DRK-1 Dark Eye probe droid/Legends

"Probe droid. Very unusual&hellip; not like anything I've seen before."

- Qui-Gon Jinn

The DRK-1 Dark Eye probe droid, simply known as the Dark Eye probe droid, was a repulsorlift probe droid used by the Sith Order prior to the Clone Wars.

Developed by Arakyd Industries, the DRK-1 probe droid was a small, spherical automaton equipped with sophisticated sensor and communications packages. The design dated back centuries, to early Dark Eye models based on schematics provided by Sith holocrons. The DRK-1 version featured a trio of imaging sensors: a central photoreceptor, a magnetic imaging device and a thermal imager. An antenna atop the Dark Eye's dome allowed its master to relay commands to the probot, programming it to seek out individuals or information. Data was then sent back to headquarters via the transmission antennae.



Dark Eye probe droids were designed as passive spy units, and were plated with energy-absorbing stealth armor that baffled most sensor scans. However, weaponry could be mounted on the DRK-1 in many configurations. Armaments adopted by the Sith included blaster cannons, stun blasters, and dart launchers loaded with poison needles.

Darth Maul carried three Dark Eye probe droids aboard Scimitar during his time as the apprentice of Darth Sidious. Maul used his probots to spy on a Black Sun meeting on Ralltiir, and later used them to track down Qui-Gon Jinn on Tatooine. Following Maul's death at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Sith Infiltrator, presumably along with its probe droids, was taken into the custody on Naboo by the Jedi.

The Dark Eye closely resembled the R-1 recon droid, which were used by snipers as early as the Battle of Naboo to the Battle of Endor.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul
 * Star Wars: Galaxies
 * Lando's Commandos: On Eagles' Wings