20 Things You Somehow Missed In Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
3. A Pink Droid With A Vitally Important Mission
As that very same little astromech finally reunited with his pal Poe Dameron on the Resistance base planet of D'Qar, another easily overlooked droid can be seen rolling around in the background.
This was far from just your average R2 unit, though.
This pink astromech by the name of R2-KT was actually first created in the wake of 501st Legion founder Albin Johnson discovering that his daughter Katie had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in 2004, meaning she only had a few months to live (via CinemaBlend).
Katie specifically requested a droid to watch over her as her final wish. So, the brilliant team over at R2 Builders built her a custom R2 unit, one that boasted pink accents and a name that sounded pretty close to her own.
And Katie very much kept her droid by her side during her final days, with R2-KT then going on to make appearances at various children's hospitals and raise a ton of money for charities in the years that followed before making a much-deserved cameo appearance in Episode VII.