R3-M3

R3-M3 was an R3-series astromech droid manufactured by Industrial Automaton that stood 1.09 meters tall and had blue plating and a transparent dome. It served the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War against the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

In 0 BBY, the astromech droid was on board the Death Star superweapon while it was in the Yavin system. During the Battle of Yavin, it was moving through one of the Death Star's corridors as the Sith Lord Darth Vader met with an Imperial officer and gave orders for his ship to be prepared. The Alliance then destroyed the Death Star shortly after this exchange.

Behind the scenes
R3-M3 first appeared in the 1977 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. It was first identified in the new Star Wars canon in the 2017 reference book Ultimate Lego Star Wars. The name originated with a wave of Star Wars: The Legacy Collection figures produced by Hasbro Inc. and released in 2009.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope