The Essential Guide to Droids

The fifth book in Del Rey's Essential Guide series, Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Droids features an in-depth look at one hundred astromech, Protocol, and other intelligent automatons from the original trilogy and Expanded Universe, each with its own two-page spread including detailed schematics. Links from this article will go to articles detailing the droid model, rather than a particular unit. In 2006, an updated version of the book known as the The New Essential Guide to Droids was released, to accommodate the various droids from the prequel trilogy.

Publisher's summary
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER...DROID!

''They can be anything from nursemaids to surgeons, diplomats to assassins. They walk, roll and fly&mdash; and communicate in languages ranging from whistles and beeps to Standard Basic to the most obscure alien dialect. MixRMastRs make drinks in spaceport cantinas, Basilisks make war wherever they're deployed, and IT-O Interrogators make life night-marish for prisoners of the Empire.''

''Droids are an integral and indispensable part of the Star Wars universe. And this comprehensive guide surveys all myriad models and classes&mdash;from the lowliest drones to the most sophisticated humanoid automatons. ''


 * Discover the evolution of the R-series droids, whose members include lumbering technicians and skilled X-wing navigators such as R2-D2


 * Learn the curious history of the MSE-6 "mouse" droids employed exclusively in the bases and on Imperial starships of the Empire


 * Explore the workings of the malevolent Shadow Droids: machines with living, organic brains


 * Uncover how the Rebel's fearsome FIDO (Foreign Intruder Defense Organism) carries out is duties

Whatever its design and wherever it may be found in the ever-expanding Star Wars universe, if the subject is droid, its definitive data on development, history, and technology is included in this essential technical guide.''

Many of the droids in the old book were removed or replaced in the new installment of the book, mostly being replaced by Clone Wars or New Jedi Order units.

Contents

 * Acknowledgments
 * Introduction

A Guide to Major Manufacturers

 * Accutronics
 * Arakyd Industries
 * Balmorran Arms
 * Corellian Engineering Corporation
 * Corporate Sector Authority
 * Cybot Galactica
 * Geentech
 * Genetech Corporation
 * Go-Corp/Utilitech
 * Holowan Mechanicals
 * Imperial Department of Military Research
 * Industrial Automaton
 * LeisureMech Enterprises
 * Les Tech
 * Loronar Corporation
 * Lovolan
 * Medtech Industries
 * MerenData
 * PowerPost
 * Publictechnic
 * Rebaxan Columni
 * Rebel Alliance/New Republic department of Research and Development
 * Roche
 * Serv-O-Droid, Inc.
 * Sienar Intelligence Systems
 * SoroSuub Corporation
 * Telbrintel
 * Trang Robotics
 * Ulban Arms
 * Veril Line Systems

Astromech

 * P2 and R1
 * R2
 * R3 and R4
 * R5
 * R6 and R7

Protocol

 * 3PO protocol droid
 * M-3PO military protocol droid
 * Em Teedee
 * 3D-4X administrative droid
 * PD Lurrian protocol droid
 * LOM protocol droid

Medical

 * 2-1B surgical droid
 * MD medical specialist
 * FX Medical Assistant

Household service

 * TDL Nanny Droid
 * Model E
 * Guardian droid
 * ZZ-4Z ("ZeeZee")
 * U2C1 housekeeping droid
 * SE4 servant droid
 * R-10 household droid
 * TT-8L ("Tattletale")

Commercial service

 * Automated sabacc dealer
 * Robo-bartender
 * C2-R4 Multipurpose Unit

Municipal

 * Systems control droid
 * 12-4C-41 traffic controller
 * 5T Tree Feeder
 * Inferno firefighting robo
 * Robo-Hack

Business

 * SCM-22 stenographer
 * CZ secretary/comm droid
 * TT-40 library droid
 * Memory droid

Heavy industrial

 * EVS Construction Droid
 * GRZ-6B wrecker droid
 * FLR Logger ("Lumberdroid")
 * LIN Demolitionmech
 * 8D8 Smelting Operator
 * 11-17 mining droid

Agricultural

 * CD-2 Harvester
 * Decon III droid

Courier/transport

 * Messenger droid and message drone
 * Drone barge

Labor

 * Asp
 * CLL-8 binary load lifter
 * X10-D draft droid
 * J9 worker drone

Maintenance

 * Imperial City maintenance droid
 * MN-2E general maintenance droid
 * EG-6 power droid
 * 850.AA Public Service Headquarters

Repair

 * WED Treadwell
 * LE repair droid

Starship-based

 * Gyrowheel 1.42.08 recycling droid
 * M38 Explorer
 * Scout Collector & Surveyor Package
 * MULE droid
 * Scavenger droid
 * MSE-6 ("Mouse Droid")
 * RA-7 Death Star Droid

Military

 * Basilisk war droid
 * Xim's War-Robot
 * Krath war droid
 * Dark trooper
 * SD-9 and SD-10
 * Shadow Droid
 * X-1 Viper ("Automadon")
 * Arakyd probot series
 * Fromm Tower Droid
 * Robot Ramship

Assassins

 * IG assassin droid
 * E522 assassin droid
 * Scarab droid
 * DZ-70 Fugitive Tracker Droid

Training/gladiatorial

 * RHTC-560 Hunter Trainer
 * Duelist Elite
 * Mark X Executioner

Security

 * Red Terror
 * G-2RD Guard
 * S-EP1 security droid
 * Foreign Intruder Defense Organism
 * 501-Z police droid (Zed)
 * Hound-W2 SPD
 * Ssi-ruuvi security droid
 * Imperial Mark IV Sentry Droid

Interrogation

 * IT-O Interrogator
 * EV supervisor droid

Espionage

 * Moon moth
 * Fly eye
 * Espionage droid
 * Slicer droid
 * Positronic processor

Specialized use

 * Human Replica Droid and Synthdroid
 * B'omarr Brain Walker

One of a kind

 * Vuffi Raa
 * Q9-X2
 * 8t88
 * Gorm the Dissolver
 * Widget