Name:  R8-V1 name:  R8-V1 line:  Disney Droid Factory release date:  August, 2012 source:  - note:  This is the first of three R8 astromech versions (thus V1) released in the second wave of Disney Droid Factory. link:  Adam Pawlus' review Wookieepedia:  astromech droids. Wookieepedia:  R8 series.