BZ in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
Star Wars Rebels (@starwarsrebels) on Facebook (post on October 16, 2014): "When Grand Moff Tarkin ordered the destruction of the primary communications tower on Lothal, the Empire used courier droids as a means to physically transport data." (screenshot)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle!
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "R2 Come Home"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Children of the Force"
- ↑ Before the Awakening
- ↑
Star Wars: Card Trader Set: The Book of Boba Fett Box, Card: Boba Fett's Palace R4 Server Droid
- ↑
The Mandalorian — "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire"
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Rise of the Separatists
- ↑ Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 82 Droid Directory: R2-D2 Astromech, Part 5
- ↑ Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 19 Starship Fact File: Koensayr BTL-B Y-Wing Fighter-Bomber
- ↑ Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 73 Droid Directory: D-Squad – Clone War Heroes
- ↑ Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Delta-7 Aethersprite Expansion Pack (Card: R4-P Astromech)
- ↑
Star Wars Rebels — "Rebel Resolve"
