Via Starwars.com:

George Lucas has always been known as a hot rod aficionado. He poured the memories of his youth in southern California into his first big hit film, American Graffiti. So when Mattel approached us about making R2-KT over as a Hot Wheels exclusive for Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, it struck me how fitting that was. Overnight we had to get her crated up, shipped to the R2 Builders for a quick tune-up, and create a video to play at the Mattel booth.

Even before I got to the convention the photos were already streaming on social media….

<SYSTEM ERROR — TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED>

<Hello, everyone. R2-KT here. Enough chatter from the carbon unit. I wanted to tell you all about my adventure to Anaheim in my own words. Accessing memory circuits now.>

<My first memory of the adventure began with the R2 Builders. Carbon unit Andy Schwartz was kind enough to give me a tune-up as well as remove my restraining bolt. What a relief! Now I could operate without a handler.>

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