BT-16 perimeter droid

"Hey, have you seen that new BT-16?" "Yeah, some of the other guys were telling me about it. They say it's&hellip; it's quite a thing to see&hellip;"

- Two stormtroopers aboard the first Death Star

The BT-16 perimeter droid was a bulbous, spider-like droid manufactured by Arakyd Industries.

Characteristics


It came equipped with highly sensitive sensor packages and a Taim & Bak repeating blaster cannon.

History
These droids were used by the Galactic Republic and later the Galactic Empire.

The B'omarr Monks used these droids to carry brains of those who had achieved "enlightenment." The droids were occasionally equipped with vocoders, and lived in Jabba Desilijic Tiure's palace until his death. Before his death, Jabba sometimes removed the vocoder because the constant talking made him angry. They generally went unarmed while carrying a brain, and had trouble doing anything beside walking.

Behind the Scenes

 * A BT-16 perimeter droid was made by Hasbro in 1998. It could not be bought in the shops; only via internet order. The same droid was re-relased (albeit with slightly different colours) in 2004, along with Bubo and Wol Cabasshite in a three packed intitled Jabba's Palace Court Denizens.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Super Star Wars
 * Star Wars Missions 5: The Hunt for Han Solo
 * Tag & Bink Are Dead
 * Super Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * The Jabba Tape
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Battleground Tatooine
 * Darksaber
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
 * Star Wars Tales 15 intro