LON-29 battle droid commander

The LON-29 battle droid commander was a one of the smallest battle droids designed by Balmorran Arms. Originally it was crafted to serve as a commander of SD-series battle droids, who would draw the enemy's fire, allowing the LON-29 to focus at battlefield analysis, directing droids at weakest points in enemy's defenses. Later, its role was expanded to leading other battle droids as well.

History


For a short time it was marketed as a possible replacement to living officers on the battlefront. During the Sith-Imperial War the Galactic Alliance used them to command small squads of special forces, with disastrous results, as the droids were far too willing to sacrifice the file of trooper under their command. After that LON-29 were used exclusively to lead other droid troops. Under the Darth Krayt's Sith Empire the droids wererestricted to civiliansm though corporations still could order them on regular basis.

Darth Krayt used several LON-29 battle droid commanders as training droids for his Sith underlings.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legacy 17: Claws of the Dragon, Part 4