Binary/Legends

"Binary? Why, it's like a second language to me, sir."

- C-3PO to Owen Lars

Binary, also known as Droidspeak, was the computer language comprised of electronic beeps, bloops, whines, and whistles of droids. All droids could “speak” and understand Binary. There were some examples of people that spend so much time with their droids that they are able to pick up a fluency of the language—such as Rebel Alliance agent Kyle Katarn, the Jedi Exile, Revan, Bao-Dur, Anakin and Luke Skywalker, and Atton Rand—although they weren't able to synthesize it. Generally, a whistle ascending in pitch was an affirmative, and one of descending pitch was a negative.

Preceded by the archaic CBell-1, the Droidspeak standard was established by Industrial Automaton's line of astromech droids. It later became the standard mode of communication for droids from many manufacturers, all whom paid IA a small licensing fee to use the language.

The father of modern droidspeak was considered to be none other than Yperio Baobab, of the prestigious Baobab family.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization