4B - EG - 6 4B - EG - 6 was a green - colored GNK - series power droid that diligently served the Resistance during their conflict with the group known as the First Order . The droid was stationed at the Resistance base on the planet D ' Qar , where it maintained the facility ' s equipment while also secretly serving as a member of the Resistance spy droid network . In the year 34 ABY , 4B - EG - 6 was waiting in the base ' s landing zones when Resistance T - 70 X - wing fighter s returned victorious from the battle of Takodana and later the Battle of Starkiller Base . When the " Millennium Falcon " left D ' Qar to travel to the planet Ahch - To , the power droid was among a crowd of Resistance members who saw the starship off . Biography . The GNK - series power droid designated 4B - EG - 6 was used by the Resistance during its conflict with the resurgent political and military group known as the First Order . The droid was stationed at the Resistance ' s base of operations on the planet D ' Qar , where it diligently worked to maintain the base ' s equipment , taking only periodic maintenance breaks . It was also classified and secretly served as a member of the Resistance spy droid network run by the protocol droid C - 3PO , reporting what it saw and heard to C - 3PO ' s subordinate PZ - 4CO . In the year 34 ABY , when the Blue Squadron of T - 70 X - wing fighter s returned from fighting the First Order on the planet Takodana , 4B - EG - 6 tended to one of their ships immediately after they landed in the D ' Qar base in the landing bay opposite the YT - 1300 light freighter known as the " Millennium Falcon " . It then moved on to " Black One " , the X - wing starfighter of Black Leader Poe Dameron . The droid was once again present in the bay opposite the " Falcon " s landing zone when the Resistance ' s pilots returned to D ' Qar after successfully destroying the First Order ' s Starkiller Base superweapon . When the scavenger Rey left D ' Qar aboard the " Falcon " in order to travel to the planet Ahch - To shortly afterward , 4B - EG - 6 was standing with fellow Resistance droid B - U4D being checked over by another member of the Resistance before both droids joined the large crowd that had gathered to wave the freighter off . Characteristics . Like all GNK power droids , 4B - EG - 6 stood 1 . 1 meter s tall and was manufactured by Industrial Automaton . It was built with a pair of legs so that it could walk to where it was needed and provide power with its internal fusion generator . It was green in color with red markings on its front panel and a yellow strip on its rear panel . Behind the scenes . 4B - EG - 6 first appeared in , released on December 18 , 2015 . The droid was not identified in the film , but its name was revealed in " " , a reference book written by Pablo Hidalgo and released in conjunction with Episode VII . In the " Star Wars Blips " non - canon animated short " Fan Droids , " released on September 3 , 2017 , 4B - EG - 6 and several other Resistance droids are shown watching a holographic projection showing the past exploits of the astromech droid R2 - D2 . They then become extremely excited when R2 - D2 himself passes them , with the GNK droid becoming so excited that part of its front panel explodes , causing it to fall onto its back .