Imperial Droid C2-B5
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About
Imperial Droid C2-B5 is an astromech robot in the upcoming Star Wars film Rogue One, which resembles a black-plated version of the droid R2-D2 from previous Star Wars films.
Origin
On August 31st, 2016, the starwarsmovies Instagram feed posted a photograph of the C2-B5 (shown below). Within 24 hours, the post gained over 27,000 likes and 320 comments.
![](https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/14145606_1642344532762302_490741735_n.jpg)
Spread
The same day, the Star Wars Show released a episode on YouTube featuring the newly revealed robot (shown below). Meanwhile, Redditor 1080TJ submitted the photo to /r/StarWarsLeaks.[8]
On September 1st, 2016, a thread about the droid was submitted to the /pol (politically incorrect) board on 4chan, where many joked about the character's black color (shown below).[2] The same day, a page for the robot was created on the Disney Wiki.[7]
![/pol/ thread ■Anonymous (ID: ALOMPO) 1109/01/16(Thu)13:19:08 No.87350489圄 New Star Wars droid announced. Are they going too far? What is this b------- Anonymous (ID: Cvhr7cz009/01/16(Thu)13:21:26 No.87350759 87353964>>87354544 >8735454987355098>87356144 >87356389 87356980 > 2287353963 87354006 87354079 3287354170 87354355 287354388 328735465 Literally r2dindu The memes are transcending reality 囗Anonymous (ID: 6XexvBjZ ) 09/01/16(Thu)13:23:01 No.87350911 File: terminate gif (81 KB, 662x200) 87350489 (OP)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/166/293/135.jpg)
Meanwhile, the IGN YouTube channel uploaded a first look at the new robot (shown below). In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the new droid character, including Yahoo!,[3] Polygon, Hollywood Reporter and Looper.
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External References
[1] Instagram – starwarsmovies
[2] Archive.is – /pol/ thread
[3] Yahoo – New Rogue One Droid
[4] Polygon – First look at new imperial droid
[5] Hollywood Reporter – Meet the New Droid That Looks a Lot Like R2-D2
[6] Looper – "":
fn8, Reddit – /r/StarWarsLeaks
[9] Fark – Meet the new astromech droid
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