Restraining bolt/Legends



A restraining bolt was a small bolt attached to most droids used to ensure their obedience. More specifically, when fitted with a restraining bolt, droids could not leave the area designated by their owner, and were forced to obey commands given from a small remote device (such as "COME" and "STOP"). The astromech droid R2-D2 tricked his new owner Luke Skywalker into removing his restraining bolt, so that he could leave the Lars Homestead and seek out Obi-Wan Kenobi.