R5-K3

"That droid is a lazy good for nothing. It hates me almost as much as I hate it. But we're stuck with each other."

- Vorn Tel-Ovis, on R5-K3

R5-K3 was an R5-series astromech droid who was owned by Vorn Tel-Ovis, the owner of a junk shop that was situated in the settlement Mos Shuuta on the planet Tatooine. Like most other R5 units, R5-K3 had a sullen demeanor, and he he hated Tel-Ovis. Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, a band of fugitives who were on the run from the Hutt crime lord Teemo came to Tel-Ovis' shop to negotiate with him to acquire a hypermatter reactor ignitor, but the junk dealer refused to sell them the part. Instead, R5-K3 agreed to steal the part on behalf of the fugitives, while the group kept Tel-Ovis distracted.