Who is QT-KT?
QT-KT was a variant of R2-KT created for the animated series Clone Wars. KT was written into an all-droid story line, but referring to her and R2-D2 by the shorthand “R2” would cause confusion. So, a quick rebranding with a new name and paint job and voila, KT was back in action!
History
R2-KT’s first appearance was in Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated film Aug 15, 2008. She later appeared in the following Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes:
- “Jedi Crash” S1, E13 aired January 16, 2009
- “Clone Cadets” S3, E1 aired September 17, 2010
- “Storm over Ryloth” S1, E19 aired February 27, 2009
For more screenshots of KT and her appearances, check out our page: https://www.r2kt.com/appearances/
A few years later, the creative team working on Clone Wars thought up a brilliant all-droid team for a four-episode story. The team would reunite R2-KT with R2-D2. But the team was concerned fans would be confused by two droids with the same first-names of “R2” because dialogue would refer to them by their first names. So they needed KT to have a unique “first name.” This prompted them to change “R2” to “QT” and update her paint scheme. QT would appear in the following four episodes of Clone Wars:
- “Secret Weapons” S5, E10 aired November 25, 2012 (first appearance)
- “A Sunny Day in the Void” S5, E11 aired December 2, 2012
- “Missing in Action” S5, E12 aired January 4, 2013
- “Point of No Return” S5, E13 aired January 11, 2013
Appearances
These are QT’s appearances as chronicled on starwars.fandom.com/wiki/QT-KT
- “Tales of Villainy: Give & Take” — Star Wars Adventures (2020) 12
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — “Secret Weapons” (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — “A Sunny Day in the Void“
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — “Missing in Action“
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — “Point of No Return“
- Dark Droids: D-Squad 1 (Indirect mention only)
- Dark Droids: D-Squad 3
- Dark Droids: D-Squad 4
- Dark Droids 4
- Dark Droids 5
Fan Creations
QT-KT in the comics
Pages from the 2023 Dark Droids D-Squad comic, written by Marc Guggenheim
and art by Salva Espin.
https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/106797/star_wars_dark_droids_-_d-squad_2023_1
QT-KT even got a variant cover for issue number three, the cover illustrated by artist Tom Reilly.
QT-KT toys
2024 saw a cool new builder set released by LEGO that let builders create their own unique droids. It was titled LEGO Star Wars Creative Play Droid Builder #75392. One of the droids featured on the cover bears a striking resemblance to QT-KT.
2016 The Black Series Astromech set
KT-10
KT-10 is a little-known character from the 1983 animated series “Droids.” This means she -re-dates the birth of R2-KT by decades. But surprisingly enough, the Johnson family had zero knowledge of this classic but obscure character. One can ponder the prescience of a cartoon in the eighties depicting a pink astromech named “KT” years before R2-KT was imagined by Katie’s sister, Allie.
From rpggamer.org:
Description: The KT-series was a model of second-degree astromech droid that served the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars.
KT-10, an astromech droid with feminine programming, found herself on the Outer Rim planet Biitu in 15 BBY when she was captured by the Great Heep, a giant droid dispatched by the Galactic Empire to drain the agriworld of its resources. KT-10 was placed in the droid harem, a location in the Heep’s base where he kept the astromech droids upon whose power he would regularly feed. There, like the other droids in the harem, she was pampered with oil baths and cushions to keep her unaware of her eventual fate. KT-10 attracted the attention of many of the other masculine-programmed droids there. While watching her, they found themselves distracted and prone to accidents.
When the astromech droid R2-D2 was captured by the Great Heep, he was also deposited into the Heep’s harem. KT-10, ignoring the attentions of the other droids, playfully cavorted at the edge of the oil bath that R2 was in. Attracted to her, the other droid approached her and connected his computer interface arm to hers. Despite this earning the jealousy of other droids in the harem, the two moved into the oil bath to play and spray oil at each other.
Over the course of the next day, the two became very friendly, playing and nuzzling each other in the pools of oil. This happiness was not to last, however. The Great Heep needed more power, and wanted another R2 unit. R2-D2’s counterpart, the protocol droid C-3PO, had meanwhile found his way into the harem to rescue R2-D2. When R2-D2 left the oil bath to speak to him, KT-10 was captured. She was taken to the Heep and fed to him, with the two other droids only able to hear her scream. KT-10’s shell was deposited in a junkyard.
In his attempt to escape, R2-D2 found his way to the same junkyard, where he found the remains of KT-10. He attempted to use his own power to reactivate her, but did not have enough power, and was also soon taken captive by the Great Heep.
When the Great Heep was finally defeated and his droids set free, they and R2-D2 crowded around the empty shell of KT-10. R2-D2 again connected his power supply to her, only this time all the other droids linked up to him, so he could use their power as well. This was enough, and soon KT-10 was reactivated. She and R2-D2 reunited at last. Their relationship would not last, though. R2-D2 enjoyed adventure too much to settle down, and the two droids parted ways.
Characteristics
Considered to be an offshoot of the KT-series model of astromech droid, KT-10 was an ovoid astromech droid decorated in pink and red. Her sensors were blue, and the treads on the bottom of her legs resembled women’s footwear. KT-10, despite being considered attractive by other astromech droids, was somewhat coy in her flirtations with R2-D2. Nonetheless, she allowed their relationship to advance very quickly, to the extent that R2-D2 was willing to sacrifice himself to save her.
According to Wookieepedia, The KT-series was a model of second-degree astromech droid that served the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. KT-10 was an offshoot of this series. A second-degree or class two droid was a droid programmed for engineering and technical sciences. Such droids tended to perform tasks such as environmental work and starship repair. Second-degree droids were divided into a number of subcategories: astromech droids, engineering droids, environmental droids, exploration droids, and sophisticated repair droids.
