L3-37

"Sure, some guy in a factory probably pieced me together originally, and someone else programmed me, so to speak. But then the galaxy itself forged me into who I am. Because we learn, Lando. We're programmed to learn. Which means we grow. We grow away from that singular moment of creation, become something new with each changing moment of our lives&mdash;yes, lives&mdash;and look at me: these parts. I did this. So maybe when we say the Maker we're referring to the whole galaxy, or maybe we just mean ourselves. Maybe we're our own makers, no matter who put the parts together."

- L3-37, to Lando Calrissian

L3-37, abbreviated L3, or Elthree, was a feminine custom self-made piloting droid associated with Lando Calrissian who was active during the reign of the Galactic Empire. She was a one of a kind droid, assembling and improving herself with scraps of other droids, including her torso, which she pieced together from an old astromech. Her brain module began as part of an R3-series astromech droid, including data from an espionage droid, custom coding and protocol droid processors.

L3 was also built from already used protocol parts and was also an enlightened navigator. She cared deeply about droid rights.

Mission to Kessel
Taking to the planet Kessel with Lando Calrissian was Beckett's gang on the Millennium Falcon, L3 assisted Beckett's gang and they successfully obtained the necessary amount of coaxium, which was to be transported to Savareen so the unstable material could be refined and they could rendezvous with Dryden Vos. During the mission, L3 freed some slave droids who were captured by the Pykes. Whilst Han and Chewbacca were making their way to the vault filled with coaxium, the droids started rebelling freeing all of the other slaves in the mine. The slaves inevitably rebelled against the guards allowing Beckett's gang to escape aboard the Millenium Falcon. After nearly everyone got onto the Falcon, L3 stood outside supporting the slave's uprising, only to later be shot by a guard and retrieved by Lando aboard the Millenium Falcon, only to deactivate shortly after they made it into the Kessel Run.

Uploaded into the Millenium Falcon
Once the Falcon was attacked by Imperial TIE fighters, a few short moments later, L3 was uploaded by Lando into the Falcon acting as the ship's navigational system, helping the gang to escape the gravity well and leave the Kessel Run, so that they could deliver the coaxium to Savareen.

Behind the scenes
"Sir, I don't know where your ship learned to communicate, but it has the most peculiar dialect."

- C-3PO to Han Solo

L3-37 is portrayed via motion-capture by Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Waller-Bridge's casting in the film was first announced on February 21, 2017. Her name is a reference to LEET, the act of replacing certain letters of a word with numbers, often done on the Internet.

Appearances

 * Last Shot
 * Lando: Double or Nothing, Part I
 * Lando: Double or Nothing 2
 * Solo: A Star Wars Story
 * Star Wars: Commander