R3 - S6 / Legends R3 - S6 was a masculine programmed R3 - series astromech droid manufactured by Industrial Automaton on the planet Nubia around the time of the Clone Wars . On his homeworld , R3 - S6 was stolen by a group of agents hired by the Confederate General Grievous . They took R3 - S6 to the planet Milagro where the astromech droid underwent reprogramming to become a spy for Grievous . The reprogrammed R3 - S6 was sold to the Galactic Republic to become Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker ' s new astromech droid , as a replacement droid for R2 - D2 , Skywalker ' s previous astromech droid . R3 - S6 accompanied Skywalker and his Padawan , Ahsoka Tano , as the two Jedi searched for Skywalker ' s previous astromech droid in the remnants of the Battle of Bothawui in Bothawui space . When the group came across a Trandoshan scavenging freighter in the battle aftermath ' s debris field , R3 - S6 , Skywalker , and Tano boarded the vessel to find R2 - D2 . After the unsuccessful search aboard the freighter , R3 - S6 and Skywalker embarked on a new mission to sweep through suspected Confederate space . The operation was thwarted by Grievous , who tracked Skywalker via the Jedi Knight ' s starfighter homing beacon , though R3 - S6 and Skywalker were rescued by the timely arrival of Tano aboard Skywalker ' s freighter . Inside the ship , R3 - S6 and Tano received a transmission from R2 - D2 , and Skywalker ordered them to track the signal which led the group to Skytop Station , a Confederate listening post . In the station , Skywalker went to find R2 - D2 , while R3 - S6 , Tano , and a group of clone troopers left to destroy the station ' s reactor core . R3 - S6 watched as Grievous confronted Tano ' s group and attacked Tano , though the Padawan retreated with R3 - S6 to a storage room . As the Padawan hid from Grievous in the room for some time , Tano spotted R3 - S6 conferring with Grievous and found out the droid ' s true allegiance . The droid soon left Tano , and found Skywalker in the base ' s hangar , who also found out that R3 - S6 was a spy droid . R3 - S6 was destroyed when he was hit by flying debris after a brawl with R2 - D2 on a catwalk outside the listening post . Biography . Separatist spy . A second - degree R3 - series astromech droid , R3 - S6 was manufactured by Industrial Automaton on the planet Nubia around the time of the Clone Wars . While most R3 - series astromech droids had clear - transparent domes , some droids — such as R3 - S6 — were shipped with salvaged R2 - series domes ; during the Clone Wars , the Galactic Republic needed droid unit s available for purchase even with such minor defects . In 22 BBY , the Confederate General Grievous hired agents to steal an astromech droid from Industrial Automaton on Nubia . The agents took R3 - S6 to the planet Milagro , and inside a Republic base , it was reprogrammed to become a spy for Grievous . The reconditioning succeeded , and R3 - S6 was sold to the Galactic Republic newly - reprogrammed as a Confederate spy . After Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker lost his previous droid , R2 - D2 , during the Battle of Bothawui , he contacted Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Yoda via hologram and told them of his dilemma . Skywalker was told that his new droid — R3 - S6 — was to be delivered to him . Right after R3 - S6 was dropped off inside Skywalker ' s " Venator " - class Star Destroyer , he met Skywalker ' s Padawan , Ahsoka Tano , and was inspected by Tano near her master ' s freighter , the " Twilight " . When Tano introduced the astromech droid to its newly - assigned owner , she attempted to relieve Skywalker ' s melancholy over the loss of R2 - D2 by pointing out R3 - S6 ' s color scheme — gold ; since her master was the leader of the Republic Navy ' s Gold Squadron , Tano believed R3 - S6 would make a good companion for the Jedi Knight . Likewise , Tano nicknamed the droid " Goldie . " However , Skywalker wanted to find R2 - D2 , and once R3 , Skywalker , and Tano boarded the " Twilight " , Skywalker piloted the craft through a debris field — remnants of the Battle of Bothawui — to search for the droid . After the Jedi spotted a Trandoshan scavenging freighter , named the " Vulture ' s Claw " , in the debris field , Skywalker docked with the freighter , and left the " Twilight " with R3 - S6 and Tano to find R2 - D2 . The freighter ' s owner , Gha Nachkt , greeted the two Jedi , took interest in R3 - S6 , and offered to trade a C - 14 droid for him ; Tano , however , rejected his deal . With R3 - S6 and Tano by his side , Skywalker told Nachkt they wanted to find his R2 - series astromech droid and would pay him credits if he had R2 - D2 in his ship . Having accepted Skywalker ' s offer , Nachkt allowed him , R3 - S6 , and Tano to search through his storage room . There , Skywalker ordered R3 - S6 to search through the ship ' s computer manifest to locate R2 - D2 . The Jedi Knight then heard a sound , which he concluded was R2 - D2 . Skywalker came across a door and guessed that R2 - D2 was being held behind it and ordered R3 - S6 to open the portal , but the gold - colored droid instead activated the cargo room ' s lights and a pair of IG - 86 sentinel droids . After Skywalker and Tano destroyed the two droids , Skywalker berated R3 - S6 for disobeying him . Unbeknownst to Skywalker and Tano , Nachkt overheard the two Jedi from behind a nearby door . R3 - S6 opened the portal , and Skywalker pointed his lightsaber at the Trandoshan ' s neck and demanded that he reveal R2 - D2 . However , Tano insisted that R2 - D2 was not on the ship . Conceding failure , the two Jedi and R3 - S6 boarded the " Twilight " and redocked with the " Resolute " . Skywalker told his Padawan that he was preparing for a mission to sweep through suspected Confederate space . Tano realized her master needed a droid for the task and suggested he bring R3 - S6 ; however , Skywalker still had doubts about the droid due to his disobedience on the " Vulture ' s Claw " . Nevertheless , Skywalker gave into Tano ' s wish and jumped to hyperspace in his starfighter — with R3 - S6 in the astromech socket . Upon their return to realspace , Skywalker ordered R3 - S6 to activate the starfighter ' s long - range scanners . However , R3 - S6 instead activated the fighter ' s tracking beacon . The signal alerted Grievous ' nearby fleet , and a group of " Munificent " - class frigates jumped to R3 - S6 ' s and Skywalker ' s location . Skywalker ordered R3 - S6 to prepare to jump into hyperspace , but the droid detached the starfighter from the hyperdrive docking ring , negating their chance to escape . Eventually , Vulture droids left the frigates and attacked the starfighter , but Skywalker successfully destroyed them with his fighter ' s blaster cannons . When R3 - S6 deactivated the blaster cannons and the starfighter ' s engines , more Vulture droids appeared . The droids , however , were destroyed by the timely intervention of Tano and Clone Captain CT - 7567 , nicknamed " Rex , " who both decided to help R3 - S6 and Skywalker after they noticed Skywalker ' s tracking beacon had been activated . Tano and Rex , who were on board the " Twilight " , lowered the freighter ' s aft cargo bay door , which would allow Skywalker ' s starfighter to board the ship . R3 - S6 reactivated the fighter ' s engines and enabled Skywalker to pilot the starfighter into the " Twilight " aft cargo bay , and , once inside the " Twilight " , Skywalker and R3 - S6 joined Tano and Rex inside the freighter ' s cockpit . Allegiance revealed . R2 - D2 was , in fact , aboard the " Vulture ' s Claw " and sent a transmission to the " Twilight " . R3 - S6 and Tano received the message and reported it to Skywalker . The Jedi Knight ordered R3 - S6 to strengthen the signal , but the droid decreased its reception instead . Skywalker restored the signal ' s strength himself and ordered his pilot , Rex , to track the message . The trail led the group to the moon Ruusan 2 . As the " Twilight " hovered above the discovered Confederate listening post , Skytop Station , Skywalker wanted to let Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi know of the station ' s presence . Skywalker ordered R3 - S6 to contact Kenobi using scramble code " 1477 " and told Kenobi of his plan to rescue R2 - D2 in the station with R3 - S6 , his Padawan , and a group of clones . As the Jedi Knight prepared for the mission , Tano placed R3 - S6 in Rex ' s care to hold during the free - fall to the station . Behind the " Twilight " rear cargo bay , R3 - S6 , Skywalker , Tano , Rex , and a group of clones plummeted toward Skytop Station ' s hull . While the two Jedi used the Force to help them descend toward the station , Rex and his men used their JT - 12 jetpacks . Having landed on top of the station , Skywalker cut a hole through the station ' s hull with his lightsaber , allowing R3 - S6 and the group to enter . Inside , R3 - S6 used his scomp link to access a port and bring up a holomap of the station . Skywalker ordered Tano and Rex to destroy the station ' s reactor core ; he would separate from the group to find his lost droid . As R3 - S6 and the party searched for the reactor core room , R3 - S6 broke away to report to Grievous that Skywalker planned to destroy the station via hologram . R3 - S6 ended his transmission with the cyborg general when Tano appeared near him , and he rejoined her and the clones . R3 - S6 and the group made their way to the reactor room , which was protected by a ray shielded door . Tano ordered the gold droid to deactivate the ray shield , but a group of B1 and B2 battle droids spotted the group from a nearby hallway . After a firefight broke out , Tano and the clones destroyed the droids , although soon Grievous , who had come to their location through the reactor room , confronted the group . R3 - S6 watched as Tano engaged the cyborg general in a lightsaber duel , though Tano underestimated her adversary ' s strength and soon fled the area and ran inside a storage room with R3 - S6 . Near a dark corridor , Tano saw R3 - S6 and beckoned him to come toward her , but the droid turned on his astromech droid light and flashed it at Tano , simultaneously alerting Grievous of her location . The Padawan evaded the General ' s attack and hid once again . Soon , R3 - S6 conferred with Grievous , a conversation Tano overheard ; she realized then that R3 - S6 was a Separatist spy . R3 - S6 departed the storage room and found Rex and clone trooper Denal near the reactor core room where they had placed explosive charges . The trio made their way toward the station ' s hangar bay , only to find the rescued R2 - D2 with Skywalker near the " Twilight " . Skywalker asked of his Padawan ' s whereabouts , and Rex revealed that she had engaged Grievous in a lightsaber duel . The clone captain offered to take Skywalker to her last reported location , but R3 - S6 closed the hangar bay ' s entry blast doors and activated a pair of Vulture droids . The maneuver led Skywalker as well to conclude that R3 - S6 was a spy . When the Vulture droids attacked Skywalker and the clones , the Jedi Knight ordered R2 - D2 to open the hangar bay ' s door through an astromech port in the station so that the " Twilight " could evacuate , and R3 - S6 secretly followed R2 - D2 . On a catwalk , which led to the astromech port , R3 - S6 slammed into the other droid , and the two engaged one another with their slicing tool s . To end the brawl , R2 - D2 used his shock arm , which briefly incapacitated R3 - S6 . The R2 unit then activated his rocket boost jets and released a stream of oil on the catwalk . R3 - S6 evaded the resultant inferno , but he failed to notice R2 - D2 ' s followup attack , a full - body shove that knocked R3 - S6 off the catwalk . R3 - S6 used his tow cable to hang onto R2 - D2 and avoid the fall , but R2 - D2 severed the cord with his cutting tool . R3 - S6 fell from the catwalk , collided with falling debris , and was destroyed . The Republic strike team and Grievous both evacuated Skytop Station , just as the planted charges detonated , destroying the listening post . Characteristics . An R3 - series astromech droid , R3 - S3 had masculine programming and stood 1 . 09 meters in height . After being taken by the Confederacy , R3 - S6 was reprogrammed to sabotage . Due to his reprogramming , R3 - S6 feigned a lack of competence around Republic personnel . Upon entering service to the Republic , R3 - S6 was ordered to remain undetected and not reveal himself as a spy . When he was given to Anakin Skywalker , the droid ' s main objective was to spy on the Jedi Knight . His reprogramming corrupted his ability to comply and understand Skywalker ; the droid could only obey his true master , General Grievous , whom the droid obeyed faithfully . When with Skywalker , R3 - S6 disobeyed him , leading the Jedi to doubt the droid . At times , R3 - S6 ignored Ahsoka Tano ' s orders as well . Clone Captain Rex noticed the droid ' s disobedience during the Mission to Skytop Station , during which Rex did not entrust R3 - S6 with the task of opening the ray - shielded blast door that protected the main reactor room of the station . R3 - S6 had a number of tools and equipment which he used on occasion . Within his dome , R3 - S6 had a holographic projector , scomp link , and a scanner antenna . His body featured a power charge arm and a periscope . The droid also had a retractable third leg . Behind the scenes . The astromech droid R3 - S6 was created for the television series . Before the program had begun airing , R3 - S6 was first mentioned in the 2008 " " , in which he received a dual - page spread . On November 7 of the same year , R3 - S6 appeared in the episode " Downfall of a Droid . " In the following week , the character appeared in the episode " Duel of the Droids , " in which R3 - S6 was destroyed . In December of the same year , R3 - S6 received an entry in the " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . In 2009 , R3 - S6 was featured in " The Clone Wars " – related sourcebooks — such as " " and " " . The details of R3 - S6 ' s manufacture and reprogramming were revealed in the " The Clone Wars " " decoded " episodes and in the featurette