Lexhannen Torlock (droid)

"Believe me, I'll be happy to get away from your kind"

- Torlock

A male human replica droid, Torlock was one of two droids made to mimic the real Imperial Governor Torlock and his daughter Frija. Torlock and his "daughter" were created by the brilliant scientist, Massad Thrumble. The droids were created for Governor Torlock as a precaution should the Rebellion ever attack Corulag. Unfortunately, for Torlock, the attack did not come from the rebels but from his own daughter who planned to assume control of Corulag with her paramour, Admiral Droon. Torlock activated the two HRDs and fled the planet while the droids acted as decoys.

Eventually, the two droids were split up, and Admiral Droon's men captured Torlock. Droon quickly learned that Torlock was not what he appeared and had his technicians search Torlock's memory. Their search turned up that Torlock had a daughter, and Droon put together a search party to capture the droid. Torlock was kept in Droon's dungeon while Droon's men searched for the droid. The Imperials eventually caught the false Frija and Droon planned to stage a fight which would "kill" Torlock and erase all evidence of the two HRDs. Droon would then replace Torlock as the new Imperial Governor of Corulag. Droon hired Black Sun assassins to pose as Rebels in the false fight.

Unfortunately, Droon did not plan on the interference of Darth Vader, and his agent Wrenga Jixton. Jix killed the assassins and saved Frija. With the droid's help, he unraveled the conspiracy, rescued Torlock, and captured Admiral Droon. Jix brought his prisoner and the two droids back to Coruscant. Jix then refueled their ship and told them to find a remote planet and stay there. Torlock was eager to leave organics behind, but allowed his daughter to give one last goodbye to Jix. The two then left for the Outer Rim, finally settling on the ice planet of Hoth.

After arriving on the ice planet, Torlock destroyed their communications devices and created a shelter for himself and Frija to live out the rest of their days. However, Frija was not content to live the rest of her days in isolation, and she bugged her father for some companionship, forcing Torlock to continually remind her of the evils of organic beings. Torlock's lessons had little effect, and one day, Frija brought in the droid C-3PO and his master, Luke Skywalker back to their shelter.

The two had crash landed on Hoth, and Frija, desperate for a companion, had saved the two. Torlock became angry with Frija, ordering her to dismantle the droid for parts and throw Luke back out into the cold. Luke was not about to be frozen to death and attacked Torlock, stripping him of his weapons. Luke devised a plan to combine his damaged communicator on his ship with the two droids damaged communicator and signal the Rebellion. He imprisoned Torlock in a supply closet and put C-3PO on watch. Then Frija and Luke departed to retrieve the damaged communicator from Luke's crashed ship.



However, Torlock had more tricks up his sleeve, and he retrieved one of his hidden weapons to free himself. Torlock then made after Frija and Luke to stop the transmission. When Torlock arrived, he tried to kill Luke with a blaster, but Frija saved Luke from the shot. In the ensuing firefight, Torlock learned that Luke had repaired the communicator, and he aimed for the device. Unfortunately, Torlock's aim was off, and his shot hit his daughter in the back, severely damaging her internal parts.

Torlock was overcome with grief and blamed Skywalker for his daughter's death. Firing wildly, Torlock tried to kill the young Jedi. With no other choice, Luke struck down Torlock with his lightsaber. The attack also revealed that the Torlock and his daughter were HRDs. Luke buried the two droids on Hoth before the Millenium Falcon arrived to rescue himself and C-3PO.

Appearances

 * Classic Star Wars 12
 * Classic Star Wars 13
 * Shadow Stalker