WED-15-I662

WED-15-I662, also known as Eye-Six-Six-Too, was a WED-15 Treadwell repair droid produced by the Cybot Galactica company. In 0 BBY, during the Galactic Civil War, the droid traveled aboard a Jawa sandcrawler, whose passengers later captured the Rebel droids R2-D2 and C-3PO. Soon afterwards, Imperial sandtroopers, who were searching for the Rebel droids, boarded the vehicle, and after they didn't found them, they destroyed the crawler.

Biography
WED-15-I662, also known as Eye-Six-Six-Too, was a WED-15 Treadwell repair droid produced by one of the two largest droid manufacturing companies, Cybot Galactica sometime before the Battle of Yavin. In 0 BBY, during the Galactic Civil War, I662 was aboard a Jawa sandcrawler possessed by Chief Nebit's clan, when the scavengers captured the Rebel astromech droid R2-D2 in the Jawa Canyon of planet Tatooine. The next day, the sandcrawler stopped at the homestead of moisture farmer Owen Lars, where the Jawas wanted to sell some of their droids. I662 was about to leave the droid prison of the crawler and join the other droids, when a Jawa stopped him.

The Jawa's auction was successful as R2-D2 and protocol droid C-3PO, another recent catch of the Jawa's was sold to Owen Lars. Not much later, Imperial sandtroopers boarded the sandcrawler, and Trooper 1023 spotted I662 while he was searching the droid bay for C-3PO and R2-D2, the latter of whom stored the stolen plans of the Death Star battlestation. Shortly after, the crawler was attacked and destroyed by the Imperials.

Characteristics
WED-15-I662 was a standard class five Treadwell droid, typical of the thousands of droids that repaired and maintained heavy machinery and starfighters. I662 was especially good at keeping droids, vehicles, and starfighters from breaking down. I662 had blue paintsceme and two rows of ten treaded wheels on its base. The droid had binocular fine-focus vision, which helped it to spot circuitry damage. The droid's black photoreceptors were mounted on a long, extensible neck strut, which also held the droid's manipulator arms.

Behind the scenes
In 1975, production designer John Barry designed WED-15-I662's model for use in the 1977 film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The same droid model was also used for the droid WED-15-77 and for another Treadwell during the filming of the movie. Barry's sketch indicated that the model stood between four feet and four feet, six inches tall. Barry's notes showed that the prop had one functioning arm and housed a radio controller in its treadwell base to allow for off-screen crew members to control it. Scenes featuring the droid were shot on location in Tunisia in March 1976.

I662 first appeared in George Lucas's Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, first released on May 25, 1977. The droid went unnamed until 1995, when the base set of Decipher's Star Wars Customizable Card Game identified it as WED15-I662. Later, in 2008, The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia added a hyphen to the droid's designation, thus making it similar to the name of other Treadwell droids.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novelization
 * Star Wars 1
 * Star Wars Manga: A New Hope 1
 * When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale