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- "Wait right there."
- ―Anakin Skywalker tells RIC-920, a rickshaw droid, to await for his return
The RIC-series general labor droid,[7] also known as the rickshaw droid[8] or unipod droid,[3] was a crude model of labor droid[2] designed to pull rickshaws.[8] Covered in brown plating,[5] they stood 1.1 meters tall,[4] had two arms that each ended in a hand with three clawed digits, and moved around on two wheels located at the base of their bodies.[5] RICs had the same body type as tour guide droids.[8] A rickshaw droid known as RIC-920[4] worked in Mos Espa, a port city on the planet Tatooine, shortly before the First Battle of Geonosis.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
The RIC-series general labor droid first appeared in 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.[5] It was identified as a RIC in "High Noon on Jakku," a 2015 short story written by Landry Q. Walker,[2] before later being identified as an RIC-series general labor droid in the StarWars.com Databank.[7]
The design of the rickshaw droid was finalized by concept artist Marc Gabbana. Although it was designed to pull the rickshaw, Gabbana envisioned the droid and the conveyance as two separate entities that were paired together by necessity rather than by design. In the finished film, the rickshaw droid, RIC-290, was an entirely computer-generated creation.[9]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
"Intermission, Part 1" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 12- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Pursuit of Peace" (Poster only)
- Star Wars Annual (2015) 2
- The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa"
- The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor"
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire"
- "High Noon on Jakku" — Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I (First identified as RIC)
Sources[]
- "Shades of Reason" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (First identified as rickshaw droid)
- Ultimate Star Wars (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 38 (Droid Directory: Service Droids)
- Star Wars: Droidography
- Every Droid in Star Wars | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars Day-at-a-Time Calendar 2021
- Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — "Beeps"
- The Book of Boba Fett Cargo Hold: "Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor" on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "The Book of Boba Fett"
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- RIC-920 in the Databank (backup link) (First identified as RIC-series general labor droid)
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 38 (Droid Directory: Service Droids)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "High Noon on Jakku" — Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ The Mandalorian — "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 RIC-920 in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Shades of Reason" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ RIC-920 in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
