8D8

8D8 was a 8D-series smelter droid owned by crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Working alongside EV-9D9, he was reprogrammed to terrorize misbehaving droids in Jabba's Palace.

Biography
An 8D-series smelter droid manufactured by Verpine Roche Hive, 8D8 was originally programmed to perform simple tasks in ore-extraction facilities until he came into the possession of Jabba the Hutt, who had him reprogrammed for sadism. While working in Jabba's Palace, he served as an assistant to the supervisor droid EV-9D9, terrorizing the droid pool to keep it in line.

Four years after the Battle of Yavin, during C-3PO and R2-D2's mission to Tatooine, 8D8 was seen torturing a GNK power droid.

Characteristics
A cruel industrial droid who was reprogrammed for sadism, 8D8, like most 8D-series droids, resented the more sophisticated protocol and astromech droids. A bully, he sometimes tortured other droids for his own amusement.

A lanky white smelter droid, 8D8 stood at 1.83 meters in height and had yellow photoreceptors.

Behind the scenes
8D8 first appeared in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi and was realized as a puppet. The structure of 8D8's body shared its design with at least one other puppet-based droid in Return of the Jedi.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi