A-3DO

"You'll have to abandon me to corrosion and metal-eating predators...A terrible fate for a droid"

- A-3DO when on Ambria

A-3DO or ThreeDee was a multi-talented service droid owned by Jedi Andur Sunrider in 4,000 BBY.

Biography
He served the Sunrider family as a crack mechanic, copilot, and musician who played upon a stringed instrument. Thus, when Andur Sunrider and his wife Nomi Sunrider and their infant daughter Vima Sunrider traveled to the planet Ambria in the Stenness system to visit Master Thon, he accompanied them on their transport Lightside Explorer.

While stopping at a safe point, the Sunriders were attacked by a criminal gang employed by the local crimelord Bogga the Hutt who wanted to steal the Adegan crystals they were carrying. During the confrontation, A-3D0 witnessed Andur's death at the hands of the ringleader Gudb's pet gorm-worm and Nomi slaying most of the gang in retaliation with her husband's lightsaber.

Having landed on barren Ambria, A-3D0 stayed behind to guard the Lightside Explorer while Nomi and Vima searched for Master Thon. Unfortunately, ThreeDee was badly damaged by Bogga's henchmen. Luckily, Master Thon and his apprentice Oss Wilum drove them away. It would take months for the Jedi to find the spare parts to fix A-3D0 due to Ambria's remote location in the Outer Rim. The droid would continue to aid Nomi as she reluctantly trained to learn the ways of the Jedi.

Following another battle with Bogga's henchmen, Nomi decided to accept her destiny as a Jedi Knight and left for the Jedi world of Ossus to be trained. A-3D0's fate after that is unknown.

Behind the scenes
A-3D0 shares some similarities with the famous droid C-3PO including both being protocol droids.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic