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.
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]
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.
Search Interest
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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