R2-KT or Katie was a pink R2-series astromech droid who served the 501st legion during the
Clone Wars and was often stationed aboard Anakin’s Jedi Cruiser during the War where
she played a key role in many important missions throughout the war.
So who was R2-KT and how did she survive as long as R2-D2, all the way to past the battle
of Endor, and into the New Republic era.
I’m going to break down exactly how R2-KT made it through the Clone Wars and Galactic
civil war, and served in General Leia Organa’s resistance against the first order.
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R2-KT was a standard model R2 series astromech droid which had female programming and was
produced by the Droid Manufacturing company, Industrial Automation.
She stood at 1.09 metres tall just like most other R-Series droids and was painted in a
white finish, with pink plating and a gray dome to cover it’s important circuitry.
R2-Kt had a small light blue photoreceptor, allowing her to see her surroundings and perform
very precise jobs with her tools, and was programmed to have a strong sense of humour.
The pink astromech was equipped with a standard issue arc welder, a holoprojector and a reader
socket for use in everyday operations.
The droid was also outfitted with an assortment of concealed tools and a standard recharge
socket so that it wouldn’t die out once it’s durable batteries had finally drained.
Unfortunately, R2-KT wasn’t outfitted with a rocket booster like R2 was, but she was
still very capable of moving around for the jobs that she needed to perform.
R2-KT began her journey during Anakin and Ahsoka's mission to rescue Rotta the Hutt,
son of notorious crime lord Jabba the Hutt.
As Anakin arrived back on his ship, the Resolute, he discovered that his newly appointed apprentice,
Ahsoka Tano was telling jokes and entertaining some of the members of the 501st as they were
awaiting their orders.
When Captain Rex asked Anakin whether the wild stories Ahsoka was telling them were
true, he quickly confirmed that his Padawan was mostly telling the truth, to which R2-D2
and R2-KT chuckled.
Following this, the pink astromech quickly returned to her duties, maintaining the docked
ships and monitoring the central computer systems of Anakin’s venator.
Throughout the rest of the War, Katie, as she was commonly called, remained on Anakin’s
ship through almost every battle, skirmish and dogfight he got into.
She was as loyal to the 501st as R2 was to Anakin, gaining the respect of Admiral Wulff
Yullaren through the many battles and enemy encounters that the ship went through.
After this, R2-KT was Very notably aboard Anakin’s ship while it was docked at the
notorious Quell station, in the Outer Rim, awaiting further orders.
This day however wasn’t a normal day for the pink Astromech.
This was the day that the ship received an urgent help request from Jedi General Aayla
Secura, who was heavily outnumbered in the battle of Quell and needed urgent assistance
from Anakin and the 501st.
Anakin agreed to help his fellow Jedi general and quickly moved his ship to the Atmosphere
of Quell, where he boarded a Republic gunship and began moving down to the planet's surface,
ast R2-KT watched on.
Following Anakin, Ahsoka and Rex’s departure from the hangar, KT, quickly left the hangar
to ensure that all navigational computers were updated and were providing the correct
coordinates to the many battered gunships that were rushing out of the hangar.
Following this, R2-KT was again thrown into the action after the planet Ryloth came under
the harsh control of Techno Union leader, Wat Tambor.
Hoping to confront Wat Tambors constricting blockade of the planet, the Republic dispatched
three star destroyers, Anakin’s Resolute, along with the Defender and the Redeemer.
As Anakin assigned Ahsoka to her first mission in command of the fighter squadron, R2-KT
was stationed in the hangar bay of the Resolute, ensuring that all of the fighters in the blue
squadron were prepared and equipped for battle.
After Ahsoka’s failure in the orbit of Ryloth, R2-KT remained in the hangar bay, surveying
the badly damaged star fighters as Anakin requested a head count of the surviving men.
The astromech was also present as Anakin and R2-D2 made repairs to Ahsoka’s light interceptor
ship.
Finally, as the crew of the Resolute rushed to the hangar to help evacuate the Defender,
R2-Kt remained at her post, near a Republic Gunship, awaiting any further orders from
Rex or Anakin.
