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The DLC-13 mining droid, also known as the Mustafar panning droid, droid lava collector or DLC-13 panning droid, was a mining droid[4] used to extract valuable ores from inhospitable environments, like Mustafar and the Belgaroth asteroid field.[2] The droids were made from heat-resistant carbonite.[4]
Following the culmination of the Clone Wars, several DLC-13 droids worked in Mustafar. During a duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader. Vader leapt onto one droid and took control of the droid's steering controls, causing it to drop its collection bucket into the lava below.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
The DLC-13 mining droid first appeared in the 2005 feature film Revenge of the Sith, the third film in the Prequel trilogy. The droid's backstory was explored in Legends literature like The New Essential Guide to Droids and Star Wars: Complete Locations. A mining droid nicknamed DLC-13 also briefly appeared in the non-Canon LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures episode "The Mines of Graballa," which first premiered on June 21, 2016.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings (First identified as DLC-13 mining droid)
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)
- Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions
- Star Wars: Hunters
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (Picture only) (Non-canonical appearance)
Non-canon appearances[]
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Mines of Graballa"
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return of the Kyber Saber"
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return to the Wheel"
"The Short Memory" — LEGO Star Wars 31 (In flashback(s))
LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars — "Dealing with Lando"
LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars — "Han and Chewie Strike Back"
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know (as DLC-13 panning droid)
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars: Droidography
Every Droid in Star Wars | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (original link is obsolete)
LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75269 Duel on Mustafar)
- "This is Obi-Wan" — Star Wars: Meet the Galactic Heroes
Star Wars: Hunters | New Map | Vader's Castle on the official Zynga Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)