Drl-admin: 1 revision imported

2018-08-12T16:47:56Z

1 revision imported

New page

{{Eras}}
{{Droid
|image=[[File:R5-D8 ANH.png]]
|name=R5-D8
|homeworld=
|birth=
|death=[[0 BBY]],<ref name="Date">''[[Star Wars: Galactic Atlas]]'' establishes that the [[Battle of Yavin]], which includes the destruction of R5-D8, occurs in [[0 BBY]].</ref> [[Yavin system]]<ref name="Episode IV">[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']]</ref>
|creator=
|manufacturer=[[Industrial Automaton]]<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded]]'' establishes that [[R5 unit]]s are manufactured by [[Industrial Automaton]] and stand 0.97 [[meter]]s tall. As R5-D8 is shown to be an R5 unit in [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']], it must also be have this manufacturer and height.</ref>
|line=[[R-series]]<ref name="Episode IV" />
|model=[[R5 unit]]<ref name="Episode IV" />
|class=[[Astromech droid]]<ref name="Episode IV" />
|degree=
|cost=
|length=
|width=
|height=0.97 [[meter]]s<ref name="Encyclopedia" />
|mass=
|gender=
|sensor=
|plating=
|armament=
|equipment=
|era=
|affiliation=*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic]]<ref name="Episode IV" />
**[[Massassi Group]]<ref name="Episode IV" />
**[[Red Squadron (Rebel Alliance)|Red Squadron]]<ref name="Episode IV" />}}
{{Quotetrans|Ah. Red Six. Tough call sign. We lost a Red Six at the first Death Star battle, too. Jek Porkins, and R5-D8.|R2-D2, to BB-8|Poe Dameron 28: The Awakening, Part III}}
'''R5-D8''' was an [[R5 unit]] manufactured by [[Industrial Automaton]] that served in the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic]]'s [[Massassi Group]] during the [[Galactic Civil War]]. In [[0 BBY]], it flew with [[rebel pilot]] [[Jek Tono Porkins]] as [[Red Six]] during the [[Battle of Yavin]]. R5-D8 was destroyed during the battle when Porkins' [[T-65B X-wing starfighter|X-wing]] [[starfighter]] was blown to pieces by enemy fire.

==Biography==
R5-D8<ref name="Twitter">{{Twitter|pablohidalgo|status/749616406245699584|[[Pablo Hidalgo]]|quote=@LelalMekha Yeah, same with Infinity.|image=File:Pablo_lego_character_name_confirmation.png}} — [[Pablo Hidalgo]] of the [[Lucasfilm Story Group]] confirmed that the character names introduced in ''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' are considered [[canon]], despite the [[video game]] itself being non-canon.</ref> was the designation of an [[R5 unit]] that served in the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic]] during the [[Galactic Civil War]] against the [[Galactic Empire]]. It was part of the rebel [[Massassi Group]] based in the [[Great Temple (Yavin 4)|Great Temple]] on the [[moon]] [[Yavin 4]] and flew in a [[T-65B X-wing starfighter]] with [[rebel pilot]] [[Jek Tono Porkins]] as [[Red Six]] in [[Red Squadron (Rebel Alliance)|Red Squadron]].<ref name="Episode IV" />

In [[0 BBY]],<ref name="Date" /> the Empire's [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station|Death Star]] [[superweapon]] entered the [[Yavin system]] with the aim of destroying Yavin 4 and the rebels based there. R5-D8 and the rest of [[Color|Red]] [[Squadron]] were part of the force mobilized to try and destroy the [[Death Star]] and during the battle they engaged the [[turbolaser]] [[turret]]s on the superweapon's surface in order to draw fire from the [[BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighter]]s of [[Gold Squadron]].<ref name="Episode IV" />

[[File:Roasted Porkins.png|thumb|left|250px|R5-D8 perished during the Battle of Yavin.]]
While providing cover for fellow rebel [[Biggs Darklighter]], R5-D8 and Porkins perished when their [[X-wing starfighter]] was destroyed by enemy fire. The rebels ultimately went on to destroy the Death Star and win the battle.<ref name="Episode IV" /> Around [[34 ABY|thirty four years later]], the astromech [[R2-D2]]s, who had flown with [[pilot]] [[Luke Skywalker]] as [[Red Five]] at [[Yavin]], remembered R5-D8's sacrifice and told the [[Resistance]] astromech [[BB-8]] about the [[droid]].<ref name="PD28">''[[Poe Dameron 28: The Awakening, Part III]]''</ref>

==Description==
R5-D8 was an [[R-series|R5 unit]] [[astromech droid]] with [[Color|white]] colored plating detailed with red.<ref name="Episode IV" /> Like all R5 units, it was manufactured by [[Industrial Automaton]] and stood 0.97 [[meter]]s tall.<ref name="Encyclopedia" />

==Behind the scenes==
R5-D8 first appeared as a prop in the [[1977]] film [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']].<ref name="Episode IV" /> The character's name was first confirmed to be [[canon]] in the [[2015]] video game ''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''.<ref name="LEGO">''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''</ref> Despite the game being non-canon, [[Pablo Hidalgo]] of the [[Lucasfilm Story Group]] confirmed that the names provided by the game, which included R5-D8, were considered canon.<ref name="Twitter" />

The name originated from [[Star Wars Legends|''Star Wars'' Legends]], where it was first used in [[2000]] in a "Force File" included with a Jek Porkins action figure released by [[Hasbro Inc.]] as part of the ''[[Star Wars: Power of the Jedi]]'' line.<ref name="Toy">{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: Power of the Jedi|pack=Jek Porkins|link=potjporkins.asp|archivedate=20160410115212|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410115212/http://www.rebelscum.com/potjporkins.asp}}</ref>

==Appearances==
*[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']] {{1st}}
*''[[Poe Dameron 28: The Awakening, Part III]]'' {{Mo}}

===Non-canon appearances===
*''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' {{1stID}}

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

{{Interlang
|ja=R5-D8
}}

[[Category:R5-series astromech droids]]
[[Category:Rebel Alliance members]]

R5-D8 - Revision history

Drl-admin: 1 revision imported