The New Essential Guide to Droids

The New Essential Guide to Droids is the twelfth reference book in the Essential Guide series of reference books by Del Rey, and an updated edition of 1999's The Essential Guide to Droids. Published on June 27, 2006, The New Essential Guide to Droids was written by Daniel Wallace and illustrated by Ian Fullwood. At 224 pages, the guide covers 90 droids divided into the five classes of intelligence, as well as four cyborgs, a history of droids, a layperson's guide to droids, and an overview of major manufacturers.

Class One Droids

 * 2-1B Surgical Droid
 * BRT Supercomputer
 * DD-13 Galactic Chopper
 * FX Medical Assistant
 * GH-7 Medical Droid
 * Master-Com
 * Polis Massan Midwife Droid
 * SP-4 and JN-66

Class Two Droids

 * Arakyd Probot Series
 * G0-T0 Planning Droid
 * G2 "Goose Droid"
 * R1 Astromech
 * R2-R9 Astromech
 * T3 Utility Droid
 * Vuffi Raa
 * Wee Gee

Class Three Droids

 * 2JTJ Personal Navigation Droid
 * 3PO Protocol Droid
 * C-3PO
 * BD-3000 Luxury Droid
 * C-3PX
 * CZ Secretary Droid
 * Death Star Droid
 * EV Supervisor Droid
 * I-5YQ (I-Five)
 * J9 Worker Drone
 * LE Manifest Droid
 * LOM Protocol Droid
 * Tac-Spec Footman
 * WA-7 Waitress Droid

Class Four Droids

 * ASN-121 Assassin Droid
 * B1 Battle Droid
 * B2 Super Battle Droid
 * B3 Ultra Battle Droid
 * Baron Droid
 * Basilisk War Droid
 * Buzz Droid
 * Chameleon Droid
 * Colicoid Annihilator Droid
 * Cortosis Battle Droid
 * Crab Droid
 * Dark Trooper
 * Droideka
 * Dwarf Spider Droid
 * The Great Heep
 * HK Assassin Droid
 * Human Replica Droid
 * IG-100 MagnaGuard
 * IG Assassin Droid
 * IG Lancer Droid
 * IT-O Interrogator
 * JK Bio-Droid
 * Juggernaut War Droid
 * L8-L9 Combat Droid
 * Mandalorian Battle Legionnaire
 * Manta Droid Subfighter
 * Octuptarra Droid
 * Pollux Assassin Droid
 * Sith Probe Droid
 * Xim's War-Robot
 * YVH 1 Yuuzhan Vong Hunter
 * Z-X3 Droid Trooper

Class Five Droids

 * 8D8 Smelting Operator
 * ASP Droid
 * Binary Loadlifter
 * BLX Labor Droid
 * Cam Droid
 * COO Cook Droid
 * FA-4 and FA-5 Droids
 * Homing Droid
 * Imperial Mark IV
 * INS-444 and CLE-004
 * LIN Demolitionmech
 * Monster Droid
 * Mouse Droid
 * Mustafar Panning Droid
 * Otoga-222 Droid
 * P-100 Salvage Droid
 * Pit Droid
 * PK Worker Droid
 * Power Droid
 * Prowler 1000
 * Rickshaw Droid
 * SRT Droid
 * TT-8L Tattletale
 * WED Treadwell

Cyborgs

 * B'omarr Brain Walker
 * Dark Side Technobeasts
 * General Grievous
 * Iron Knight

Continuity
The New Essential Guide to Droids is somewhat special in the sense that it answers one of the questions that have been discussed in the Star Wars fan community since the release of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords&mdash;namely, the question of the Jedi Exile's canonical gender. In this book it is established that the Exile is a female, and thus the book breaks with the tradition of making characters that originate as customizable characters in video game male.

This has caused some controversy in the Star Wars community, and many still refuse to accept that the Exile is a woman. However, since the New Essential Guide series are canonical sources, the Exile is officially a woman.

Her gender was established in three different paragraphs quotations of which are listed below: "G0-T0 soon became mixed up with an exiled Jedi Knight and her mission to destroy the Sith Lords."

- from the entry on the G0-T0 droid, p. 25

"Five standard years later, T3-M4 appeared aboard the abandoned freighter Ebon Hawk, where he fell into the company of the heroine known only as the Jedi Exile."

- from the entry on the T3 droid, p. 37

"Five years after the Star Forge incident, HK-47 teamed up with the heroine known as the Jedi Exile to battle a trio of Sith Lords."

- from the entry on the HK assassin droid, p. 107

Editions

 * ISBN 9780345477590; June 27, 2006; Del Rey; US paperback
 * ISBN 9780345542816; July 9, 2013; Del Rey; US eBook
 * ISBN 9780385364645; September 22, 2014; Del Rey; US hardcover