R5-D4

"This R2 unit has a bad motivator. Look."

- Luke Skywalker

Red was a red and white striped astromech droid being peddled by Jawas on Tatooine.

Biography
"Come on, Red, let's go!"

- Luke Skywalker



Shortly before the Battle of Yavin Red was owned by a tribe of Jawas that sold used droids to Owen Lars. Owen Lars purchased Red and C-3PO, a gold plated protocol droid, to help on his moisture farm.

Unfortunately for the farmer, the droids's motivator malfunctioned just seconds later. As the Jawa's rolled Red away, Lars took another astromech droid, R2-D2 in Red's place.

Behind the scenes
In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Red was given the designation, 'R5-D4,' where he was given an expanded backstory. He was also made the star of a non-canon comic, Skippy the Jedi Droid, as the titular Skippy, a Force-sensitive droid that sets the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in motion.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope