5-L

5-L was a MSE-6 series repair droid who served the First Order during its war against the Resistance. When the TIE pilot DT-533 wished to leave the First Order, she reprogrammed 5-L to assist her.
==Biography==
In 34 ABY, 5-L served the First Order aboard the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Thunderer.Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy Shortly after the suppression of the Aeos system, 5-L entered barracks aboard the Thunderer of First Order pilot DT-533's—named Tamara Ryvor—to update the systems. DT-533 requested the droid perform the upgrades at another time but the droid continued their objective. When the pilot encouraged the droid to continue upgrading and began approaching the droid, 5-L attempted to flee from the pilot. DT-533 trapped 5-L by shutting the door and allowed scooped the mouse droid up. After carrying 5-L to a bunk, the pilot opened up the droid's panels and reprogrammed the droid to assist her. She comforted 5-L after the reprogramming and informed 5-L that the droid would insist her with escaping.
Later, as Commander Pyre and Agent Tierny departed Tierny's office, 5-L placed their body in the doorframe of Tierny's office, preventing the door from closes. Ryvora entered the office and removed the droid from the door. She thanked 5-L as she searched Tierny's desk. After retrieving her comlink from the locked drawer before hearing Tierny returning. She commanded 5-L to hide as she took her own spot next to the door. 5-L failed to hide before Tierny entered her office. Tienry was reading a datapad, allowing the pilot to slip out unnoticed. Tierny took notice of 5-L in the middle of her office and inquired if the system upgrade had been completed. 5-L chirped in response before departing the office and meeting up with Ryvora in the hall.
Ryvora carried 5-L back to her quarters and opened the droid's interior again. She connected her comlink with one of 5-L's inner wires and transmitted a message to Resistance member Kazuda Xiono's comlink–to meet her on Castilon in three cycles. The message was transmitted in a mechanic's code developed by her and Neeku Vozo.
==Characteristics==
5-L was a MSE series droid with black plating.
==Behind the scenes==
5-L first appeared in part one of the two-part episode "The Escape," the finale of the second season of the animated television series Star Wars Resistance, which aired on January 26, 2020. Concept arts for 5-L were designed by Lucasfilm Animation artist Aaron Pham on August 21, 2018. The droid's designation is a tribute to Fievel Mousekewitz, the main character of the 1986 animated movie An American Tail, produced by Amblin Entertainment.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Droids of the First Order
Category:MSE-6 series repair droids