Prowler 1000 exploration droid

The Arakyd seeker droid is a compact probe droid deployed during the Clone Wars by the soldiers of the Republic. On Utapau, seekers are sent to hunt down Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi following the transmission of Order 66.

Created by Arakyd Industries, the small, repulsor-driven seeker droid excels in surveillance. Designed specifically for work in a military capacity, the Arakyd Prowler 1000 features a frontal photoreceptor array equipped with various detection systems and scanners. A tasking antennae protrudes from atop the drone's domed head, allowing clone commanders to send orders directly to their seekers groups. Two grappling extensors below the main body are used to return a body to the clones when proof is needed of a successful capture. Seekers are equipped with searchlights to track targets at night or in darkened environs.

Ordered by Darth Sidious to hunt down and destroy Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, Clone Commander Cody dispatches his entire complement of seeker droids into the depths of Utapau's sinkhole city. Searchlights activated in the dank grottos deep below Pau City, two particular seekers diligently hunt down General Kenobi, but rather than locating the wayward Jedi, the drones happen upon an agitated nos monster. Protecting its young, the nos devours one seeker with a single bite, and chases the second drone into the murky waters of its domain. Obi-Wan is able to slip away from the short fight between monster and machine, and eventually flees the sinkhole world.

Seeker droids are employed by the Galactic Empire to hunt down Jedi during the Jedi Purge. Years later, based on the success of its predecessor, Arakyd Industries introduces the Viper probot droid.