5-L

"Excuse me, could you upgrade the system later? I'm in the middle of something."
[5-L chirping]

―Tamara Ryvora and 5-L^[2]

5-L was a MSE-6 series repair droid who served the First Order during its war against the Resistance. When the TIE pilot DT-533 wished to leave the First Order, she reprogrammed 5-L to assist her.

Biography[]

"You are doing me a huge service, 5-L."
[5-L chirping]
"See? That didn't hurt at all, did it?"
[5-L chirping]
"Now, you're gonna help me get out of here."

―DT-533 and 5-L^[2]

Reprogram5-L — Tamara Ryvora reprogramming 5-L.

In 34 ABY,^[3] 5-L served the First Order aboard the^[2] Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Thunderer.^[4] Shortly after the suppression of the Aeos system, 5-L entered barracks aboard the Thunderer of First Order pilot DT-533's—named Tamara Ryvor—to update the systems. DT-533 requested the droid perform the upgrades at another time but the droid continued their objective. When the pilot encouraged the droid to continue upgrading and began approaching the droid, 5-L attempted to flee from the pilot. DT-533 trapped 5-L by shutting the door and allowed scooped the mouse droid up. After carrying 5-L to a bunk, the pilot opened up the droid's panels and reprogrammed the droid to assist her. She comforted 5-L after the reprogramming and informed 5-L that the droid would insist her with escaping.^[2]

Later, as Commander Pyre and Agent Tierny departed Tierny's office, 5-L placed their body in the doorframe of Tierny's office, preventing the door from closes. Ryvora entered the office and removed the droid from the door. She thanked 5-L as she searched Tierny's desk. After retrieving her comlink from the locked drawer before hearing Tierny returning. She commanded 5-L to hide as she took her own spot next to the door. 5-L failed to hide before Tierny entered her office. Tienry was reading a datapad, allowing the pilot to slip out unnoticed. Tierny took notice of 5-L in the middle of her office and inquired if the system upgrade had been completed. 5-L chirped in response before departing the office and meeting up with Ryvora in the hall.^[2]

Ryvora carried 5-L back to her quarters and opened the droid's interior again. She connected her comlink with one of 5-L's inner wires and transmitted a message to Resistance member Kazuda Xiono's comlink–to meet her on Castilon in three cycles. The message was transmitted in a mechanic's code developed by her and Neeku Vozo.^[2]

Characteristics[]

5-L was a MSE series droid with black plating.^[2]

Behind the scenes[]

"But this episode gives us our first look at their inner parts. While this little droid didn't seem to mind, C-3PO would probably feel differently."

―Bucket's List^[5]

5-LInterior — 5-L interior by concept artist Aaron Pham.

5-L first appeared in part one of the two-part episode "The Escape,"^[2] the finale of the second season of the animated television series Star Wars Resistance, which aired on January 26, 2020.^[6] Concept arts for 5-L were designed by Lucasfilm Animation artist Aaron Pham on August 21, 2018.^[7]^[8] The droid's designation is a tribute to Fievel Mousekewitz, the main character of the 1986 animated movie An American Tail, produced by Amblin Entertainment.^[9]