R2-KT/Legends

R2-KT was an astromech droid in service to the Grand Army of the Republic's 501st Legion during the Clone Wars.

Biography
At the height of the Clone Wars, R2-KT was assigned to the 501st Legion and served on board a Republic assault ship attached to Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Over the course of the war, "Katie" and R2 liked to meet and gossip about the war and the Republic Fleet. During the events of Rotta's kidnapping, the droid was present at a briefing of clone troopers and their Jedi commanders.

The astromech droid was also present at the Battle of Ryloth, the Sky Battle of Quell, and on Commander Wolffe's Acclamator I-class assault ship in the socket of a BTL-B Y-wing starfighter during the Mission to Aleen.

R2-KT eventually survived the Clone Wars and subsequently served in the Galactic Empire after the Clone Wars.

Behind the scenes
R2-KT started off as a real-world replica of an R2-series astromech droid with pink highlights. Albin Johnson, the founder of the 501st Legion, wanted to build a pink droid for his daughter Katie, who was dying from brain cancer (In fact, the "KT" suffix would appear to be a reference to her name). When it was realized that he did not have enough time, R2-KT was built by Jerry Greene, master droid builder, with the help of the R2 Builders Club. R2-KT makes appearances at children's hospitals, Star Wars Celebration and charity events in the southeastern United States. A Hasbro action figure of this droid was sold at San Diego Comic-Con 2007 and the character had a cameo in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film.

R2-KT was originally going to appear in The Clone Wars episodes Secret Weapons and A Sunny Day in the Void. However, since those episodes featured R2-D2 as a main character, The Clone Wars crew wanted to avoid the audience confusion when addressing the droids. As a result, they created the astromech QT-KT instead as an homage.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Galactic Spy
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * The Clone Wars: Departure
 * The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct
 * Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
 * Star Tours
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures video game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures video game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles