Alternative ‘colour’ booster covers 2022

Start date: January 2022

This has been another project I’ve been thinking of doing since the Mandalorian session two came out.

Droids are few and far between, but two have been quite prominent, R5-D4 & also NO-AH, first seen in the Jawa’s Sandcrawler. The colour scheme is very unique and I wanted to create this version myself. The dome itself was first seen/used on an A-LT droid for the Solo film. See promo pic below:

The domes are the same size as R2 dome so obviously are able to fit on an Astromech’s body.

A fellow droid builder has offered his large 3D printer to produce a dome when i require it.

Roll on into 2022 & I finally got round to making a start. First bit of research was the release of the Disney Droid Factory toy pack, and Wookieepedia, which gave us his name as ‘N0-AH’.

So I loaded up my 3D drawn boosters that I had previously printed and fit R5’s legs, and printed of the first one whole on my works printer overnight.

Next up was applying wood filler…..and free time.

The Book of Boba Fett: R5-D4

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The Book of Boba Fett

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Sat down to watch Episode 5 of The Book of Boba Fett and was excited (as always) to see R5 in action 😍😍😍😍😍

Flicking between watching the scene and paying close attention to R5.... I was disappointed to notice continuity errors in his appearance 😞😞😞😞😞.

When R5 was re-introduced in The Mandalorian, session 2, there were the usual hype and details noted which could be explained away as 'over time this and that were fixed'. OK, so THIS version is the NEW version, that's cool.

Then in his latest appearance, I noticed a few details and ALL in the one scene!

The above images were captured, in time order in the scene he appears in.

1. shot, no motivator panel, no rear box red strips.
2. shot, motivator panel in place, red box strips.
3. shot, repeat 1st shot.
4. shot, repeat 2nd shot.

Now, either one of two things:

• The version with the motivator panel in place [which was seen in the behind the scenes documentary on Disney+] is the REAL remote controlled version.
• The version with no panel in place is either a repainted version [filmed at a different time] or is CGI.