Following this, R2-KT was supposed to become a member of the Droid Squad in George Lucas’
favourite arc, but Dave Filloni and Lucas not to go ahead with that plan because of
her similarity to r2-d2.
So let me know down below if you think Katie would have made a good addition to the Droid
-squad.
So that was her full journey serving at Anakin and Ahsoka's side through the Clone Wars,
but how did she come into the possession of Leia and the resistance during the time of
the New Republic and the conflict against the first order.
After the Clone Wars, Leia managed to recover the pink astromech and utilize her skills
within the Rebel alliance during the Galactic civil war, and eventually bring her on to
serve the Resistance during the time of the New Republic.
The New Republic was at peace for an extended period of time, prompting them to demilitarize
and disband their military forces, just like the Republic did many generations prior.
This weakness on the part of the new Republic government allowed for the rise of the first
order, made up of officers and soldiers who remained loyal to the galactic empire . Because
of this, Leia and those close to her removed themselves from the new Republic government
and created a new version of the Rebel alliance, called the Resistance, taking along many of
its old bases, weapons and even droids.
The creation of the Resistance led R2-KT to be stationed on the Resistance base at D’Qar,
in the outer rim.
Similarly to all other droids that were under the ownership of the Resistance, R2-KT had
her restraining bolt removed, and was granted independence, and the ability to make her
own decision… at least as much as her programming would let her.
Katie was viewed as a partner in the fight against the First Order by the resistance,
rather than a machine or a mindless slave that would be forced to follow any order given
to it.
After many months of general service for the resistance, R2-KT was placed into a special
team of droids that was responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the Resistances’
entire fleet of X-wing starfighters.
Katie was joined by heavy loader droid, B-U4d or Buford, and astromech BB-8 on this crew.
The ground service droid crew was overseen by human resistance technician, Pete Deretalia,
who was extremely proficient at guiding droids and giving them repairs and maintenance where
necessary.
The first major mission for R2-KT as a member of Leia’s resistance came after the destruction
of one of the Capitals of the New Republic, Hosnian prime.
After the Hosnian system was decimated by the immense power of the First Order’s superweapon,
resistance command placed the ground base on full alert and began planning their response
to the major destruction.
As a result of this heightened state of alert, Katie and her droid ground squad were tasked
with making all necessary repairs and preparations so that Poe Dameron and his fleet of X-Wings
were flight-ready for the attack on StarKiller base
Katie and the other droid’s work did end up paying off, as the resistance were successful
in destroying the First Order’s planet killer and putting an end to the largest threat that
was currently facing the galaxy.
Upon hearing the news, the squad of droids were said to have been extremely happy with
their work… or as happy as you can be as an astromech.
But that was just a rumour going around the resistance base.
Shortly after the battle, Rey and Chewbacca were selected to find Luke Skywalker aboard
the millennium falcon with the completed map to his isolated location on Ach-To, with Katie
being present for their departure.
It’s honestly so awesome to see that this droid went all the way through the Clone Wars
and managed to survive into the New Republic era to witness almost all of the major wars
and conflicts in the galaxy.
Following that, R2-KT was successfully evacuated from D’Qar base before the First Order attacked
it at the beginning of the last Jedi, meaning that the pink astromech is still out there
somewhere.
Maybe she fought with the resistance all the way up to the battle of Exegol, or maybe she
was retired in favour of newer model droids.
Either way, I really hope we get to see more of the R2-KT in the future!
So that is the full story of R2-KT, the pink astromech who survived from the operation
to Rescue Jabba’s son, all the way through the Clone Wars, witnessing Order 66, the entirety
of the Galactic Civil war, the fall of the Empire, and finally the formation of the Resistance
and the fight against the first order.
This droid has really been through thick and thin.
So let me know if you want to see her appear in future Star Wars content.
Who knows, maybe we’ll even get to see her make an appearance in Star Wars: Squadrons
when that releases in early october.
We know she’s in operation after Endor, so maybe, just maybe, we’ll get a sneak
appearance!
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