RX-24, the first RX-Series droid in Star Wars canon, was designed as the pilot for the joint Lucasfilm Ltd.–Walt Disney Company attraction Star Tours, for Disney's Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. In the original attraction, RX-series droid RX-24 (aka "Rex") serves as the pilot for riders' StarSpeeder 3000 flight to Endor. [14] A few years later, in 19 BBY, the Rodian technician Geri and his team salvaged an RX-Series head and fitted it to a P2-series droid chassis. [1], Around 22 BBY, during the Clone Wars, Commander Griebs Kishpaugh of the Galactic Republic employed an RX-Series droid designated Z-37. The RX-Series pilot droid was a line of pilot droids produced by Industrial Automaton. [7] Of the droid's arms, the topmost attached at the left side of the first major body section under the head, the second attached to the right of the middle body section, and the third attached to the right side of the accordion-like base. [26] Because Rex had stated that he was undertaking his first flight in the original ride, set much later in the Star Wars timeline, the Lucasfilm–Disney team created a new droid pilot, AC-38, for the revamped attraction. Otherwise, their design afforded them strength close to that of most humanoid species. As an alternative, the addition of a scomp link permitted the droid to jack directly into the ship's systems. [13] However, their memory banks required periodic maintenance to purge them of corrupt and disorganized data. The head was roughly semi-circular, shaped like a domed helmet. [8], RX droids were frequently used as pilots by space tourism companies. [8] Another common use for the droids was to conduct passenger flights along well-traveled routes; tourism agencies in particular employed RX droids in this capacity. [7] However, whereas an astromech droid body was a single width and terminated in three wheeled legs,[9] the RX pilot droid featured three wide, disc-like sections separated by accordion connecting material and a narrow base that[3] flared out to form a repulsorlift platform. The mini-game "Droid Programming," part of the massively multiplayer online game Clone Wars Adventures, features an RX unit in the level "Delete Type." IA in particular designed the RX-Series to bridge the gap between the astromech and protocol droid markets[7] by not only programming them to pilot vehicles but also providing them with the capacity to interface directly with passengers. [12] The RX-Series were made to interact with living beings, so they had generally amicable personalities; especially if their owners chose not to wipe their memories, RX-Series droids tended to develop personalities more readily than other droids and could become quite charismatic[7] and adventuresome. Nevertheless, the designers placed several RX-Series pilot droids along the queuing area beside crates. Such a premise necessitated the creation of a relatable narrator and guide to engage the audience throughout the ride's duration. [6] Within a few months of Rex's flight,[18] the Star Tours travel agency was driven out of business by similar accidents and poor management. [2] 2009's Scavenger's Guide to Droids includes an expanded description of the RX-Series and supports Scum and Villainy's attribution of the model to IA. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Several malfunctioning RX pilots can be found boxed up in the Star Tours starports, ready to be shipped out. Imagineer Chris Runco, together with George Lucas, was the person responsible for the original RX-24 design. [10] It was more humanoid than that of Industrial Automaton's astromech lines. The Naboo system observation post launched starfighters to stop the wayward automaton, but they failed to catch it before the ship jumped to hyperspace, its course consistent with hyperlanes leading to the planets Bothawui, Nal Hutta, and Rodia. The RX-series Pilot Droid is droid with a squat cylindrical chassis that has a flared base with a repulsorlift for moving around. "Sentients, please prepare for takeoff!" [1] Indeed, the Star Tours travel agency used them aboard their StarSpeeder 1000 passenger transports, and later StarSpeeder 3000s,[4] as early as 1 BBY. One of those droids, designated RX-24, piloted the initial Star Tours Flight 45 to Endor, but the novice's errors sent his craft through a series of misadventures before returning safely to their point of departure.

