Labor droid

Labor droids, also referred to as worker droids, were a type of droid designed to perform manual tasks, such as unloading cargo from transports or collecting scrap metal into piles.

A model of labor droid known as the PK-series worker droid was used by the Trade Federation aboard the Saak'ak, a modified Lucrehulk-class LH-3210 cargo freighter, during the Invasion of Naboo, and were used by the Federation to collect the remains of B1 battle droids destroyed during the Battle of Naboo.

The ASP general purpose droid was a model of labor droid used on worlds across the galaxy, including Coruscant, Florrum, and Tatooine. An ASP droid designated K0-5D was heavily modified for gladiatorial combat and fought in the sparring pits aboard the Weequay pirate ship Marauder, where he usually emerged triumphant due to his steel-shredding servos and integrated flamethrower, earning him the nickname "Maximo."

A RIC-series general labor droid, a crude model of labor droid also known as a rickshaw droid, designated RIC-920 pulled a rickshaw in Mos Espa, a port city located on the desert world of Tatooine, and another RIC was in use on the planet Jakku. Labor droids equipped with repulsorlifts were utilized in a refinery complex located in an asteroid field known as Pressy's Tumble.

Behind the scenes
Labor droids first appeared in Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, a 1976 Star Wars Legends novelization of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster but credited to George Lucas. They became canon when several ASP general purpose droids, a model of labor droid, were digitally inserted into the 1997 Special Edition version of A New Hope.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
 * Rebel Rising
 * The Rebellion Begins
 * Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice
 * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
 * Star Wars Annual 2
 * The Phantom Limb
 * "High Noon on Jakku"
 * Before the Awakening
 * Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
 * Rebel Rising
 * The Rebellion Begins
 * Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice
 * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
 * Star Wars Annual 2
 * The Phantom Limb
 * "High Noon on Jakku"
 * Before the Awakening
 * Before the Awakening