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R2-D2's battle droid squadron

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R2-D2's battle droid squadron

General information
Leader(s)	R2-D2^[1] OOM-10^[1]
Notable members	R2-D2^[1] OOM-10^[1] At least two other battle droids^[1]
Headquarters	Coruscant
Locations	Coruscant Lola Sayu^[1]
Historical information
Founding	c. 21 BBY^[1]^[2]
Dissolution	c. 21 BBY^[2]^[3]
Other information
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era^[2]^[3]
Affiliation	Galactic Republic^[1]^[2] R2-D2^[1]

[Source]

"R2, look out! Behind you! You're being followed by battle droids!"

―C-3PO, upon seeing the squad.^[src]

A squadron of battle droids was used by the Galactic Republic around 21 BBY. The units had been captured by the Republic and reprogrammed to serve it, participating in a mission to free Jedi Master Even Piell from the Confederate prison known as the Citadel. During the ensuing battle, all units were destroyed, when they were ordered to cover the retreat of the rest of the team.

1 History
2 Behind the scenes
3 Appearances
4 Sources
5 Notes and references

HistoryEdit

During the Clone Wars, around 21 BBY,^[2] at least three OOM pilot battle droids, were captured and reprogrammed for use by the Republic. The Republic put the astromech droid^[4] R2-D2 in charge of this small squadron. The squad's only known mission was the rescue of^[1] Jedi Council member^[5] Even Piell, during which the droids piloted a shuttle, carrying the rescue team, to the Citadel. They landed somewhere in the out-lands and deployed the team; later, they were ordered to pilot the shuttle to the Citadel's landing platform. There, the team was forced to abandon the shuttle to avoid suspicion from the Confederacy of Independent Systems' forces.^[1]

While in the Citadel, they saved Obi-Wan Kenobi and his team. Pretending to be Confederate battle droids, the squad escorted the "captured" Obi-Wan to the landing bay. It was during that time that the Confederacy found out that the droids were reprogrammed and were serving the Republic, forcing the group to engage Separatist droids. One of the squad's members was shot but not destroyed in the ensuing battle. After the demise of ARC trooper Echo, the rescue team was forced to retreat and hide in a cave.^[6] After contacting the Jedi Council for reinforcements, R2-D2's squad, along with the rescue team, went on to find a way to get to the extraction point, during which the unit was ordered to hold off the pursuing Confederate forces, which resulted in its destruction.^[3]

Behind the scenesEdit

There may be another error here. In the episodes The Citadel and Counterattack, there were three droids under R2's command among which one was later destroyed.^[1]^[6] But in Citadel Rescue, there are still three battle droids accompanying the team despite the one being destroyed in the previous episode.^[3]