R2-A5/Legends

R2-A5 was a white-and-green plated R2-series astromech droid manufactured by Industrial Automaton. The astromech droid served the Galactic Empire, and was programmed by the Empire for target acquisition and combat communications. Around the time of the Battle of Yavin, R2-A5 wandered the streets of Mos Eisley, a city on the planet Tatooine. R2-A5 coordinated starfighter attack vectors, and broadcasted target acquisition data to gunnery systems.
==Behind the scenes==
R2-A5 first appeared in the 1977 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, before being replaced with a CGI ronto in the 1997 Special Edition re-release of the film. The droid's scene, where it rolls through the streets as Tatooine locals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker are apprehended by sandtroopers, was filmed between April 12 to April 22, 1976 at Elstree Studios's Stage 6.The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film In 1998, the droid was first named by Decipher, Inc., for the Special Edition Limited set of their Star Wars Customizable Card Game.
==Appearances==
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==Sources==
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*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
==Notes and references==
Category:Droids of the Galactic Empire
Category:R2-series astromech droids