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- "Captain, look!"
"Shields up!" - ―Antidar Williams and Maoi Madakor's reaction to the droid
Droid laser turrets were a type of turret droid[3] armed with a turbolaser.[2] They consisted of a gray oblate spheroid body with two barrels protruding from it and a trunk ascending from the top of the spheroid to the surface that the turret was attached to. A droid laser turret was concealed within the ceiling of a hangar within the Trade Federation's[1] modified Lucrehulk-class LH-3210 cargo freighter Saak'ak.[3]
During the blockade of the planet Naboo[1] in 32 BBY,[4] the turret descended and fired upon the Galactic Republic Consular-class cruiser Radiant VII on the orders of Viceroy Nute Gunray. The turret targeted the cruiser's cockpit, destroying the vessel and killing its crew, Captain Maoi Madakor and pilot Antidar Williams.[3]
Behind the scenes
A droid laser turret first appeared in the 1999 prequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[1] It was first identified in the 2013 reference book Star Wars: Complete Vehicles.[3]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
Sources
- Star Wars: Complete Vehicles (First identified as droid laser turret)
Republic cruiser in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) (Indirect mention only)- Lt. Antidar Williams in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) (Indirect mention only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Republic cruiser in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: Complete Vehicles
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology dates the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, including the appearance of the droid laser turret, to 32 BBY.