- "But it's just that, there's someone here to see you."
"It can wait."
"But it's pirates!" - ―CU-28 and Greef Karga
CU-28[1] was a protocol droid that served as the assistant to High Magistrate Greef Karga on the planet Nevarro during the early New Republic Era.[2]
Behind the scenes
CU-28 first appeared, albeit unidentified, in the third season premiere episode of the live-action television series Star Wars: The Mandalorian,[2] released on March 1, 2023.[3] The droid was designed and sculpted by Timothy Reed Martin. Martin had originally designed the model for[4] the rusty droid 0-TK in the 2019 fan-film "Birth of a Monster: A Star Wars Story," which was portrayed by[5] The Mandalorian droid performer[6] Daniel Bohman.[5] In The Mandalorian, the character was voiced by Parvesh Cheena and performed by Chris Bartlett and was simply credited as "Nevarro Copper Droid".[2]
The droid was later identified as CW-24 through a preview for upcoming Star Wars: Droid Factory figures to be released on February 6, 2026.[7] Martin noted that CW-24 was named in tribute to[4] Greef Karga's actor Carl Weathers who died in 2024.[8] However, the name was then changed to CU-28 prior to the product's release.[9]
Appearances
Sources
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Star Wars: Droid Factory toy line (Pack: CU-28) (content now obsolete; backup link) - Star Wars: The Mandalorian Visual Guide
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Droid Factory toy line (Pack: CU-28) (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 17: The Apostate"
- ↑
Star Wars (@starwars) on Twitter (post on December 1, 2022): "The Mandalorian and Grogu return March 1 only on @DisneyPlus." (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
Timothy Reed Martin (@monsterman03gmail) on Instagram (post on January 2, 2026): "Cool news out of Lucasfilm! The droid I designed and sculpted for Mandalorian formerly and unceremoniously referred to as simply "Copper" has now been renamed "CW-24" after the late great Carl Weathers RIP. Originally this droid was designed by me and debuted in my fan-film short "Birth of a Monster"" (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
Birth of a Monster | A Star Wars Story on the Escape Velocity Content YouTube channel (February 27, 2019) (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire"
- ↑
Disney Store & Parks Announce Droid Factory Friday Featuring New Monthly Releases by Ace, Shannen on wdwnt.com (December 29, 2025) (backup link archived on January 1, 2026)
- ↑ Carl Weathers Dies: 'Rocky' & 'Predator' Star Who Appeared In 'Happy Gilmor', 'The Mandalorian' & More Was 76 by Erik Pedersen on Deadline (February 2, 2024) (backup link archived on February 2, 2024)
- ↑ Disney Store Revises Names of Upcoming Monthly Star Wars Droid Factory Releases by Burns, James on Jedi News (January 9, 2026) (backup link archived on January 11, 2026)
External links
- Disney Store & Parks Announce Droid Factory Friday Featuring New Monthly Releases by Ace, Shannen on wdwnt.com (December 29, 2025) (backup link archived on January 1, 2026) (First identified as CW-24)