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- "Yes. The unobtrusiveness of the MSE series makes them extremely useful sp——er, operatives."
- ―C-3PO, to Poe Dameron
The MSE series,[16] also known as the MSE-series Maintenance Droid,[2] was a series of repair droid.[1] The MSE-6 series repair droid was a model of MSE series droids.[16]
Behind the scenes[]
- "What I want is a miniature box droid, like the one Chewbacca scares [in Episode IV]. I want these little quail running down the hallway ahead of Anakin. The idea is 'rats leaving a sinking ship.'"
- ―George Lucas speaks to Industrial Light & Magic's Rob Coleman and Roger Guyett
The MSE series droid first appeared as an MSE-6 series repair droid in the first Star Wars film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.[4] The droid was tested by production designers on March 15, 1976, where it was dubbed "baby box." The test run of the droid was filmed by cameraman Gilbert Taylor and directed by George Lucas.[18] For the 2005 prequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, Lucas asked Industrial Light & Magic on November 18, 2004 to render a model of mouse droid as seen in A New Hope with the intention to use the quailing droid to illustrate "rats leaving a sinking ship." At the time, Lucas referred to the mouse droid as a "box droid."[17]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Maker of Zoh"- LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: Visions — "In the Stars"
"Sabotaging the Empire" — LEGO Star Wars 110- "The Milestone Mission" — LEGO Star Wars Special 1
Sources[]
- Dawn of Rebellion (First identified as MSE-series Maintenance Droid)
Star Wars: The Black Series (Pack: The First Order 4-Pack (MSE Droid)) (backup link)
LEGO Classic Star Wars (Set: 75253 Droid Commander)
Every Droid in Star Wars | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (content now obsolete; backup link)
Droid Depot (Pack: MSE Droid (Interactive Remote Control Droid with 12 Missiles) (backup link)- LEGO Classic Star Wars (Set: 75522 Mini Boost Droid Commander)
- LEGO Star Wars (Promotional/Gift Set: 912057 R2-D2 and MSE-6)
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Score"- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Connections"
- The Star Wars Book
"C-3PO" — Star Wars Encyclopedia- 10 Helpful Droids | Star Wars: List It! on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (content now obsolete; backup link)
Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — "Beeps"
5-L in the Databank (backup link)- Mouse Droid in the Databank (backup link) (First identified as Mouse Droid)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dawn of Rebellion
- ↑ Dark Droids 5
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Point of No Return"
- ↑ Darth Maul (2017) 3
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku" — Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I
- ↑ Dark Droids 1
- ↑ Star Wars: Uprising
- ↑
The Mandalorian — "Chapter 6: The Prisoner"
- ↑ The Mandalorian — "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire"
- ↑ The Mandalorian — "Chapter 24: The Return"
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
- ↑ Star Wars Battlefront II
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Poe Dameron 9
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy