R2D2's Extended Family | EVERY R-SERIES ASTROMECH DROID
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 เม.ย. 2017
- A Star Wars story is incomplete without a small brave astromech droid woven into the plot. There's Revan's T3-M4, Hera Syndulla's Chopper, to Poe Dameron's BB8 and of course R2D2 these tiny droids are some of the most popular characters in Star Wars. But did you know that R2d2 has an entire family of his own their known as Industrial Automatons famous R Series astromech droids. Today we'll cover all the canon and legends droids.
P2 Series
R1 Series
R2 Series
R3 Series
R4 Series
R5 Series
R6 Series
R7 Series
R8 Series
R9 Series
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I love that Star Wars is so expansive that it has a patent-infringement lawsuit as a major part of its history
And nationalization of industries.
@@peterson7082 I call it "deprivatization".
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Same
you prolly dont care but does someone know of a method to log back into an Instagram account..?
I was dumb lost my account password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me!
"Stupid little Astro Droid!" -Random Battle Droid in the Separatist army.
Racism?
@@tythecakelord445
What?! I don't understand this at all. What's racist about it?
@@Sinn0100 droid racism
@@Sinn0100 they are being mean to r2 because he is an astromech
@@tythecakelord445
Wow.. how did I miss that? Nice catch man! ;)
Fun fact: the actor that played wedge (red two) is Ewan McGregor's uncle
Everyone really IS related to one another in this franchise, aren't they?
R2D2 is the ONLY character that knows the entire Skywalker family line
My R1 can't do repairs, communicate or plot hyperspace, but it can go almost 200 mph.
Villamor78 if you launch it from a proton torpedo tube lol
Yamaha, serving the Republic since before Vader was saying "Now this is global annihilation!"
Mr r3 can't do repairs either but it goes around 115 mph
Villamor78 MO POWAH BAYBEEE
GONK
Theory:
The reason R2 wouldn't listen to Luke when he told him to stay, was because anakin was the last to tell R2 that, and he never came back.
That’s dark-
'R2, Stay-'
'THE LAST TIME SOMEONE TOLD ME TO STAY, THEY NEVER RETURNED, LUKE.'
R2 has abandonment issues which is sad and now i want to give him a hug
Actually that might be confirmed
Stuff like this makes the universe feel so much more real and I love it
yea i hear you I love reading up on all the lore and background
James Hubbuck absolutely!
Another dalek lover!
EXTERMINATE
Hold up,. It's not real? Omg I thought we were the fiction
Fun fact, R2 D2's memory was never erased.
joseph gover that.... that explains a lot and is also kinda sad
At the end of episode III it was.
Oswaldlucky16 no it was not. Only 3pos was
That explains why R2 is such a free spirit lol, wanders of by himself a couple times like "y'all niggas crazy, I'm TF out" lol
I wonder if he’ll ever run out of storage space
I just love that we have individual companies in this universe that not only make this shit, but also have issues like legal issues and sale figures.
BB-8: You're just a domed bucket with legs and wheels!
R-2: You're just an orange football with an upside down bowl for a head, you call yourself a droid?!?
back in my days....
Jinjiyoshi lol
Just for some American folk he means soccer ball
Great comment
Chicken Tendas yes, we are aware of that
"can I have one r-8"
"Galactic Basic machine broke"
"fix that joint bihh"
R2D2: burning enemies since Ep.3!
I always knew R2 came from a line of badasses
Am I the only one, who thinks that constantly erasing the memories of sentient droids is the most messed up thing in Star Wars?
Australians do that with alcohol regularly
@@alexgray2042 u rite
No. Droids are people
@@monke1599
Are Australians not people?
Millions of clones died every day and nobody cared
i realy like this guy he is different than other TH-camrs and he said he realy likes legends so thats a win
+Dylan Zwart aw thanks
Agreed.
Anyone who likes the Expaned Universe or "Legends" is okay in my book.
