The New Essential Guide to Droids

Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Droids is a 224-page reference book published by Del Rey, the twelfth book in the Essential Guide series. It was written by Daniel Wallace, and illustrated by Ian Fullwood. It was released June 27, 2006.

Major Manufacturers

 * Arakyd
 * Aratech Repulsor Company
 * Baktoid Combat Automata
 * Cestus Cybernetics
 * Chiewab Amalgamated Pharmaceuticals
 * Colicoid Creation Nest
 * Commerce Guild
 * Cybot Galactica
 * Czerka Corporation
 * Duwani Mechanical Products
 * Geentech
 * Genetech
 * Go-Corp/Utilitech
 * Haor Chall Engineering
 * Holowan Mechanicals
 * Imperial Department of Military Research
 * Industrial Automaton
 * Kalibac Industries
 * LeisureMech Enterprises
 * Malkite Poisoners
 * Medtech Industries
 * MerenData
 * Phlut Design Systems
 * Publictechnic
 * Rebaxan Columni
 * Roche
 * Serv-O-Droid
 * SoroSuub
 * Tac-Spec Corporation
 * TaggeCo
 * Techno Union
 * Tendrando Arms
 * Ubrikkian Steamworks
 * Veril Line Systems
 * Historical
 * Mandalorians
 * Sith
 * Xim
 * Inventors
 * Massad Thrumble
 * Pollux Poi
 * Morgan Katarn
 * Miscellaneous Alien Species
 * Kallidahin
 * Jawa
 * Abominor
 * Silentium
 * Cyborgs

Class One Droids

 * Geentech 2-1B surgical droid
 * Aratech BRT Supercomputer
 * Ubrikkian Steamworks DD-13 cybernetic surgical droid
 * Medtech FX-series medical assistant droid
 * Chiewab GH-7 medical analysis unit
 * Czerka Corporation Master Control System
 * Polis Massa Chroon-Tan B-Machine
 * Cybot Galactica SP-4 and JN-66 analysis droids

Class Two Droids

 * Arakyd Viper, Infiltrator, and Hunter Killer droids
 * Aratech G0-T0 infrastructure planning system
 * SoroSuub G2 repair droid
 * Industrial Automaton R-series astromech droids
 * R1 astromech
 * R2 astromech
 * R3 and R4 astromech
 * R5 astromech
 * R6 and R7 astromech
 * R8 and R9 astromech
 * Duwani Mechanical Products T3-series utility droid
 * Agent of the Silentium (Vuffi Raa)
 * Morgan Katarn's customized utility droid (Wee Gee)

Class Three Droids

 * Genetech 2JTJ personal navigation droid
 * Cybot Galactica 3PO protocol droid
 * C-3PO
 * LeisureMech Enterprises BD-3000 luxury droid
 * Cybot Galactica 3PX protocol droid (C-3PX)
 * Serv-O-Droid CZ secretary droid
 * Arakyd RA-7 protocol droid
 * MerenData EV supervisor droid
 * Cybot Galactica 5YQ protocol droid (I-5YQ)
 * Roche J9 worker drone
 * Cybot Galactica LE manifest droid
 * Industrial Automaton LOM protocol droid
 * Tac-Spec Corporation FIII Footman Droid
 * Go-Corp/Utilitech WA-7 service unit

Class Four Droids



 * Malkite Poisoners ASN-121
 * Baktoid Combat Automata B1 battle droid
 * Baktoid Combat Automata B2 super battle droid
 * Baktoid Combat Automata B3 ultra battle droid
 * Baktoid Combat Automata E4 baron droid
 * Mandalorian Army Basilisk combat mount
 * Colicoid Creation Nest Pistoeka sabotage droid
 * Commerce Guild modified Arakyd Industries Spelunker
 * Colicoid Creation Nest Annihilator droid
 * Baktoid Combat Automata C-B3 cortosis battle droid
 * Techno Union LM-432 crab droid
 * Imperial Department of Military Research Phases One–Three Dark trooper
 * Colicoid Creation Nest P-series destroyer droid
 * Commerce Guild DSD1 dwarf spider droid
 * Agent of the Abominor (The Great Heep)
 * Czerka Corporation HK-series protocol droid
 * Imperial Department of Military Research classified HRD
 * Holowan Mechanicals IG-100 MagnaGuard
 * Holowan Mechanicals IG-series assassin droid
 * Phlut Design Systems IG lancer combat droid
 * Imperial Department of Military Research IT-O interrogation droid
 * Cestus Cybernetics JK personal security droid
 * Duwani Mechanical Products RRJC Juggernaut jumper
 * TaggeCo prototype L8-L9 combat droid
 * Baktoid Combat Automata BL-series Battle Legionnaire
 * Haor Chall Engineering Manta droid subfighter
 * Techno Union Octuptarra combat tri-droid
 * Pollux Poi customized A-series assassin droid
 * Sith DRK-1 Dark Eye probe droid
 * Empire of Xim war robot
 * Tendrando Arms YVH1 Yuuzhan Vong Hunter
 * TaggeCo Z-X3 experimental droid trooper

Class Five Droids

 * Roche 8D8 smelting operation droid
 * Industrial Automaton ASP utility droid
 * Cybot Galactica CLL-M2 binary loadlifter
 * Serv-O-Droid BLX general labor droid
 * Industrial Automaton Hologlide J57 cam droid
 * Industrial Automaton COO cook droid
 * SoroSuub Corporation FA-4 pilot and FA-5 valet droids
 * Imperial Department of Military Research HMOR homing droid
 * Imperial Department of Military Research Mark IV (IM4) Sentry Droid
 * Publictechnic INS-444 window installation and CLE-004 window cleaning droids
 * Cybot Galactica LIN autonomous minelayer
 * Jawa custom-built "Monster" ugly
 * Rebaxan Columni MSE-series general-purpose droid
 * Modified Kalibac Industries information cataloging droid
 * Veril Line Systems Otoga-222 maintenance droid
 * Serv-O-Droid P-100 salvage droid
 * Serv-O-Droid DUM-series pit droid
 * Cybot Galactica PK-series worker droid
 * Veril Line Systems EG-6 power droid
 * Arakyd Prowler 1000 exploration droid
 * Serv-O-Droid RIC general labor droid
 * Baktoid Combat Automata SRT autonomous short-range transport
 * Serv-O-Droid TT-8L gatekeeper droid
 * Cybot Galactica WED Treadwell repair droid

Cyborgs

 * Rebuilt Arakyd BT-16 perimeter droid
 * Sith alchemic technobeasts
 * Custom Geonosian cybernetic frame (General Grievous)
 * Unique Crystalline/Electronic Ambulatory Symbiont
 * About the Author
 * About the Illustrator

Jedi Exile's gender
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