MA-13[4] was a ferry droid that operated a keelboat along a lava river on the planet Nevarro. The orange and white ferry droid had the appearance of an R-series astromech droid, though it had been modified to have legs and two sets of arms, which he used to row the boat down the river. When Din Djarin, Cara Dune, Greef Karga, and IG-11 were attempting to escape Moff Gideon's forces with Grogu, they boarded the droid's keelboat, and the droid began to take them downriver. However, Djarin noticed a number of stormtroopers waiting for them at the end of the tunnel, and Dune urged the droid to stop the boat. When the droid continued to row, Dune shot the droid's head off, but his destruction did not stop the boat from moving.[2]
Behind the scenes
MA-13 first appeared unnamed in "Chapter 8: Redemption," the eighth episode of season one of the 2019 television series Star Wars: The Mandalorian, directed by Taika Waititi and released on Disney+[2] on December 27, 2019.[5] Digital concept art for the droid was done by Ryan Church, based on an unused design done by Matt Allsopp in October 2013 as a farm droid for the Erso homestead for the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,[6] which was ultimately replaced with the SE-2 worker droid.[7] Church described MA-13 as a "Stygian R2 unit,"[8] referencing one of the rivers of the underworld in ancient Greek mythology.
The droid was subsequently identified in the form of an action figure released by Disney in 2021 as part of a set with three other droids from The Mandalorian as part of the Star Wars: Droid Factory toy line.[4] Although the episode features MA-13's death, the graphic novel of season one depicts him surviving the events.[9]
Appearances
- The Mandalorian Junior Novel (and audiobook)
- The Mandalorian – The Graphic Novel of Season 1
Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 8: Redemption" (First appearance)- The Mandalorian 8
Sources
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Legacy"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Cast"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Technology"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Practical"
- "Redemption" Episode Guide | The Mandalorian on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season One
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian - The Art & Imagery Collector's Edition, Volume Two
- Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — "Beeps"
- Star Wars: Droid Factory toy line (Multipack: R6-D3 · MA-13 · R1 · N0-AH) (backup link) (First identified as MA-13)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- ferry droid in the Databank (backup link)
- keelboat in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" and "Chapter 16: The Rescue" to 9 ABY. The events of Chapters 1 through 16 of Star Wars: The Mandalorian must therefore also take place in 9 ABY.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 8: Redemption"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
Star Wars: Droid Factory toy line (Multipack: R6-D3 · MA-13 · R1 · N0-AH) (backup link)
- ↑ The Mandalorian Media Kit (PDF [1]) on Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International (September 24, 2019) (backup link archived on June 23, 2021)
- ↑ "Redemption" Episode Guide | The Mandalorian on StarWars.com (backup link) (Trivia Gallery Slide 2)
- ↑ Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- ↑ Ryan Church (@ryanchurchart) on Instagram (post): "#TheMandalorian - a Stygian R2 unit- there's something so perfectly, mythically Star Wars about crazy stuff like this...based on a @cuppasketch design... @taikawaititi awesome season 1 finale, for Design Supervisor @doug_chiang and Dave Filoni" (backup link)
- ↑ The Mandalorian – The Graphic Novel of Season 1
