The K1-RF workbench droid,[2] also known as the K1-RF maintenance unit, was a model of maintenance droid that acted as a workbench.[1] The droid consisted of a block-like body with blue and red plating, and had a raisable hydraulic platform attached by two rods to the top of its body. The platform was also attached to the body by several wires and had an articulated lamp at one end.[2]
In 35 ABY,[3] a K1-RF workbench droid was set up in the aisle between two shelves of droid parts in the workshop of the droidsmith Babu Frik in the Thieves' Quarter of Kijimi City[4] on the planet Kijimi. The Resistance agents Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron had to be careful not to lean against the workbench droid when they visited the workshop to have a complete redacted memory bypass performed on the protocol droid C-3PO,[1] although Rey did lean her quarterstaff against it. Shortly after the group's visit, the workshop was destroyed when the Final Order obliterated all of Kijimi, although Frik managed to escape beforehand.[5]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
A K1-RF workbench droid first appeared in the 2019 sequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker[5] and was visible in the final trailer released prior to the film.[6] It was first identified in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary, a reference book written by Pablo Hidalgo and released alongside the film.[2]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Screen Comix
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (First identified as K1-RF maintenance unit, simultaneous with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel audiobook)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel audiobook
Sources[edit | edit source]
Final Trailer – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on StarWars.com (backup link) (First pictured)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary (First identified as K1-RF workbench droid)
Meet Babu Frik | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
Babu Frik's workshop in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary states that the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker occur thirty-five years after the Battle of Yavin. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Battle of Yavin to 0 BBY, the events of The Rise of Skywalker must occur in 35 ABY.
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Babu Frik's workshop in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
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Final Trailer – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on StarWars.com (backup link)