K-3PO

K-3PO was a 3PO protocol droid who served as a captain in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War. During the Battle of Hoth, the droid was destroyed when Echo Base's command center was damaged by Imperial fire.

Biography
Manufactured by Cybot Galactica, by the year 3 ABY, K-3PO served as a captain in the Alliance to Restore the Republic. The protocol droid worked in the military command center of Echo Base on the planet Hoth, where it monitored troop movements, personally delivered messages, and operated the loudspeaker announcement systems. K-3PO was monitoring a tactical screen when Han Solo announced his intention to leave Rebellion and pay off his debt to the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure. During the Battle of Hoth, the droid was present in the command center as the Rebels fired off the opening shots of the engagement from Echo Base's v-150 Planet Defender ion cannon. However, K-3PO was destroyed when the base sustained damage from Imperial fire.

Characteristics
A third class droid, K-3PO was a 3PO protocol droid with white plating and a pair of yellow photoreceptors. The droid stood 1.67 meters in height and weighed 75 kilograms, while a pair of red pips on the right of its chest denoted K-3PO's rank of captain. The droid's memory banks were full of battle tactics.

Behind the scenes
K-3PO was originally created for NPR's Star Wars Legends  The Empire Strikes Back radio dramatization, first broadcast on February 14, 1983, where it was credited simply as "Coordinator Droid." The droid was first identified as K-3PO in the second edition of Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, a 1996 supplement written by Michael Stern and Pablo Hidalgo for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, which retconned the Coordinator Droid into being one and the same as a protocol droid portrayed by Chris Parsons in the 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, who was also a stand-in for Anthony Daniels as C-3PO and played 4-LOM. This name became canon when it was used in Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, a reference book written by Adam Bray, Kerrie Dougherty, Cole Horton, and Michael Kogge and released on September 4, 2015.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Battlefront
 * Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back

Non-canon appearances

 * Disney Infinity 3.0
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens