R8, also known as R8-26, was an astromech droid of the R-series type. By 5 ABY, R8 was in service to the New Republic, specifically assisting Ambassador Nadura. Nadura brought R8 along on a journey to Corvus, her homeworld, intending to integrate them into the new governing body. As Nadura and her security detail proceeded into the city of [Calodan](/article/calodan], R8 remained aboard the ship. When the magistrate in power, Morgan Elsbeth, rejected the offer and initiated a violent confrontation, Nadura escaped and instructed R8 to transmit a distress signal. Before R8 could successfully transmit the signal, Elsbeth's forces detonated the ship, resulting in R8's destruction.
R8 was featured in "The Path of Anger," an episode of Star Wars: Tales of the Empire that premiered on May 4, 2024.