R2-X2

R2-X2 was a green and white R2 series astromech droid that served in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War against the Galactic Empire. In 0 BBY, it was in the Alliance's headquarters within the Great Temple on the moon of Yavin 4 and attended a briefing by General Jan Dodonna on the Alliance's plans to attack the Imperial Death Star superweapon. R2-X2 was then later loaded into the astromech socket of an T-65B X-wing starfighter in the temple's hangar bay which soon launch as part of Red Squadron to take on the Death Star. All of Red Squadron bar pilots Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles were killed, including R2-X2.

Behind the scenes
R2-X2 first appeared in the 1977 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The droid was then first identified on a card in the "Premiere Limited" set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game released in 1995. The name was then first used in canon by the video game Disney Infinity 3.0 when it was released on August 30, 2015. Despite the game's non-canon status, Lucasfilm Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo confirmed on Twitter that the names it uses for film characters are considered canon.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope

Non-canon appearances

 * Disney Infinity 3.0