The Kobe Bryant-inspired Star Wars character is a droid named K2-B4 — a reference to both Bryant's initials and his number 24 Los Angeles Lakers jersey, which he began wearing during the 2006-07 NBA season after changing from his old number 8 jersey. K2-B4 appeared on three episodes of the third season of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which takes place in the three years between the Star Wars prequel movies Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Described as "feminine" and with she/her pronouns, K2-B4 also sports a yellow and purple color scheme — the same palette that the Lakers use.
According to StarWars.com, at the time the Clone Wars animation department created K2-B4's animation model, the Lakers had won the NBA Championship. (This could have either been in 2009 or 2010, as the team earned that accolade both years.) It's also been said that the inclusion of K2-B4 on the series was as a nod to crew members who were Lakers fans.
A T-series tactical droid, K2-B4 was stationed at Citadel Commander under the Phindian Separatist and ruthless warden Osi Sobeck, and served the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Her biography details that she's experienced a lot: entered Lola Sayu, the planet containing the Citdael, without being detected; got briefly tricked by battle droids transporting R2-D2, resulting in her altering Citadel guards to capture the droids; and boarded a Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ship but unfortunately failed to keep a group of Jedi masters out of Lola Sayu. (If only K2-B4's win rate was as good as Kobe Bryant's.)
