Star Wars Vintage R5-D4 Droid

Well, you've gone and done it. You've found us. Based on recent traffic, it looks like we're getting mildly popular. If this is your first time here, you'll notice pretty quickly that we feature a lot of Star Wars vintage action figures around here. I try to be fair in my coverage, but some I like more than others, a good example being Star Wars ships, which I have a  particular weakness for!

The R5-D4 was a part of the low cost Industrial Automaton R5 line, a line plagued with malfunctions. Its programming became jealous of other droids that were capable of serving without failure and had loyal masters. The droid was almost sold to Luke's uncle,  Owen Lars, but malfunctioned at the time of purchase. Owen then chose the R2-D2 droid. Some Star Wars buffs claim that R2-D2 sabotaged R5-D4 so that R2 and 3PO could remain together.

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