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M5-BZ

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"Beezee, open the comm-vault security door."
―Meebur Gascon[2]

M5-BZ, also referred to as simply BZ or Beezee, was an astromech droid who had served the Jedi Master Tera Sinube and subsequently became a member of D-Squad. M5-BZ was lost in hyperspace after opening an airlock while aboard a Venator-class Star Destroyer, the Renown.

Biography

D-Squad

"BZ! Magnetize! Magnetize! No!"
―Meebur Gascon as M5-BZ accidentally sucks himself into hyperspace[5]
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M5-BZ served the Jedi Master Tera Sinube. When Colonel Meebur Gascon of the Galactic Republic wished to infiltrate a Separatist ship in order to obtain an encryption module scrambling all Separatist communications within the region, he formed D-Squad, an all-droid team. M5-BZ was assigned to the team, but the droid secretly had his memory banks removed, allowing the diminutive colonel to use him as a mobile command center.[9] While on this mission, M5-BZ tried to open a booby-trapped door, and got electrocuted. The rest of his team repaired him shortly afterwards.[2]

While on a mission, D-Squad came under attack by a swarm of buzz droids aboard a Venator-class Star Destroyer, the Renown, which had been captured by the Separatists, and M5-BZ opened the ship's airlock, pulling the buzz droids, along with himself, into the vacuum of space.[5]

Legacy

"Now we've lost one of our members… BZ. But we must remember BZ sacrificed himself for us. That's what a good soldier does sometimes. The only way to honor that sacrifice is to stop this ship and prevent the Separatists from taking more Republic lives."
―Meeber Gascon[5]

M5-BZ was remembered as a hero for his actions of his sacrifice to save D-Squad, and Gascon gave an impromptu eulogy speech before the squad continued their mission and eventually prevented the destruction of the Valor space station.[5]

Personality and traits

M5-BZ was a R4-series astromech droid[8] manufactured by Industrial Automaton. He was 1.15 meters, or 3 feet, 9 inches tall,[6] with black sensors. BZ's memory banks were removed to make space for Colonel Meebur Gascon's mobile command center.[9] He later sacrificed himself to save Gascon and the rest of D-Squad from buzz droids.[5]

Skills and abilities

BZ was skilled at starfighter maintenance, information retrieval, repairs and starfighter piloting.[6]

Behind the scenes

M5-BZ first appeared in "Secret Weapons," the tenth episode in season five of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.[2]

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Star Wars Helmet Collection 33 Highlights of the Saga: The Unlikely Heroes
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Secret Weapons"
  3. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Sunny Day in the Void"
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Point of No Return"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle!
  7. ↑ Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 82 Droid Directory: R2-D2 Astromech, Part 5
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 M5-BZ in the Databank (backup link)