CZ-series communications/business droid

The CZ-series communications/business droid was a droid series produced by Serv-O-Droid, Inc. The CZ-series was released as Serv-O-Droid began to wane in its position as a dominant droid manufacturer.

Characteristics


Its built-in comlink had a surface-to-orbit range. Common job functions included taking dictation, organizing files, scheduling, and making calls. Its photoreceptors were modeled after the eyes of Stacchatis'. It had a preloaded number of languages, and it knew all modern and old business regulations and tax codes for thousands of governments. It had a vast data storage capacity protected by an almost-impossible-to-crack firewall. Slicers had developed ways to work around those firewalls, but, providing the owners regularly changed the codes, there was no trouble.

It had sophisticated programming that allowed the droid to act as a switchboard for all incoming audio comlink communications, text and data messages from planetary networks, and holographic messages from the HoloNet. An owner could synch up his comlink, datapad, and other communication devices with the droid and have messages forwarded based on predetermined criteria.

At launch, the droids boasted a garish green-and-orange paint job with yellow highlights, hoping that it would draw attention in stores. Almost every droid was repainted.

Example units

 * CZ-1
 * CZ-3
 * CZ-4
 * CZ-54

Behind the scenes


The physical appearance, such as the chest plate, of the CZ-droid model is derived from an early conceptual sketch for Darth Vader.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Republic: Outlander
 * MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
 * Imperial Commando: 501st
 * Star Wars: Dark Times: The Path to Nowhere
 * The Core of Corruption
 * The Last of the Jedi: Reckoning
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel
 * Rookies: Rendezvous
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: Chewbacca
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: Chewbacca