R3-S6/Legends

"Golden droid for a golden leader."

- Ahsoka Tano

R3-S6, nicknamed "'Goldie'", "Stubby", and "Arthree", was an R3-series astromech droid with a scavenged R2-series dome in use by the Republic Navy during the Clone Wars.

History
"That stubby little backstabber!"

- Ahsoka Tano after finding out Agent R3's loyalties.



Following the loss of R2-D2 during a mission to Bothawui, Goldie was assigned as a temporary replacement to Anakin Skywalker during the search for Artoo. However, during the mission, it was revealed that Goldie was a Separatist spy planted by Separatists agents in the Grand Army of the Republic, having made many dangerous and intentional errors. One involved R3 being commanded by Anakin to prep the hyperdrive engines attached to his ship, but rather R3 dropped them resulting in the Separatist ship destroying them.

Following Artoo's rescue from Skytop Station, the two droids faced off in a duel. Before falling off, R3 used his rear suction dart to attach to Artoo. Artoo managed to get free using his buzz saw to cut through the cable. The duel ended when R2-D2 knocked R3 off, and Goldie was shattered to pieces by debris.

Behind the Scenes
According to the episode guide for Duel of the Droids on StarWars.Com, the coloring of R3-S6 was based upon the team colors of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team.

Notes and references
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