Star Wars: Rogue One's New Imperial Droid Revealed

The Empire's answer to R2-D2?

By Jim Vejvoda

Lucasfilm officially revealed a brand new Star Wars character today.

Check out this first photo below of the Imperial astromech droid C2-B5, basically the Empire's answer to R2-D2. The character will be seen in the upcoming anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

The Star Wars Show, Lucasfilm's official online video series, also profiled C2-B5 in their latest episode, which can be seen below:

In related news, new Rogue One toys were also revealed today via some new short films.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story arrives on December 15 in Australia, and December 16 in the UK and US.

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