R4-M9

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R4-M9 Production information Manufacturer Industrial Automaton Product line R-series Model R4-series astromech droid Class Astromech droid Technical specifications Length 0.96 meters Gender Masculine programming Sensor color Red Equipment Holographic projector/recorder Various utility/repair tools Chronological and political information Era(s) Rebellion era Affiliation Galactic Empire [Source]

R4-M9 was an Imperial astromech droid of the R4-series, tasked with vehicle and computer maintenance, before being deployed on the Star Destroyer Devastator. While stationed on the Devastator, he was used by the Galactic Empire and accompanied the 501st Legion ordered by Darth Vader in order to pull data concerning the stolen Death Star plans from the Tantive IV 's computer banks during the Imperial capture of the Rebel Blockade Runner.

Contents 1 Appearances 2 Behind the scenes 3 Sources 4 External links

[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First appearance)

[edit] Behind the scenes

Hasbro has released two R4-M9 figures in two separate 2002 figure lines. The first figure, on The Power Of The Jedi card, comes with a small black mouse droid. [1] The second R4-M9 figure can be found on the Star Tours card. This R4-M9 comes with a lighter egg shell blue color scheme [2]

[edit] Sources

• Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Premiere Limited (Card: R4-M9) (First identified as R4-M9)
• Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
• Star Wars: Power of the Jedi
• The Official Star Wars Fact File
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Tours
• R4-M9 (Star Tours)
•  Visual Guide Chapter 4: Artoo's Mission, Image 10 on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)

[edit] External links

• R4-M9 action figure