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- "Sentients, please prepare for takeoff!"
- ―RX-24
R-3X, also known as Rex, and formerly known as RX-24, was an RX-Series pilot droid who flew a Star Commuter 2000 from Lothal to Garel five years before the Battle of Yavin. The shuttle was used by the rebels from Lothal in their mission to steal arms from the Galactic Empire. While RX-24 was not necessarily a stickler for the rule that droids could only stand behind the passenger area, he had the authority to enforce it and would do so if there was a complaint.[2] The droid later went on to work for Star Tours, where he piloted a StarSpeeder 3000.[3] At some point while working for Star Tours, Rex accidentally brought his StarSpeeder into a battle between the Imperial Navy and the Rebel Alliance. Though no one was hurt, the accident resulted in him being fired from the company. In the time after, Rex became a cargo pilot for the Alliance and claimed to have been present during the Battle of Jakku.[5]
At some point, Rex crash landed on Batuu, where he was reprogrammed into a DJ by Mubo at the Droid Depot, and his appearance was slightly altered. Thereafter, Mubo gave the droid to Oga Garra to pay off a debt, and "DJ Rex" started providing the musical entertainment inside Oga's Cantina.[4]
Behind the scenes
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Rex piloting
RX-24 was originally a character (nicknamed Captain "Rex") from Star Tours, a simulator ride at several Disney Parks worldwide (first opened at Disneyland in 1987), where he was voiced by Paul Reubens, who reprised the role in the Star Wars Rebels episode "Droids in Distress."[2] RX-24 now appears in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios where he is a DJ at the cantina, now going under the name R-3X.[6] Reubens provided the droid's voice yet again.[7]
AppearancesEdit
- Star Wars Rebels – "Droids in Distress" (First appearance)
- Droids in Distress book
- Pirate's Price
- Galaxy's Edge 3
- A Crash of Fate
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge – Oga's Cantina
- Star Wars: Datapad
SourcesEdit
- Star Wars: Droidography
- Droid Depot (toy line)
- Droid Depot (mobile app)
- Star Wars Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
- DJ R-3X in the Databank (backup link)
- Oga's Cantina in the Databank (backup link)
- RX-24 Pilot Droid in the Databank (backup link)
- Star Commuter Shuttle in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars Rebels: Head to Head
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars Rebels – "Droids in Distress"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 DJ R-3X in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Courtney Potter (2019-05-29). Creatures, Droids, and Aliens: Meet the Fantastical Figures of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. D23 The Official Disney Fanclub. Retrieved on May 30, 2019.
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
- ↑ Germain Lussier (2019-02-28). Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge—The 77 Most Fascinating Things We Learned on Our Trip. IO9. io9.gizmodo.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2019. Retrieved on March 2, 2019.
