Not a lot is known about these long, lean fighting machines, but they could be seen wherever there was a heavy Imperial presence, whether in public or aboard Imperial starships or on bases. Their limbs are designed to be disproportionately long relative to their torsos and heads. They were notable for being tall and lanky, but nevertheless quite strong. Specifically, he was a KX-series Security Droid (well, technically he still is in name- and still wears the Imperial insignia on his shoulder, which allows him to get around Imperial forces). That’s right, he worked for the bad guys. Speaking of his head, EW also shows us a “head study” with seven different head options, none of which is the head they wound up with on the finished product.īefore he joined the Rebel Alliance, and, in turn, the Rogue One squad, K-2SO was an Imperial security droid. Another group shot shows a version of K-2 with the protocol droid body but a different head with an antenna sticking out of it. One full sketch shows more exposed wiring than we’re used to seeing on a protocol droid and a head that’s similar in shape to Threepio’s, but with a straight line where his two eyes would normally be. Entertainment Weekly recently released some fascinating images of what the droid could have looked like if they had gone with earlier sketches, and a lot of the ideas look quite familiar – very much, in fact, like C-3P0.Ī couple of the designs look almost exactly like Threepio’s body, with the familiar circle on his torso and exposed wiring around his waist. So it’s no real surprise that K-2SO is no different. It’s no secret that character designs, especially when it comes to Star Wars characters, have a tendency to change quite a bit from their initial concept sketches.
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