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A light-up R2-M80/KR2-M80/R2-F1P remote control droid from Gareth Edwards' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Ron Howard's Solo: A Star Wars Story.

This astromech droid appeared as three different droids across the two films. R2-M80 can be seen in the Alliance base hanger in the Great Temple on Yavin 4 as the pilots run to their ships in Rogue One; KR2-M80 and R2-F1P were both in Solo, in the control room on Kessel and later outside as the slave revolt progressed, and at Coronet spaceport on Corellia, respectively. When seen as R2-F1P the droid was re-skinned in orange, as opposed to its current yellow.

Hand-built by Mike Filippidis, a founding member of the UK R2 Builders Club, the droid is made predominantly from aluminium, including an all-aluminium external shell. It is intentionally distressed to look well used and it has not been cleaned since its use on the Kessel set. The name of R2-F1P is based on Filippidis' nickname "Flip". R2-M80 is never officially used as a designation, and the droid was named "Matey" by Filippidis himself.

It is driven with a Spektrum DX6i remote control and features a rotating dome and light effects, powered by a rechargeable battery. A compartment at the back slides out, revealing the battery, power switches and internal workings. Inside there are several stickers, including one detailing the scenes, dates, locations and sets the droid was used across the two films, and which droid it was for those specific scenes.

The droid can be seen on page 27 of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - The Official Mission Debrief", and Solo director Ron Howard tweeted out a selfie with KR2-M80 on Aug 2, 2017 with the description "These droids can be so damn intractable. But we'll go until we get it right! #UntitledHanSoloMovie". It also appeared in a photograph with Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy at Star Wars Celebration, with Kennedy resting her hand on the dome.

Also included in the lot are two call sheets from Solo, dated "Thursday 23rd February 2017" and "Friday 14th July 2017", displaying the film's working title of "Red Cup"; two fan club-made trading cards, featuring R2-F1P and R2-M80 in the style of classic Star Wars trading cards with feature photos and information about the droids; and a set "Droid Factory" toy droids, which includes R2-F1P. Dimensions: 66 cm x 70 cm x 106 cm

Contains electronics; see electronics notice in the Buyer's Guide.

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Estimate: £100,000 - 150,000 M

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