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Replicant (Blade Runner)

Replicants are androids as depicted in Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) as modified in Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner (1982).

The replicant characters in the film were:

Escaped replicants:

Other replicants:

  • Rachael (played by Sean Young[?]) believes that she is Eldon Tyrell's niece

Was Deckard a replicant?

Many commentators believe the central character Rick Deckard (played by Harrison Ford) is depicted as a replicant in the film. They cite his apparently superhuman strength during the fight with Roy Batty, and the scene where Gaff makes a unicorn model, mirroring the unicorn in Deckard's dream (cut from the original film, restored in the Director's Cut).


The Replicants was also the name of a Demo crew[?] involved in the Atari ST Demo Scene



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