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When Anakin Skywalker fell to the dark side and became Darth Vader, he cast off his entire past. To further embrace this change, he had a Jedi starfighter painted black to become his Sith starfighter, and selected a similarly dark-hued astromech droid to replace his former droid companion R2-D2. Unlike the jovial, friendly relationship Anakin had with Artoo, Darth Vader regarded R4-K5 as little more than a functional tool.
As of January 2011, we've 36 astromech droids. :)
More photos on my Facebook album.
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