Blackdeath1943 gaming
Chris Dietrich I like all parts. But this guy has a nice way to explain things plus a slight running hate of non human aliens
legends (aka old canon) is better than canon
The astromechs are one of my favorite aspects of SW. So much so that R2D2 is my favorite droid character in SW. However an unsung hero droid of SWU is the hunter/seeker type droids. There are to many models and types to discuss here. In short these type droids served as everything from messengers to trackers to hackers. My favorite among these is the DRK-1 aka the Darkeye 1. This droid has reclassified as a probe droid and now is referred to as the Darkeye probe droid. If you get time Allen you should look them up. These little guys pack a lot of capability into a very small package.
ah darth maul had a DRK-1 right?
Well kinda, there were 3 assigned to his ship. He used to them on Tatoonie. They are mostly connected with the Sith due to the movie. They are a public available design, thought the ones that Maul had were a military model used by the Republic Security forces I believe.
After saving the entire main and supporting cast over 15 times (I counted) through Episodes 1-6, R2 has essentially been sent to the scrap heap in the new trilogy... gotta love that whole "let the past die" thing.
30 And Hating It then how do you explain ep 7? Where he helps get luke's map?
@@chrisestabrooks8197 You mean that one minute scene in a 135 minute movie where they go "oh turns out he has the map lol who knew"
@@emperorgameling5064 yeah, he was a glorified peice of decoration. Which is sad. Disney gotta sell those BB8 toys! (Let's be honest, all the D-0 toys are ending up in a landfill)
propably twice as much in the Clone Wars.
Too bad 'letting the past die' didn't include shoehorning the old gang together in a zany plot to blow up the umpteenth reiteration death star
One of the R5s biggest issues was that they're apparently easy to hack if captured, as demonstrated on the Rise of the Resistance ride at the Disney theme parks. The First Order used them as drivers for their prison transports, and some random Resistance infiltrators were able to reprogram two of them to join their side, presumably in a matter of minutes.
I love how many starwars bloopers are of r2d2 falling over.
The R5 series were still the best, In every instance of the pen and paper RPG I've either played as or had one of these fellows on my crew.
You forgot to mention that unlike other droids they don't just have depressing personalities, they also love to point out when you are trying to order them to do something stupid or counterproductive.
"many of these adorable droids lost their lives in the first and second death star attacks"
Rebels truly are savages
what if Anakin was killed by younglings? please its what we have all been waiting for
+Mark Games lol that's pretty funny
The galaxy would be saved because Palpatine would have killed himself out of sheer embarrassment.
Thanks for the laugh man, thanks for the laugh
Insert name here LOL
Jeffy T videos there is no way they could've killed him they had no weapons
I am a mid-level nerd. I have over 30 astro droids, some R2-D2 duplicates and many re-paints to other droids. As R5-D4 was my first figure in 1978, the droids have always been my favorite.
I remember hearing Jedi Master Kit Fisto call his R6 droid by name in the Clone Wars episode "The Lair Of Grievous".
I absolutely love all of the droid lore in Star Wars
It's Padme's R2D2..............................
that she gave to anakin as a gift for becoming a jedi knight
Harley Alderson I want to know how R2D2 and C3PO recall Luke's father and mother when Luke asks them.
R2 is the only one that does he didnt have his memory wiped, they never wiped his memory as per orders by anakin skywalker because of all the intelligence he heald. havent you watched the clone wars and revenge of the sith. the only wiped was 3PO because he had a big mouth
Harley Alderson I knew R2D2 was never wiped, I don't remember the C3PO part.
According to a book, R2D2 would always change the date for his memory wipes in the computer, so maintenance teams never actually carried it out.
Mace Windu’s astrometric in cannon during the Clone Wars is R8-B7. So wouldn’t up to the R8 have been recognized in cannon? Even Ashoka and Plo Koon had an R7 and Kit Fisto had a R6.
Just found this channel by random and now im hooked. Damn you and thank you at the same time!
I'm sorry and thank you
What if R2-D2 had gone with Anakin to the darkside to become the feared Darth2-D2? What if he only pretended to and his big reveal was to at the end of Return of The Jedi in betraying both Vader and Sidious with his Sith weapon modifications?
