Meet R6-D23: An in-hand look at the Droid Factory D23 2024 Exclusive

September 30, 2024

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Take an in-hand look at R6-D23, the exclusive Droid Factory astromech for this year’s D23 fan event, which was held from 9th to 11th August 2024.

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As with the previous D23 exclusive astromechs, this droid features a primary colour of silver, with red, black and white panel highlights and a Sorcerer Mickey hat.

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The bio on the card back reveals this droid maintains starships in Cloud City, on the gas giant planet of Bespin.

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R6-D23 was on sale at this year’s D23 fan event and also briefly on the ShopDisney US website.

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Matt Bell

Matt’s fandom continued to grow even more with the Star Wars resurgence of the 90’s. Reading the Expanded Universe and West End Games supplements, playing the LucasArts computer games and being active in fan groups and forums since the early days of the Internet. Matt began to write his own Star Wars reference books and character guides. Today his collecting focus is on Star Wars literature and items from the 90’s.

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The Mandalorian and Grogu, announced as The Mandalorian & Grogu, is a Star Wars movie that started production in 2024. Directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni, it takes place between the events of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Episode VII: The Force Awakens, focuses on the adventures of Din Djarin and Din Grogu, and will be a spinoff to the TV series Star Wars: The Mandalorian. The film was announced on January 9 that year on StarWars.com with a conceptual sketch by veteran illustrator Ryan Church, along with an announcement of a second season of the television series Star Wars: Ahsoka. A fourth season of The Mandalorian is also still in development.

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Take an in-hand look at R6-D23, the exclusive Droid Factory astromech for this year’s D23 fan event, which was held from 9th to 11th August 2024.

1 of 4

As with the previous D23 exclusive astromechs, this droid features a primary colour of silver, with red, black and white panel highlights and a Sorcerer Mickey hat.

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