Today we have a new rumored Droid character for Obi-Wan Kenobi. According to SWNN, there will be a new Droid seen in the show which Lucasfilm hopes will loved by fans. Now I could leave things there and avoid all spoilers. However I did tag this as a SPOILER post and there is a little bit more from the outlet.

What I will say is that I have removed some of the prose here. Only where I felt it was getting into non-relevant spoilers. Feel free to click the link if you want to see the report from the outlet themselves. However here is a summary of the important parts of what was published.

SPOILERS Below!

This new character will be closely connected to Leia in the series and we’ve learned that this new character happens to be Leia’s own little flying droid companion, designed to protect her.

As Leia is only 10 years old during the time of the series, it might be off-putting if they gave her a blaster or weapon to defend herself, as she is only a child, despite the fact that she is royalty. So instead of giving Leia a weapon, she is provided with a cool small flying guardian droid to protect her.

We were told that this droid is like a drone. It’s adorable, like a little bug that hovers over her to protect her. This new character is intended to capture the audience as the next big cute Star Wars character, following recent ones like Grogu, Babu Frik, and D-O. It has a circular shape, almost like an old flying saucer, with white and red colors.

SWNN also go on to say they were told to think of the little mechanical creatures from the old movie Batteries Not Included. That was a Lucasfilm movie, though it was also absolutely garbage.

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But we were told the intended parallel with Leia’s new droid is with a character revealed way back in 1987 in a movie produced by Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, called Batteries Not Included. We think this is a nod more than a coincidence, and the robots from that movie are the closest comparison to this new little droid’s look.

Not massive spoilers here folks. LRM are not publishing any massive story spoilers for Kenobi any longer. There are far too many that are too detailed for our tastes. However I felt like this one was vague enough to be worth discussing without major story spoilers beyond the most commonly known fact that Leia is in the show.

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