Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The heart-warming story of R2-KT – a droid built to comfort a dying girl – will continue on the big screen… appearing in ‘Star ...

While this story isn’t what you’d call recent, it was so touching that we couldn’t ignore it. It’s also very sad, so consider yourself warned. But while it’s a sad story about a little girl’s fight ...

Known to her fans as the droid with a heart of gold, R2-KT is the only pink droid in the Empire. She started out as a child’s wish and has since grown into a life all her own. Recently, I was given ...

When I first heard that a pink R2-D2 unit will be appearing in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I thought it was simply a marketing ploy. I figured that some Disney exec wanted to capture the "girl" ...

R2-KT is an adorable pink droid who’s been around for ten years, created by members of the 501st Legion to memorialize a young girl named Katie Johnson who passed away in 2005 from a brain tumor. You ...

In 2004 Katie Johnson was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor. Her father, Albin Johnson, decided to create a droid in honor of his daughter, and named it R2-KT. Being the founder of the 501 ...

In the most heartwarming story of the day, a special pink droid will feature in Star Wars: The Force Awakens especially for a young cancer patient. New character R2-KT was custom built to celebrate ...

In November of 2004, Albin Johnson, the founder of the 501st Legion (a Star Wars fan club that does charity work in-costume), was informed by doctors that his daughter Katie had an inoperable brain ...

R2-KT has very special meaning in the 'Star Wars' universe. KT was custom-built for and named after Katie Johnson (pictured), an ailing little girl who worshipped all things 'Star Wars.' The pink ...

Two weeks out from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the world has already fallen in love with BB-8. But the little orange ball of joy isn’t the galaxy’s only new droid. According to Geeks Speak, the ...

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