G2 repair droid/Legends

"Excuse me please, but you'll have to check that excess baggage. Huh? Oh, I'm terribly sorry, I didn't realize that was your husband. Heh heh, heh heh heh."

- G2-4T

The G2 repair droid, nicknamed the "goose droid,' was a model of maintenance droid manufactured by the SoroSuub Corporation. Their acute intellects made them wonderful conversationalists, but also made them flighty and unreliable.

Characteristics
"Hey! What's the matter? Haven't you people ever seen intelligent life before? Heh heh heh."

- G2-4T

Intended to assist with shipboard repairs, the second-degree G2 repair droid was short, standing 0.8 meters in height, and squat, with a wide, bottom-heavy stance that forced it to waddle when it walked. This trait, combined with its long, multi-jointed neck and widely spaced, weight-distributing feet earned it the nickname of "goose droid." Each G2 unit had a stripped-down skeletal frame with exposed joints and wiring. Their three-digit heavy manipulators could grasp most repair tools, while their splayed feet aided in stabilizing their low center of gravity. The G2's most recognizable feature was its binocular head, which contained a vocabulator, two auditory sensors, and a pair of blue or white photorecpetors whose sensory packages included telescopic, microscopic, and multi-spectrum capabilities. Each droid bore a unique ID number stenciled onto the side of its head.

G2s units' intellects were so acute that they made wonderful conversationalist, but this same quality led to a flightiness that made them unreliable in their primary jobs and gravitate towards excessive chattiness. This feature appeared to be hardwired into their behavioral circuitry matrices and could not be eliminated with memory wipes. Over time, the droids also developed a unique sense of humor, trading witticisms and bad jokes with anyone who took the time to listen.

History
A custom Sullustan design, the G2 repair droid was introduced by SoroSuub Corporation in the dace following the Clone Wars, available licensed from 5,210 to 6,000 credits. Some customers, mostly family-owned business or pilots of independent starships, found their chatty behavior endearing and allowed their droids to accumulate life experience over time, with many finding themselves utilized as pilots and tour guides for civilian charter vessels instead of repair droids. Many owners even relieved their G2s of jobs and kept them around as companions.

Eventually, a number of G2s achieved an advanced degree of independent thought, resulting in a sudden explosion of wanderlust. In one notorious instance, a team of them stole a fueling freighter and set up their own community on an asteroid in the Chrellis system. The series' downfall, however, lay with the fact that larger corporations considered them a waste of money due to their tendency to talk rather than work. They generally had no time for the G2's foolishness and returned the units to the manufacturer, shrinking the line's market base and leading SoroSuub to retire it in the year 12 ABY. In 14 ABY, however, they reintroduced the line with much fanfare when faced with a surprising outcry from fans of the G2, as well as near-constant requests from small business owners and individuals.

Behind the scenes
"The two worker droids, G2-4T and G2-9T, took their names from the singing "geese" the figures had once played in in [sic] Disney's Audio-Animatronics musical, America Sings&mdash;and so "G2." Stripped of their artificial skin and feathers, the Audio-Animatronics figures looked perfectly at home in the Star Wars galaxy."

- Jason Surrell

The G2 repair droid was created for the 1987 Disney simulator ride theme park attraction Star Tours, where he was featured in the ride's queue at each of its locations, which included each of Disney's resorts excluding Hong Kong Disneyland and Shanghai Disney Resort. It was first identified in The New Essential Guide to Droids, a Star Wars Legends reference book written by Daniel Wallace and released on June 27, 2006.

The two original G2 droids, G2-4T and G2-9T, were modified Audio-Animatronic geese from the now-defunct "America Sings" attraction stripped of their artificial skin and feathers, hence their nickname.

Appearances

 * Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
 * Shadow Games
 * 1986 ABC Sunday Night Movie Disneyland Star Tours Promotion
 * Star Tours
 * Specter of the Past
 * Specter of the Past