R2-A6

R2-A6
Production information
Manufacturer	Industrial Automaton
Product line	R-series
Model	R2 series astromech droid
Class	Astromech droid
Technical specifications
Plating color	Green Silver White
Chronological and political information
Affiliation	Royal Naboo Security Forces Bravo Squadron Galactic Republic Uprising

R2-A6 was an R2 series astromech droid of the R-series produced by Industrial Automaton.

Biography

R2-A6 at work making repairs.

During the invasion of the planet Naboo by the Trade Federation, it served as the personal astromech unit of Ric Olié, who considered his astromech a good luck charm. Olié was a pilot who served in the Bravo Squadron group of the Naboo Royal Space Fighter Corps, a wing of the Royal Naboo Security Forces whose job it was to protect the Monarch of Naboo. While he left Naboo to accompany Queen Padmé Amidala to the galactic capital Coruscant, R2-A6 remained behind in the Theed Royal Palace's hangar docked into an N-1 starfighter. When Olié returned as part of an effort to liberate Naboo, he boarded the starfighter carrying R2-A6 and launched out of the palace, joining his squadmates in attacking the Lucrehulk-class Battleship Vuutun Palaa. The battleship was eventually destroyed by the young pilot Anakin Skywalker, and the Trade Federation was successfully driven off Naboo.

R2-A6 was still active following the Battle of Endor and joined the crew of a young smuggler within the Anoat sector following the blockading of the sector by the Galactic Empire.

R2-A6 was a fearless and bold droid, and was capable of operating many systems including defense grids, starship systems or communication systems. It had green and white paneling.

Behind the scenes

«Howdy! If you like your lungs… and your life… I wouldn't breath that gas in. Usually fixing this stuff is right up my street, but I'm in between software updates, so I'm no use.»

―R2-A6's dialogue in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

R2-A6 first appeared in the film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, which was released in 1999 and did not name the droid. It was first identified in Star Wars canon on the Star Wars: Card Trader card Ric Olié - Naboo Pilot, released in 2015. The name originated in the Star Wars Legends in 1999 with the character's action figure in the Hasbro Inc. Star Wars: Episode I toy line.

In the 2022 non-canon video game LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, R2-A6 can be found outside the podracer hangar of the Grand Arena in Mos Espa on the planet Tatooine. The droid warns the player in binary about poisonous gas leaking from a pair of damaged podracer engines laying nearby, stating that usually it would repair them itself, but it is unable as it is currently between software updates. The player may then fix the engines themselves as part of the "Podracer Prize" mission.

Appearances

• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
• Star Wars: Uprising

Non-canon appearances

• Disney Infinity 3.0
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Sources

• Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Ric Olié - Naboo Pilot - Base Series 1) (First identified as R2-A6)
• Star Wars Pullback Droid (Pack: R2-A6)
• Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Naboo Royal N-1 Starfighter Expansion Pack (Card: R2-A6)

Notes and references

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