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- "Greetingzzz, Master. How may Drone Beegee-Arfivetoo zzzervice the colony, hive, or zzzocial collective?"
- ―Start-up greeting from BG-R52, a new J9 worker drone
The J9 worker drone was a droid produced by Roche. It was originally designed to be a protocol droid but failed in that role due to design choices by the manufacturer.
Characteristics[]
The J9 was tall and thin, with sensors that made it appear like an insect. The J9's huge photoreceptors were keyed to the Verpine optical range, much of which was in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. It had a Arjan vocabulator and TranLang II Communication module that caused it to speak with a slightly buzzy voice. The model had large hip joints that could be a weak point.[5]
History[]
J9 worker drone technical diagram
The J9 was not a commercial success due to the Verpine not having any idea how to market a protocol droid. This resulted in Roche slashing prices to offset their mounting losses. Purchased droids were not properly used, and placed in factories and starports where their advanced cognitive functions were wasted. Roche tried to change this by advertising the J9 to fellow arthropods such as the Sic-Six, and the Flakax, but this really only caught on with the Xi'Dec, to a limited degree.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
In the Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook, the J9 worker drone is misplaced as a fifth-degree droid, and is described as a very common labor droid.
Appearances[]
"Swim Meet" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)- "Heart of Evil: A Hero Seeks Not Vengeance" – Living Force campaign
- Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight
- "When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale" — Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
- "Preparing for War" — The Far Orbit Project (Picture only)
- The Long Arm of the Hutt
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
- "Lapti Nek": The Music Video from Jabba's Palace
- Return of the Jedi 1
- "Plant Food" — The Kathol Outback (Reprinted and collected in The DarkStryder Campaign, Deluxe)
- The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book (Luke Skywalker) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book (Max Rebo) (Picture only)
- Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
- The DarkStryder Campaign
- Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids
- Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
- The Essential Guide to Droids
- "Look Sir, Droids!" — Star Wars Gamer 3
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 15 (SME1-2, 8D8 Smelting Operator)
- "Arms & Equipment Guide Extras!" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 54 (WOR1-2, J9 Worker Drone)
- "Standoffs" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- The New Essential Guide to Droids
- Scum and Villainy
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (as J-9 series droid)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 59 (WOR1-2, J9 Worker Drone)
- Strongholds of Resistance
