Drl-admin: 1 revision imported

2018-08-12T16:47:29Z

1 revision imported

New page

{{Eras|reb|good}}
{{Droid
|image=[[File:R3-T2.png]]
|name=R3-T2
|homeworld=
|birth=
|death=
|creator=
|manufacturer=[[Industrial Automaton/Legends|Industrial Automaton]]<ref name="Fact File">{{FFCite|11|AST3, ''Astromech Droids''}}</ref>
|line=[[R-series/Legends|R-series]]<ref name="Fact File" />
|model=[[R3-series astromech droid/Legends|R3-series astromech droid]]<ref name="Fact File" />
|class=[[Astromech droid/Legends|Astromech droid]]<ref name="Fact File" />
|degree=[[Second-degree droid]]<ref name="TNEGTD">According to ''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]'', [[Astromech droid/Legends|astromech droids]] are classified as [[second-degree droid]]s.</ref>
|cost=
|length=
|width=
|height=0.96 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]]<ref name="Fact File" />
|mass=
|gender=
|sensor=[[Color/Legends|Black]]<ref name="A New Hope">[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']]</ref>
|plating=Blue, red, white<ref name="A New Hope" />
|armament=
|equipment=[[Intellex V/Legends|Intellex V]]<ref name="Fact File" />
|era=[[Rebellion era]]<ref name="A New Hope" />
|affiliation=[[Pirate/Legends|Pirates]] {{C|formerly}}<ref name="Fact File" />}}
'''R3-T2''' ('''Arthree-Teetoo''') was an [[R3-series astromech droid/Legends|R3-series astromech droid]] who was the property of an abusive crew of [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]]. By the [[Standard year/Legends|year]] [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]], R3-T2 had escaped its owners and roamed the streets of the [[Desert/Legends|desert]] [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine's]] [[Mos Eisley/Legends|Mos Eisley]] [[Spaceport/Legends|spaceport]], avoiding capture by its former masters.

==Biography==
Manufactured by [[Industrial Automaton/Legends|Industrial Automaton]],<ref name="Fact File" /> R3-T2, also spelled "Arthree-Teetoo,"<ref name="R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)">{{CSWECite|III|70|R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)}}</ref> was one of the few [[R3-series astromech droid/Legends|R3-series astromech droids]] to avoid service aboard the [[Warship/Legends|warships]] built during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]]. For many [[Standard year/Legends|years]], the [[Astromech droid/Legends|droid]] was the property of an abusive crew of [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] based in [[Mos Eisley/Legends|Mos Eisley]],<ref name="Fact File" /> a [[Spaceport/Legends|spaceport]] located on the [[Desert/Legends|desert]] [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]].<ref name="Tatooine">{{CSWECite|III|224|Tatooine}}</ref>

Finally at the end of its electronic tether, R3-T2 escaped from its tormentors<ref name="Fact File" /> by [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]]<ref name="The New Essential Chronology">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'' dates the events of [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']], which includes R3-T2's [[Time/Legends|time]] in [[Mos Eisley/Legends|Mos Eisley]], to the [[Standard year/Legends|year]] [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]].</ref> and was a [[Refugee/Legends|refugee]] from that [[Standard Detonator|day]] forth, constantly roaming the spaceport to avoid capture,<ref name="Fact File" /> though its owner remained a mystery to some.<ref name="Saga Collection">{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: The Saga Collection|pack=Astromech Droid Pack Series I|link=TSCastroS1.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308204753/http://www.rebelscum.com/TSCastroS1.asp}}</ref> Shortly before the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]], the [[Droid/Legends|droid]] was wandering the streets of Mos Eisley<ref name="R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)" /> when it passed an [[X-34 landspeeder/Legends|X-34 landspeeder]] carrying Tatooine locals [[Luke Skywalker]] and [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]].<ref name="A New Hope" />

==Characteristics==
The astromech droid R3-T2 had a mostly [[Color/Legends|red]] dome, white body plating with blue trim, and a black [[Photoreceptor/Legends|photoreceptor]].<ref name="A New Hope" /> Unlike most R3 units, R3-T2 did not have a clear [[plastex]] dome.<ref name="R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)" /> The droid stood 0.96 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]] in height.<ref name="Fact File " />

R3-T2 was equipped with an [[Intellex V/Legends|Intellex V]] [[Droid brain/Legends|droid brain]]. Its former masters enhanced the astromech droid with an increased memory capacity, as well as special [[Programmer/Legends|programming]] that made it equally capable of enhancing or [[Saboteur/Legends|sabotaging]] a [[Starship/Legends|starship's]] [[Hyperdrive/Legends|hyperdrive]] systems.<ref name="Fact File" /> The droid was adapted for survival on Tatooine,<ref name="Saga Collection" /> a desert world.<ref name="A New Hope" />

==Behind the scenes==
R3-T2 appears in the [[1977]] film [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']] as one of the droid extras roaming the Mos Eisley spaceport during the arrival of Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.<ref name="A New Hope" /> The droid was first identified by name and given a brief backstory on the [http://www.starwarsccg.org/cardlists/images/starwars/SpecialEdition-Light/large/r3t2.gif "R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)" card] from the [[1998]] ''[[Special Edition Limited]]'' expansion set of the [[Star Wars Customizable Card Game|''Star Wars'' Customizable Card Game]] from [[Decipher, Inc.]]<ref name="CCG">{{CCG|set=Special Edition Limited|link=SpecialEdition-Light/large/r3t2.gif|cardname=R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)}}</ref>

==Appearances==
*[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']] {{1st}}

==Sources==
*{{CCG|set=Special Edition Limited|link=SpecialEdition-Light/large/r3t2.gif|cardname=R3-T2 (Arthree-Teetoo)}} {{1stID}}
*{{FFCite|11|AST3, ''Astromech Droids''}}
*{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: The Saga Collection|pack=Astromech Droid Pack Series I|link=TSCastroS1.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308204753/http://www.rebelscum.com/TSCastroS1.asp}}
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''

==Notes and references==
{{Imagecat|Images of R3-T2}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Interlang
|de=R3-T2
|nl=R3-T2
|pl=R3-T2
|pt=R3-T2
}}

[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:R3-series astromech droids]]
[[Category:Refugees]]

R3-T2 - Revision history

Drl-admin: 1 revision imported