- «Greetings, Jabba! And a warm welcome to your two companions.
Companions? Bwah! Bib Fortuna and R5-X2 are my servants, Gardulla.» - ―Gardulla Besadii Tai and Jabba Desilijic Tiure
R5-X2 was an astromech droid from the R5-series. He belonged to Jabba Desilijic Tiure around 32 BBY, and was used to calculate betting odds at podraces.
Biography
R5-X2
Before the Boonta podrace, he estimated that Sebulba would win, Gasgano would come in second and Mawhonic would be third. R5-X2 also favored the young slave Anakin Skywalker. Unfortunately, though Gasgano did finish second, Sebulba and Mawhonic both crashed, so Jabba only ended up winning a third of R5's bet.
Behind the scenes
In 2009, via Star Wars Insider 107, Hasbro announced that as part of the Return of the Jedi Build-A-Droid wave they would be releasing the droid: "R5-H6, seen with Gardulla the Hutt in The Phantom Menace". That particular droid however, had already been released under the name "R5-X2". The droid that was subsequently released as part of the 2009 wave was in fact R5-C7, a droid seen on Coruscant during Attack of the Clones.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
- "Podracing Tales"
Sources
- Star Wars: Episode I: The Visual Dictionary (First identified as R5-X2)
- Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 37 AST 5-6: Astromech Droids
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 100 AST 13-14: R5-X2 Astromech Droid
- Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection (Pack: Remote Control R5-X2) (backup link)- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "Toy Wars" — Star Wars Insider 107 (reprinted in The Best of Star Wars Insider Volume 3) (as R5-H6)
- "Menace Revisited" — Star Wars Insider 109 (reprinted in Special Edition 2012 and The Saga Begins)
- Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Bib Fortuna (★★★★)) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 14 Droid Directory: R5-series Astromech Droids
