- "Gonk, gonk."
- ―W1-EG5
W1-EG5 was a white repair droid that was forced to work in the criminal Pyke Syndicate's spice mines on the planet Kessel during the reign of the Galactic Empire.[1] In 10 BBY,[3] W1-EG5 was freed from slavery when its restraining bolt was removed during a slave revolt in the mines started by the droid L3-37. Shortly after his freedom, the spunky droid used its moving flap as a fist against the Pyke Syndicate's control room.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
W1-EG5 first appeared in the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story[2] and was first identified in the accompanying reference book Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo.[1] The droid was one of several characters in the film portrayed by Star Wars veteran Warwick Davis.[4]
Appearances[]
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (First appearance)
Sources[]
- Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide (First identified as W1-EG5)
Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — "Beeps"
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Solo: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide dates the events on Kessel in Solo: A Star Wars Story to nine years after the formation of the Galactic Empire. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the formation of the Empire to 19 BBY, therefore the event on Kessel in Solo must take place in 10 BBY.
- ↑ Warwick Davis Interview: Solo: A Star Wars Story by Leadbeater, Alex on screenrant.com (September 25, 2018): "I was also another droid in that control room who gets released and goes a bit crazy, whacking his tray - he's like a Gonk droid so he's whacking a tray along the consoles." (archived from the original on October 6, 2018)