for the " Downfall of a Droid " episode that was included in " The Clone Wars " . The Nintendo DS version of the 2009 video game " " featured an alternate portrayal of the mission to Skytop Station . R3 - S6 appeared in the mission ' s opening cutscene , taken directly from " Duel of the Droids , " but was absent from the mission itself . However , he received an entry in the in - game databank . In July 2010 , R3 - S6 received an entry in the " " . Inconsistencies and non - canon portrayals . Confusion has surrounded the location and timing of R3 - S6 ' s reprogramming by the Separatists . " The Clone Wars " visual guide said that Grievous ' agents were in the Republic military , sabotaged R3 - S6 ' s programming , and arranged for the droid to be sent to Bothawui . This sequence of events indicated that R3 - S6 was part of the Republic . However , later sources , such as " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , the " Downfall of a Droid " decoded episode , and " Star Wars : The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia " , said that R3 - S6 was taken to Milagro to be reprogrammed . A few discrepancies distinguish the events of " Downfall of a Droid " and the 2008 novel " " by Karen Miller . In the novel , Anakin did his sweeps through suspected Confederate space soon after the ambush on the " Vulture ' s Claw " . When Skywalker contacted Yoda and Mace Windu , the Jedi Masters told Anakin that his new droid would be arriving shortly , indicating R3 - S6 had not been assigned to him yet . In the episode , however , R3 - S6 was assigned to Anakin before both missions . In " Wild Space " , the Jedi Council sent the droid to Anakin . The 2009 young - readers book " " stated that Grievous was the one who reprogrammed R3 - S6 to spy on Anakin and sabotage the Jedi ' s missions . " The Clone Wars " visual guide indicated that R3 - S6 was built with a scavenged R2 - series dome , but " Forces of Darkness " stated that R3 - S6 originated with a clear / transparent R3 - series dome . R3 - S6 appears in the 2010 video game " " . In the game , R3 - S6 is featured in a mini - game called " Rocket Rescue . " During the level " Goldie , " R3 - S6 is featured as a non - playable character that tries to stop R2 - D2 from completing his goal of finding Anakin Skywalker on the galactic capital of Coruscant . Because the events portrayed in " Rocket Rescue " cannot be fitted chronologically into the first - season storyline featuring R3 - S6 , and since no other source confirms that he was on Coruscant , this article assumes that the mini - game is not part of the Legends continuity . R3 - S6 was also featured in the video game " " , released on March 22 , 2011 , which presented a humorous and non - canonical take on the events from " Duel of the Droids . " In the game , the final battle between R3 - S6 and R2 - D2 is reversed , with the latter pursuing the former on the catwalk . The same month , an article published in " " offered an alternate , what - if storyline that would have unfolded had Skywalker not located R2 - D2 at Skytop Station . Without R2 - D2 to expose his true allegiance , R3 - S6 remains as Skywalker ' s astromech , leading the Jedi into trap after trap , each time handing Grievous more power and causing Skywalker to believe that he is cursed . Mentally imbalanced , Skywalker eventually falls victim to the young Boba Fett ' s revenge attempt on Mace Windu , as he and Windu both die under the wreckage of the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Endurance " on the planet Vanqor , because without R2 - D2 ' s help , the search party fails to arrive in time to rescue them . The fifth issue of the 2013 " Star Wars Fact File " contained an assortment of errors . In the issue , the events of " Downfall of a Droid " and " Duel of the Droids " were placed in 19 BBY . However , timelines as of 2013 placed the episodes in 22 BBY . The issue also stated that R3 - S6 was " unknown to the Republic , " when , in fact , he was originally a Republic - aligned droid . The line " R3 , what do you have to report ? " was spoken by Grievous in " Duel of the Droids . " The issue attributes this line to Anakin Skywalker . Originally , the " Star Wars : The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia " gave R3 - S6 ' s height as 1 . 1 meters . His entry on StarWars . com ' s Encyclopedia gave it as 1 . 09 meters , and the fifth issue of the new " Star Wars Fact File " gave it as 0 . 96 meters . Because StarWars . com retcon ned the height given in " The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia " , and due to the number of errors in the " Star Wars Fact File " Part 5 , this article assumes that the height given in the StarWars . com Encyclopedia is valid .