R2 is Palpatine
@@DaniFold GONK
You are talking about R4-K5.
R2 is the true hero of every friggin movie. Without him, nothing would ever worked out and we would not have Star Wars.
with the release of The Mandalorian the R6 looks to be cannon again XD
I don’t know where exactly he’s getting his industrial automatons release times. According to the clone wars they were already up to the R7 model with Ashoka owning one
And Kit fisto owned an R6
Context: he said they came after the battle of Endor
Aaron Glover no R6 was said to simply have been modified to have an R2 style head
I don’t see where it would say they were both R2 units. When by the time the clone wars happened industrial automatons was already releasing at least the R4 unit
It's interesting you say that Canon only recognizes R-1 through R-5, because Mace Windu had an R-8 in the Clone Wars cartoon. In the "R2 Come home" episode Mace had a purple and gold astromech he called R8 twice. But it didn't have the sensor dish in place of the eye like in legends. You actually snowed a picture of Mace's droid right before the picture of the more Legends accurate R-8. So that suggests at least R-6 and R-7 might be Canon too.
yea its a bit confusing all the jedi including kit fitso and ashoka tano had numbered r units both i believe this was just a numbering system. the majority of these droids were actually just r4s with r2 computer brains in place
Generation Tech Maybe. But that wouldn't explan why Anakin's Astromech was an actual R-2 unit he called R2 while everyone elses where modified R-4s with numerical designations like R8 or in Kit Fisto's case R6. But then again it could've just been the developers trying to differentiate the different Jedi's droids.
Personally like in the X-Wing novels that the pilots all had R2 or R5 units but gave their droids nicknames.
I think it could be the last par of letters and numbers like R2-D2, I guess their droids could be R4-R8
Canon basically ignores the model number for astromech droid designations. Mace Windu's "R8" was likely an R2 or modified R4 unit. He never had that droid in Legends.
I love how they literally made a smash with the R2 and then just went what if this but... For every subsequent model basically
I found that the R6 unit seems to have made the jump to Canon from Legends.
In the scene from The Force Awakens when the Resistance arrives at D'Qar, there's a brief shot where you see a landed T-70 X-Wing. There's a white and yellow R6 unit housed in that X-Wings socket. Additionally, in the attack on Starkiller base, there's a shot where you can see Snap Wexley's astromech droid, which appears to be the same R6 unit.
You can tell that it's not the same type of droid as the similar-looking R0-4L0 because this R6 has the indentation at the base of the dome and the holoprojector, which the R0-4LO-type lacks.
great video of the r-series! I didn't see the one that was behind the counter in Watto's shop taking oil bath it has a distinct Dome that looks like an older simpler version of an R2 that's the only place I've ever seen it in Star Wars Canon.
*facepalms*
Hells yes...another evo vids. Good lookin adam. Keepin em up. The A/Y wing vids were good too
Awesome..I know it's an older video nut I love the R series an collect the figures Its good to see someone else who knows the series
Another great and informative video! You're the best, Alan!
Love Generation Tech. Alan is the Star Wars Guru
You deserve way more subs!!
thank you :)
Colman Hogan yeah, I thought they had a legion of three or four hundred thousand
I need one w bluetooth and wifi and can order pizza. Great vid as always!
Dude. Thank you. Seriously, thank you.
Love the way this guy does his videos, he convinced me this is totally fact !
Nice vid Gen Tech! Your vids are great.
Another great video 👍🏻
Love this channel, every time i see a new video it just makes my day :)
+Dakota Killis awesome! Thanks
always great stuff!
+Jason Schultz thanks!
Hey, Alan- not sure, but I believe that you lived in Southern California at some point. When I lived in the Los Angeles area (Studio City, Thousand Oaks, Van Nuys, and Culver City) around 2007/8, there were Post Office boxes that we had all over Ventura Boulevard and elsewhere painted up like mech droids- it was really cool putting your letters into R2-D2! Thanks for the great video- hope you guys are all safe and healthy.
Thank you for pointing out that the destruction of the Death Stars were 9/11 times a thousand. Yeah, that's right: Disney has us rooting for victorious terrorists. It would be great to see a movie made in the perspective of the Empire, or the vast majority of its citizens.
No DS's a Legitimate military target. WTC was a civilian target. The high death toll on DS1 & 2 is an incidental, it's a feature of WTC's destruction.
@@reggiebuffat
And WTC wasn't a movie.
Awesome Video!!!
R-5’s have bad motivators
*Buh-dum tsh*
And that’s a fact
and just combust i would just fall on the floor if i lacked motivation not just explode
Dylan I'm with you, I like him he certainly does his homework and on the whole it's usually interesting
thanks yea research is usually pretty fun a lot of times I end up learning a lot myself
He most certainly does not.
So BB-8 was like the cousin everyone liked to hang out with.
Awesomeness so cool
Thank you
@3:20 "Countless innocent droids lost their lives during the terrible attacks on the first and second Death Star" ... As usual, the adorable R-series gets all the "in the wrong place, at the wrong time" war-casualty sympathy. Yet nobody ever mourns the hundreds... NAY, THOUSANDS... of amusing, friendly and sentient table-saws, the roving packs of monastic vacuum cleaners, or our friends, the harmless, easy-listening-music-loving toaster ovens. WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE OTHER INNOCENT APPLIANCES??!?!
They went to silicone heaven
YOu made that reference, bravo.
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What about the T3 series?
Revan's T3-M4 was a pretty awesome astromech
Doesn't it count?
Reza Rastegarian
RIP T3-M4 you shall be placed in history as the bravest and most awesome Droid ever.
Love your video.
That Marvin reference made me smile, I dig that xD
Hey bud, I’m not a big Star Wars fan. Of course I’ve seen all the movies and some are better than others. It’s a brilliant concept.
Although I am probably nowhere near as big of a fan as most of the people who watch your videos, I absolutely love this shit!
This channel is just awesome
+Peter Perez your awesome
Generation Tech your star wars knowledge is impeccable.
0:37 I like the white, silver and maroon astromech R-series droid next to the grey and yellow one.
RIP T3-M4 you shall be missed.
Seeing that new republic fighter just reminded me of the creative bankruptcy of Disney and their imitation Star Wars.
R2D2. The real hero of starwars!
I love the old republic astromechs . So much more mechanical of a creature
I would definitely scour every source possible to obtain an R7..! Effective sensors and emp-resistance is very useful, but most importantly it is pretty!
Finally, something that isn't just a book synopsis for all those people that can't read!
What if the Jedi Temple on Coruscant wasn't built over the ruins of the Sith Temple, but was instead it's own entity? How long would Palpatine have been able to hide/would there have been alternate ways to maneuver around the Jedi while he plotted?
this info is insanely in-depth, how do you get all this info?
r6 looks awesome
Every time I go into a store with auto doors I always say to myself "Enjoy your trip through this door"
great video
thanks
Very cool
R5s have always been my favorite
R2 units really are the best. They are like a loyal companion mixed with a swiss army knife. I mean I can never back a snub fighter without a droid socket.
Ouuu this is a good one
😎 Awesome
me when a character dies: BAHAHAHAHAH!
me when an R type unit dies: NOOOOOOOOOOO!
(rest in spaghetti, R4. Never forgetti)
Did you hear about the AMC pilot live action Jedi series ? Think Walking Dead but with Star Wars !
it's funny you should talk about that, the next episode i'm doing is going talk about zombies and star wars
Wait....wahaaaaaa
Generation Tech You mean Death Troopers? 😀
terrible attacks on the death stars........great episode as usual
The fourth droid from the left in that pic has a bad motivator. That's always been my problem, too. Laying in bed reading TH-cam comments all day...
"During the terrible attacks on the first and second Death Star" LOL
I have one R series Astrometric Droid character that I made, and a BB unit, and a C unit.
First their is C1-4RA who is nicknamed Clara. C1-4RA is a C series AstroMech unit with Feminine Programing. She is both smart and Cheeky and she feels full of herself because she helps Pilot the Y Wing owned by her master Yaulle Nathmoroth ( who is one of my Star Wars OC’s and he is a Grey Jedi ). Working for a force user gives C1-4RA a sense of importance and she can boast to the other droids about her important role. She has the Grey and Yellow Round C series Dome and a Blue body with Grey and Yellow Legs. Next their is S5-L0W ( Affectionately known as Slow ). S5-L0W is a Masculine Programed R5 series AstroMech unit. S5-L0W is not as Bright as C1-4RA and he is also not very motivational. S5-L0W is Black, Orange and Green. He also dose not care for what goes on around him. Like how it says in this video, Depressing Personality.
Finally their is CB-6C, my first droid character. CB-6C is a masculine programed BB unit AstroMech Droid and he has a Flat Dome like 2BB-2 and BB-4. His Head is Black and White with a Purple underside and a White and Purple body. I can say that CB-6C is real because I made him at Galaxy’s Edge in DisneyLand. He has the Grey Personality Chip so of course he is a Smuggler ( Almost all my droid characters are ), and CB-6C is cool.
I have other Droid Characters Too. Like EG-9 ( Nicknamed Egg ) who is a Masculine Programed GNK Power Droid who is Sand Green and Grey and has a slightly higher IQ then other GNK droids even though he is one of the older GNK power droids, and he is best friends with DO-UG ( Nicknamed Doug ) who is a Masculine Programed WDD AdminMech Unit who is White with a Green strip and both EG-9 and DO-UG help fix ships along side DEX-88 ( Shortened to DEX ) who is a Masculine Programed DUM series pit droid who is Brown with Green parts and who feels like he could do work by himself and he can also speak Basic like WAC-47 who is also a DUM series pit Droid. DEX-88 can also be a Pilot Droid who helps fly the Ships of my other Characters. Then their is B-0B ( Nicknamed Bob ), who is a Masculine Programed, Sand Colored 2-1B medical droid who helps with caring for and healing my other Characters. B-0B being a medical droid helps fix wounds and he can also be a Backup Pilot if DEX or any other Character who flys ships are unavailable. B-0B can also grab a Blaster and Fight. B-0B being the Smartest Droid character I made up acts as a Mentor and a source for Ideas to my other Droid Characters. B-0B is a calm collected droid who stays cool even in Tough situations. Then their is TA-66Y ( Nicknamed Tabby ). TA-66Y is a BD unit droid with Feminine Programing and has her Holoprojector on her Right, and her Visual Sensor on her Left. TA-66Y helps with Ship Repair jobs but also helps with Exploration and data tracking. TA-66Y likes to be loyal and True and help out the other Droids, even if they fell like they don’t need help. Finally, their is TH-34, nicknamed Thea, who is a TC protocol Droid with Feminine Programing. She has Red arms and Legs, a Green Head, and a Brown Body, and Blue eyes. She is very cautious and always watches her step. She often complains about how dirty the ships are. She helps to keep some assembly but a lot of times, the Peace is Broken and TH-34 has to call on B-0B for guidance and assistance.
Last but definitely not Least is K-3VIN ( Nicknamed Kevin ). K-3VIN is a Reprogrammed Ex-Imperial KX-series Security Droid. He has a Brown Right Arm, a Tan colored Body, Head, and Legs, and an Olive Green Left Arm. K-3VIN has a Sarcastic but also Enthusiastic Personality, and he can also be Serious at times. Being the Biggest and tallest of all the Droids, he feels he has the Biggest Responsibility. His Troubling Past Haunts him, and he doesn’t want to remember his Imperial Days. K-3VIN looks out for all the other Droids that he works with, and he is not afraid to Fight against anyone that Attacks him or his Friends. K-3VIN is the big Enthusiastic, Yet Sarcastic one, who is not afraid to Laugh at any of his droid friends if they fail at something while trying to make a Point.
Those are all my Droid Characters.
The R6 is canon because it’s head is an option at the droid depot in galaxys edge which is a canon park and I think they’ve showed up in some of the newer movies
3:22 Imperial sympathies confirmed... Always nice to find fellow pro-Imperialists.
haha i like to keep it balanced that's all there were a lot of good imperials that just aren't mentioned. While the Death star was definitely a military target we often forget millions of people died, many of them just support staff and non-combat personnel.
You also have to think about the 2 billion alderanians that were killed by the Death Star and how the power of the Death Star's power could have been abbused to kill even more people
That's all on Leia, she honestly should have just given the base to them instead of lying...
Also Alderaan was quite the military target and many citizens supported the Alliance, Leia could have been a little less selfish and think about this: When she lied about Dantooine, what if they believed her and actually blew it up? Yeah, all on her for killing the people that DIDN'T EVEN CARE FOR THE ALLIANCE REMOTELY.
See what I mean, no matter how you put it, either someone was destined to die at the hands of the Death Star or Leia would be responsible.
Sounded more like sympathy for the droids to me than sympathy for the Imperials, which I don't mind.
Even if she gave it up, they would have nuked Alderaan anyway. Tarkin had a hard on for his battlestation, and any chance to use it was a good one.
That would make a good song though,
"Sympathy for the Empire"
R6 units are canon as seen in TFA and also don't forget about the R0 units like the one Poe used. The black with orange marking R0-H2 and Jessika Pava's R0-4LO.
R2 the most underappreciated character in Star wars movie he saved every butt alot
I would like to know more about c3po's extended family
he has none, he was maid by anakin
nope, he's a protocol droid, Anakin found him in a scrapyard and fixed him up. others like him can be seen on the tantive and hoth
there wasn't really a series for him. C-#POs were really all identical in look, bout the only diff model Cybot Galactica made was the M-3PO, which had a distinctive non-humanoid head. Rogue Squadron had one they affectionately nicknamed "Emtrey"
C-3PO is a custom build. Anikin Skywalker used junk parts to personaly manufacture the robot for his mother Shmi. C-3PO is truly one of a kind. Sort of like HK-47.
And I do think C3PO was spying for Darth Vader. And Vader new everything the whole time.
His brain is from an old Packard bell the metal is from a drive train of an old Chevy truck and the voice is from a speak and spell
talking about droids during the clone wars why did the droid ships have oxygen in them if there were no breathing life on them except the rare living commander wouldn't it make it a lot harder for the republic to board the ships like in the third movie when they save palatine?
+slipry man lol yea it kind of made no sense they could've save a lot of power and space on those ships
slipryman LL
Another good question is why didn’t they just design the ships for maintenance droids in an attempt to either decrease the size of the ship or increase the cargo space. After all the hall ways don’t need to be tall enough for humans, if you just use something like R series droids or something similar.
I think the astromech droids are are easy to work with for both the republic and the rebel alliance, not imperial or other bad guy organizations.
So the newer R4 was a downgrade from the old R2? It's just like Windows 10!
+James DeLano haha I wouldn't say complete downgrade just different the R5 was like windows 10
Windows 10 is the best Windows so far. In terms of security, usability and looks.
Windows 10 is great
It's not a complete downgrade. It's just a weird sidegrade.
Win 10 is more secure, utilizes the more powerful hardware of current day, but prefers using it's OWN programs instead of anything else you might want to install, and requires you to pay money to utilize Office.
Oh... and Narrator.
Now imagine an R5 or R6 unit like that that.
The r series is basically the iPhones released through the years
I always liked the look of the R5 and R6
An R6 was in the clone wars. It was owned by Jedi Master Kit Fisto. It was with his ship when he fought General Grievous.
Not a criticism actually weirdly cool, I can't get over the fact that Star Wars has an expanded background on the litigation of early R-series droids XD
3:17 Holy shit I never noticed that droid before!
R2 began his journey as an astromech droid of Queen Amidala's Nubian J-type royal ship maintenance droid team.
You know you're a true Star Wars fan when you click on this video without a second of hesitation because let's admit it, R2 D2 is your all time favourite character.
R2: BEST BOI
R3: Attempted Improvement, failed
R4: Disposable R2
R5: Knock-off R2 made with shoddy parts and bad wiring.
Shut your eyes and it's John Candy narrating lol