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"A meter-tall stack of the worst business decisions you could possibly want." ―Mechtech Illustrated, criticizing the R5-series

Despite being a droid Bunt seems to display a pattern of disrespect towards his owner Vorn Tel-Ovis

The R5-series astromech droid, also known as the R2-5, was a line of low-cost astromech droids built by Industrial Automaton. Based upon the success of prior astromech models, such as the wildly popular R2-series, Industrial Automaton intended the R5-series to cater to budget buyers at the cost of some functionality.