K-OHN (or KONE) was a manumitted L-1 tactical droid that provided people with his programmed skills in exchange for energy and credits. K-OHN's personal goal was to gather enough funds to obtain a processor upgrade that would allow him to comprehend the idea of spirituality, but he also shared part his earnings with a band of street urchins he once befriended.[1] K-OHN was present in Jedha City shortly before the Galactic Empire's Death Star destroyed it[4] in 1 BBY.[5] He was equipped with an AA-1 VerboBrain.[1]
Behind the scenes
Concept art of the droid that would become K-OHN on Eadu by Adam Brockbank.
- "This droid began life as a L-1 series tactical droid that was originally intended to accompany a rebel strike force to Eadu in an earlier iteration of the story. Art by Adam Brockbank. It instead ended up on Jedha, and I named him K-0HN."
- ―Pablo Hidalgo
K-OHN first appeared in the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,[4] where he was portrayed by Dee Tails.[7] He was first identified in the accompanying reference book Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide written by Pablo Hidalgo.[1] The droid that would become K-OHN was originally intended to accompany the Alliance team to the mission to Eadu in the film and concept art was done by Adam Brockbank, but he was ultimately scrapped from the scenes and was instead repurposed as one of the many individuals in the scenes in Jedha City.[6]
Appearances
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (First appearance)
Sources
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide (First identified as K-OHN)
- Star Wars: Rogue One: Ultimate Sticker Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 72 Droid Directory: Droids of NiJedha (as K-0HN)
- Star Wars: Droidography
- Star Wars: Extraordinary Droids
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- ↑ Star Wars: Droidography
- ↑ Star Wars: Extraordinary Droids
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ 6.0 6.1
Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter (post on September 13, 2023): "This droid began life as a L-1 series tactical droid that was originally intended to accompany a rebel strike force to Eadu in an earlier iteration of the story. Art by Adam Brockbank. It instead ended up on Jedha, and I named him K-0HN." (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ Dee Tails (@deetails) on Twitter (post on January 6, 2017): "This is the L-1 Droid I get to play in Rogue One." (backup link)