Labor droids,[1] also referred to as laborer droids,[2] worker droids,[3] were a type of droid designed to perform manual tasks,[1] such as unloading cargo from transports[4][5] or collecting scrap metal into piles.[6]
A model of labor droid known as the PK-series worker droid[7] was used by the Trade Federation aboard[8] the Saak'ak,[7] a modified[9] Lucrehulk-class LH-3210 cargo freighter,[7] during the Invasion of Naboo, and the Federation used labor droids to collect the still-usable remains of B1 battle droids destroyed during the Battle of Naboo.[8]
The ASP-series labor droid was a series of labor droid used on worlds across the galaxy,[1] including Coruscant,[10] Florrum,[6] and Tatooine.[11] An ASP droid designated K0-5D was heavily modified for gladiatorial combat and fought in the sparring pits aboard the Weequay pirate ship Marauder, where he usually emerged triumphant due to his steel-shredding servos and integrated flamethrower, earning him the nickname "Maximo."[12] The DA worker droid was active on Corellia.[13]
A RIC-series general labor droid,[14] a crude model of labor droid[15] also known as a rickshaw droid,[16] designated RIC-920[7] pulled a rickshaw in Mos Espa, a port city located on the desert world of Tatooine,[17] and another RIC was in use on the planet Jakku.[15] Labor droids equipped with repulsorlifts were utilized in a refinery complex located in an asteroid field known as Pressy's Tumble.[18]
Behind the scenes[]
Labor droids first appeared in Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, a 1976 Star Wars Legends novelization of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster but credited to George Lucas.[19] They became canon when several ASP-series labor droids were digitally inserted into the 1997 Special Edition version of A New Hope.[11]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
Sources[]
- "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (First identified as labor droid)
- "Nomad Droids" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Shades of Reason" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Ultimate Star Wars (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Poe Dameron: Flight Log (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 8 (Droid Directory: Imperial Mark IV Sentry Droid)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor
- Star Wars: Droidography
- Rise of the Separatists
- Collapse of the Republic
- Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills (Picture only)
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- The Book of Boba Fett Cargo Hold: "Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor" on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
- ASP General Purpose Droid in the Databank (backup link)
- RIC-920 in the Databank (backup link)
- SE-2 (Essie) in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ASP General Purpose Droid in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Dark Droids 3
- ↑ "Nomad Droids" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ The Rebellion Begins
- ↑ Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Necessary Bond"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Deception"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ K0-5D in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Every Droid in Star Wars | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ RIC-920 in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "High Noon on Jakku" — Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I
- ↑ "Shades of Reason" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ Before the Awakening
- ↑ Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker