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'''R2-KT''' was an [[Astromech droid/Legends|astromech]] [[Droid/Legends|droid]] in service to the [[Grand Army of the Republic/Legends|Grand Army of the Republic's]] [[501st Legion/Legends|501st Legion]] during the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]]. R2-KT sometimes went by the name of "Katie".

==Biography==
[[File:R2-KT meeting.png|thumb|left|R2-KT with [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]] at a meeting of clones and Jedi]]
At the height of the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], R2-KT was assigned to the [[501st Legion/Legends|501st Legion]] and served on board a [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Republic]] [[Acclamator-class assault ship|assault ship]] belonging to [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knights]] [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] and [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]. Over the course of the war, "Katie" and R2 liked to meet and gossip about the war and the Republic Fleet. During the events of [[Rotta/Legends|Rotta's]] kidnapping, the droid was present at a briefing of [[Clone trooper/Legends|clone troopers]] and their [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] commanders.

The astromech droid was also present at the [[Battle of Ryloth/Legends|Battle of Ryloth]] and the [[Sky Battle of Quell]].

R2-KT survived the Clone Wars and subsequently served in the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]].<ref name="DB R2-KT" />

==Behind the scenes==
[[File:TheRealR2KT.PNG|thumb|left|The real-world R2-KT]]
R2-KT started off as a real-world replica of an [[R2-series astromech droid]] with pink highlights. Albin Johnson, the founder of the [[501st Legion (fan organization)|501st Legion]], wanted to build a pink droid for his daughter Katie, who was dying from brain cancer (In fact, the "KT" suffix would appear to be a reference to her name). When it was realized that he did not have enough time, R2-KT was built by Jerry Greene, master droid builder, with the help of the [[R2-D2 Builders Club]]. R2-KT makes appearances at children's hospitals, Star Wars Celebration, and charity events in the southeastern United States. A Hasbro action figure of this droid was sold at San Diego Comic-Con 2007 and the character had a cameo in the ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' film. In large part because of this, she later replaced the astromech droid [[P3-NUT]] in the MMORPG game ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (video game)|Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures]]'' in the role of the gift for the child's play charity event in 2011.

R2-KT was originally going to appear in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)|The Clone Wars]]'' episodes ''[[Secret Weapons]]'' and ''[[A Sunny Day in the Void]]''. However, since those episodes featured [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]] as a main character, ''The Clone Wars'' crew wanted to avoid the audience confusion when addressing the droids. As a result, they created the astromech [[QT-KT/Legends|QT-KT]] instead as an homage.<ref>{{SW|url=watch/secret-weapons-featurette.html|text=Episode Featurette #5.10: The Droids You're Looking For}}</ref>

In the blog series ''[[From World War to Star Wars]]'', R2-KT alongside her substitute QT-KT's pink coloring as well as acting as a secret weapon was acknowledged as having a precedent during World War II where certain fighter planes, such as one of the Spitfire planes, were colored pink to effectively camouflage them during dawn and dusk to photograph enemy targets without being detected, which had been proposed by Lord Mountbatten for the British Royal Navy.<ref name="From World War to Star Wars">{{SW|url=news/from-world-war-to-star-wars-pink-secret-weapons|text=From World War to ''Star Wars'': Pink Secret Weapons}}</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Star Wars Galactic Spy]]''
*[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' film]] {{1st}}
*{{TCW|Jedi Crash}}
*{{TCW|Storm Over Ryloth}}
*[[Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (video game)|''Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures'' video game]]

===Non-canon appearances===
*''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2]]''
*{{The Yoda Chronicles|The Phantom Clone}}
*{{The Yoda Chronicles|Attack of the Jedi}}

==Sources==
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]'' {{1stID}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Visual Guide Ultimate Battles]]''
*{{InsiderCite|106|Making Giant Plans!}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic UK 6.23]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded]]''
*{{InsiderCite|147|Bantha Tracks}}
*{{DB|droid|r2kt|R2-KT}}

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.r2kt.com/ R2KT.com, R2-KT's official website]
*[http://www.katie.albinjohnson.com/ The Katie Johnson Home Page]
*{{CWAWiki|R2-KT}}
*[http://www.astromech.net Astromech.net The Official R2 Builders Club website]
*[http://carolina501st.com/ Carolina Garrison, R2-KT's 501st unit]
*{{Blog|official=true|2014/04/11/remembering-katie-inspiring-hope-with-r2-kt-art-part-1/|Remembering Katie, Inspiring Hope with R2-KT Art, Part 1}}
*{{Blog|official=true|2014/04/28/remembering-katie-inspiring-hope-with-r2-kt-art-part-2/|Remembering Katie, Inspiring Hope with R2-KT Art, Part 2}}
*{{Blog|official=true|2014/05/09/remembering-katie-inspiring-hope-with-r2-kt-art-part-3/|Remembering Katie, Inspiring Hope with R2-KT Art, Part 3}}

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