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DAY 41: Z-X3
“Droid World” (Marvel Star Wars comics)
You know what Z-X3 has that no almost other Star Wars character has? A sweet song by Man or Astro-Man? based on him. “Z-X3” is one of two songs inspired by the Droid World book-with-record adaptation of the Marvel comic, the other being the Kligson-based “Cyborg Control”, both on MoAM?’s excellent Experiment Zero album. Buy it.
But let’s talk about Z-X3 himself, shall we? A failed experimental Imperial droid trooper, one ended up on Kligson’s “Droid World”, where it staged a rebellion to claim the station for the Empire. It didn’t go too well for Z-X3… amusingly enough, his downfall was mostly by Kligson’s cyborg hands, as Luke Skywalker, C-3PO and R2-D2 just kinda were… there. Sure, it was them bringing a damaged Imperial warbot to Droid World that gave Z-X3 the impetus to start his rebellion, but still.
(As an aside… all this happened in a single issue. I miss the days before decompressed storytelling.)
Figure? Well, much of his design is very protocol-droid-y. They could honestly do the same thing they did when they made the various Droid Factory 2-pack protocols (like BL-17), using the arms and legs from 4-LOM on a new torso and head.
Sadly, the “best” way to release him would have been a Comic Pack with a reprint of Star Wars #47, maybe with a comic-colored 3PO (since Kligson would have likely been too tooling-intensive, what with his chair-thingy he’s always in), but that subline is long dead. He really hasn’t got anything going outside that one story, so unless they revive the Droid Factory build-a-droid concept or the 2-pack-with-part range, Z-X3 really hasn’t got much of a shot.
fuq yea man or astroman
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