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WED-15-I662, also known as Eye-Six-Six-Too, was a WED-15 Treadwell repair droid produced by the Cybot Galactica company. In 0 BBY, during the Galactic Civil War, I662 was aboard a Jawa sandcrawler, the owners of which later captured the Rebel droids C-3PO and R2-D2. Soon afterward, Imperial sandtroopers boarded the vehicle in search of the Rebel droids, but when the sandtroopers were unable to find them, they destroyed the sandcrawler.
Biography
WED-15-I662, also known as Eye-Six-Six-Too,[5] was a WED-15 Treadwell repair droid produced by[1] Cybot Galactica, one of the galaxy's two largest droid manufacturing companies,[2] sometime before the Battle of Yavin. In 0 BBY, during the Galactic Civil War, I662 was aboard a Jawa sandcrawler[4] operated by Chief Nebit's clan[6] when the scavengers captured the Rebel protocol droid C-3PO and his counterpart, the astromech droid R2-D2. The next day, the sandcrawler stopped at the homestead of moisture farmer Owen Lars, where the Jawas wanted to sell some of their droids.[4] During the auction, I662 was about to leave the droid prison of the crawler and join the other droids outside when a Jawa stopped him.[3]
The Jawa's auction was successful, as both C-3PO and R2-D2 were sold to Lars.[4] Soon afterward, Imperial sandtroopers boarded the sandcrawler in search of the stolen plans of the Death Star battlestation, which were stored in R2-D2. Trooper 1023 spotted I662 while he searched the droid bay for C-3PO and R2-D2. However, the sandtroopers were unable to find the plans, and the Imperials destroyed the sandcrawler.[7]
Characteristics
WED-15-I662 was a standard class-five Treadwell,[2] typical of the thousands of such droids tasked with maintenance and repair of heavy machinery and starfighters.[5] I662 had a blue paint scheme and two rows of ten treaded wheels on its base.[3] The droid had binocular fine-focus vision, which helped it spot circuitry damage. I662's black photoreceptors were mounted on a long, extensible neck strut,[8] which also held its manipulator arms.[1]
Behind the scenes
John Barry's production sketch of a Treadwell droid
In 1975, production designer John Barry designed WED-15-I662's model for use in George Lucas's 1977 film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.[9] The same droid model was also used for the droid WED-15-77 and for another Treadwell during the filming of the movie.[1] Barry's sketch indicated that the model stood between four feet and four feet, six inches tall. Barry's notes showed that the prop had one functioning arm and housed a radio controller in its treadwell base to allow for off-screen crew members to control it. Scenes featuring the droid were shot on location in Tunisia in March 1976.[9]
I662 first appeared in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, released on May 25, 1977.[4] The droid went unnamed until 1995, when the base set of Decipher's Star Wars Customizable Card Game identified it as "WED15-I662."[10] Later, in 2008, The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia added a second hyphen to the droid's designation, thus making it similar to the names of other Treadwell droids.[5]
Appearances
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novelization
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars 1
- Star Wars Manga: A New Hope 1
- When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale
Sources
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — [[Unknown set: No set defined!]] (First identified as "WED15-I662" and "Eyesixsixtoo")- Star Wars: Incredible Cross-Sections (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections (Picture only)
- Visual Guide Chapter 7: Land of the Jawas on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link (episode-iv/explore/visualguides/chp07_picview/pictureviewer.html?imgNum=36&world=episode-iv) not verified!)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III ("WED-15-I662") (First identified as "WED-15-I662" and "Eye-Six-Six-Too")
- WED Treadwell droid in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
WED Treadwell droid in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The New Essential Guide to Droids, p. XVIII and 188
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections, p. 117
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 324 ("WED-15-I662")
- ↑ M-HYD droid in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale
- ↑ Visual Guide Chapter 7: Land of the Jawas on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link (episode-iv/explore/visualguides/chp07_picview/pictureviewer.html?imgNum=36&world=episode-iv) not verified!)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film, p. 107 and 144
- ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game — [[Unknown set: No set defined!]]