Sparky (droid)

Sparky was Jaina Solo's R5-series astromech droid during her early tenure with Rogue Squadron in the war with the Yuuzhan Vong. Sparky was destroyedThe New Jedi Order: Balance Point a year into the conflict when Jaina strayed too close to an exploding New Republic ship in her T-65XJ X-wing starfighter at the Battle of Kalarba. Jaina was distraught at the loss of her droid, and eventually replaced the astromech with R2-B3, a droid nicknamed "Cappie" after her fallen wingman Anni Capstan.The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
==Behind the scenes==
Sparky first appeared in the 1999 novel The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught, the second book in the series Star Wars: The New Jedi Order and the first installment of the Dark Tide Duology.
Although described as an R5 unit in Onslaught, The New Jedi Order: Balance Point, and The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia,The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia in The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin, Sparky is mistakenly described as an R2-series astromech droid.The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin
==Appearances==
*The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught 
*The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin
*The New Jedi Order: Balance Point
==Sources==
*The New Essential Guide to Characters
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
==Notes and references==
Category:Droids of the New Republic
Category:R5-series astromech droids
Category:Rogue Squadron personnel