When a group of clone troopers under Kishpaugh's command were shot down on the planet Oznek, they traveled by foot to their target, a power plant run by the Confederacy of Independent Systems—unbeknownst to them, Kishpaugh had one of the clones, codenamed "Ghost," act as his personal agent to destroy the power plant and anger the inhabitants of Oznek into joining the Confederacy, with whom the Commander was secretly aligned. [16] The flight nearly proved disastrous when the droid's beginner's mistakes brought the starship into the midst of a field of icy comets, a battle[6] between New Republic[17] and Imperial forces, and an attack run on an Imperial battlestation. Set roughly 5 years bef… [13] One droid form this shipment was RX-24. RX-Series pilot droids have also featured in non–Star Tours sources. Industrial Automaton and Reubens Robotic Systems introduced the RX-Series pilot droid to the galactic market by approximately 22 BBY. RX-Series droids had three clawed limbs with which to pilot spacecraft. He was genial but proper; when a young passenger suggested it, he commanded all droids to remain in the rear of the ship as Imperial code dictated. Wookieepedia is a FANDOM Movies Community. [1] Although generally not intended for combat, they were able to fire starship weapons and evade attacking vessels when necessary, tasks for which their innate dexterity came into play. Larry Sheldon and Lance Updyke, two other ride designers, then crafted the Rex puppets from aluminum based on Runco's design. It has three clawed limbs that allowed it to manipulate ship controls and fly vessels. [10], The Jawa trader Klikk knew of an RX-Series droid that had a spectacular malfunction on the planet Naboo. Rex later appeared in the attraction's prequel, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. RX-24 was one of the stars of the theme park ride Star Tours. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The typical range for a droid thus modified was generally 200 kilometers, unless the owner added a hypertransceiver as well. [13] The company's first shipment of RX-Series droids were defective, but rather than return them, Star Tours opted to have its in-house repair droids fix them back up. You can help Wookieepedia by expanding it. In 2008, however, the Scum and Villainy sourcebook for the Saga Edition of the Wizards of the Coast Star Wars Roleplaying Game presented the RX-Series pilot droid as a product line manufactured by Industrial Automaton—and as a possible character choice for players of the game. Aluminium was used for the final construction. The care and attention that were put in the design of the RX droids can perhaps best be illustrated by the fact that it was Company Executive Officer Paul Reubens himself who lent his voice to the droids. When R2-D2 rolls up to the cockpit, hoping to take control of the ship, the malfunctioning RX droid puts up a fight. Untitled Obi-Wan Kenobi television series, How Wookieepedia treats Canon and Legends, Convenient Daily Departures: The History of, Now the Adventure is Real: Imagineering Star Tours, Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition Core Rulebook, "Latest News - Star Tours Returns Starting May 20th", https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/RX-Series_pilot_droid/Legends?oldid=9381170.

RX-Series pilot droids were capable of defending themselves with their clawed limbs if threatened, although such attacks did only minimal damage. RX-Series pilot droids shared at least some features in common with the R-series astromech droids produced by Industrial Automaton, such as a cylindrical body. The droid was one of several purchased by the galactic travel agency known as Star Tours circa 1 BBY. The two right-hand limbs ended in pincer-like gold claws, while the leftmost manipulator featured a thick third digit as well. [5], In 2005, Lucasfilm and Disney set out to update Star Tours, setting the new version of the ride in the time period between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. By default, the droids spoke Basic and Binary. RX-24 was shipped to the agency defective; once removed from his shipping crate, the droid was almost completely non-functional, muttering random phrases in Basic, speeding up and slowing down his speech at irregular intervals, and sparking at the nec… [11] They were designed to serve both as copilots for organics, and as primary pilots in jobs that were too dull and routine for living beings, such as moving supplies from ship to ship and maneuvering docked starships. ―RX-24. RX-24 was an RX-Series pilot droid manufactured by Reubens Robotic Systems. Nevertheless, Rex's deft piloting allowed him to escape the perils into which his inexperience had cast him and his passengers. [8], Each unit came equipped with a heuristic processor,[7] which allowed it to learn and to solve problems creatively. [7], Some owners—especially those not keen to entrust piloting to an automaton but still eager to take advantage of the RX's capabilities—modified their RX units to serve as astrogation droids. This article is a stub about a droid. Wookieepedia is a FANDOM Movies Community. RX-24, nicknamed "Rex," was repaired[6] in house[13] by 4.3 ABY,[15] when he was tasked with conducting the maiden voyage of the Star Tours agency's new StarSpeeder 3000 passenger starship[2] to the Forest Moon of Endor.