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SHUTDOWN HIGHER FUNCTIONS. ENGAGE MOTORS, TOP SPEED ALERT ALERT" - ―MSE-6-G735Y to itself, alarmed by Chewbacca
MSE-6-G735Y, or G7 for short, was a MSE-6 series repair droid stationed on the Death Star[2] in 0 BBY,[1] assigned to the Maintenance Unit in Sector AA-345. It was maintained by the stormtrooper designated TK-421, who considered it the fastest mouse droid in the Imperial fleet. TK-421 wanted to be transferred to Coruscant and promised to take G7 with him to enter it into the racing circuit.[2]
G7 was attempting to carry out Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's order to summon TK-421 when it encountered Luke Skywalker and Han Solo disguised in armor they had taken from the bodies of TK-421 and TK-710, and Chewbacca, who roared at the droid and sent it fleeing in self-preservation mode.[2]. G7 was annihilated when the Death Star was destroyed by Luke Skywalker at the Battle of Yavin.
Behind the scenes[]
MSE-6-G735Y first appeared in the 1977 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope[7] and was first identified in the short story "Of MSE-6 and Men" by Glen Weldon in the 2017 anthology From a Certain Point of View.[2] Sound designer Ben Burtt created the voice of the mouse droid through a combination of unused sounds for R2-D2 and his own voice sped up and filtered.[8]
Appearances[]
- "Of MSE-6 and Men" — From a Certain Point of View (and audiobook) (First identified as MSE-6-G735Y)
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "Chewie vs. Holochess - Let the Wookiee Win"
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Of MSE-6 and Men" — From a Certain Point of View
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Poe Dameron 9
- ↑ Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑
Mouse Droid in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ The Sounds of Star Wars