JK-13 security droid



The JK-13 combat droid (unofficially known as the Jedi Killer) was a JK-series combat droid manufactured on the planet Ord Cestus. These droids were first designed to be used as security droids.

They were a part of the category of bio-droid because they used a living circuit design incorporating organics into the core processor, allowing greater empathy with the owner and superior tactical aggression toward intruders. The processor was actually a life-support unit for a creature known as a Dashta eel.

The dashta appeared to be non-sentient, which in some ways was even more amazing, representing the first non-sentient creature ever found with a profound level of Force-sensitivity.

The JK-Thirteen appeared chest-high and divides into sections, giving it a spider-like appearance in its attack mode. The Jedi Killer was able to do something no other droid can do&mdash;anticipate attacks. During the Clone Wars, Jedi Generals Kit Fisto and Obi-Wan Kenobi participated in a demonstration of the droid's ability.

They were sent by Palpatine because of rumors that the owners of the droids would sell them to the Confederacy. If they did, the Republic would bombard the planet, killing millions. Since they would be headed for Ord Cestus to convince the Five Families to stop, they were shown a demonstration. The JK easily destroyed a repaired destroyer droid, but suprisingly, also defeated an elite ARC trooper. As the trooper feined to the left and right, the JK anticipated what the trooper would do next and finished it off.

Angry at the audience's applause, since he believed no one should applaud at someone's injury, no matter how superficial or temporary, and the JK's nickname, Kit went down to challenge the droid. As the fight progressed, it seemed like a droid might actully defeat the Jedi&mdash;something that has never happened before&mdash;even Obi-Wan was beginning to fear for Kit.

However, Kit overcame the droid and finished it off, but the droid used the technique to lure its opponent into a false sense of security while it dug underneath them with its lethal tendrils. The droid had the ability to absorb plasma bolts rather than deflecting them, making it a deadly rival for Jedi and clone trooper alike.

Count Dooku planned on importing tens of thousands of these monstrous droids, disregarding their niche of security droid rather than battle droid. Obi-Wan and Kit Fisto journeyed to stop the selling. Had the JK participated in the war, it would have been one of the most dangerous droids in the army of the CIS.

Appearances

 * The Cestus Deception