Anti-droid sentiment/Legends

Anti-Droid sentiment is organic distrust of machines and automatons, especially ones who aquired a greater amount of sentience programming, caused by the lack of memory core wipes, thus able to understand mistreatment and superiority and, as such, able to override their life preservation programming, or just a sense of superiority via organic vs. machine. Such feelings were probably there for centuries but became prominent after the Great Droid Revolution, when rogue assassin droid HK-01 started an uprising against the organic "masters" of every droid.

In 97 BBY, a major droid uprising occurred on the Outer Rim colony world of Bakura, leading towards widespread sentiment against automata. As a consequence, Bakurans distrusted the use of droids as servants and installed restraining bolts on all visiting droids.

Obi-Wan Kenobi commented once about droids' ability to think, saying "there would be none of us left," though that came off as more of a comment than an ideal.

This ideal most likely was heightened during the Clone Wars but mostly targeted Confederate battle droids, as they were the footsoldiers of the enemy.

IG-88 led a Droid Army during the Droid Revolution, most likely leading to anti-droid feelings in those affected by the conflict.

The Galactic Empire held strong prejudice for droids, via Human High Culture, grouping droids alongside aliens, force sensitives, human women, and the working class. Palpatine promoted this prejudice either because he distrusted droids or to prey on the insecurities of the organic populace for greater control.

Throughout the Yuuzhan Vong War (25 ABY&mdash;30 ABY), the extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong expressed an extreme hatred of droids and all mechanical technology. During his tenure as leader of the extremist Red Knights of Life on Rhommamool, the Yuuzhan Vong agent Nom Anor exploited anti-droid sentiment and organized the destruction of all droids on the colony.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
 * The Truce at Bakura
 * Vector Prime
 * Star by Star