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Mark II reactor drone

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"And what's this, a Mark II reactor drone? They haven't used these clunkers in twenty years!"
―Owen Lars mistakes R1-G4 for a Mark II reactor drone[5]

The Mark II reactor drone was a model of maintenance droid manufactured by Industrial Automaton whose body shell was reused for the R1-series astromech droid.

Characterisitics[]

A model of maintenance droid, the Mark II reactor drone was built and programmed for menial labor[2] in the engine rooms of large starships.[6] Featuring a tall,[7] black body shell,[1] its heavily shielded outer casing protected its sensitive internal circuitry[2] from harsh external conditions,[8] including the most intensive radiation.[9] However, it also gave the droid a lumbering, cumbersome appearance.[2] The Mark II reactor drone was equipped with a magfield sensor ball.[4]

History[]

R1 Astromech Droid

The R1-series astromech droid reused the Mark II reactor drone's shell

A successful series manufactured by Industrial Automaton,[1] the Mark II reactor drone's body shell was reused for their R1-series astromech droid,[10] also known as the R1 reactor drone,[11] when legal hassles prevented the company from directly transforming their P2-series astromech droid into a consumer product.[10] As a result, R1 units were commonly mistaken for Mark II reactor drones.[7]

Beyond repair, a Mark II reactor drone was cannibalized for its magfield sensor ball by Jawa scavengers on the planet Tatooine.[6] In the year 0 BBY,[12] Owen Lars mistook[5] R1-G4[13] for a Mark II reactor drone and claimed their use had been discontinued twenty years prior.[5]

Behind the scenes[]

The Mark II reactor drone was first mentioned in NPR's 1981 Star Wars Legends radio dramatization of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.[5]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The New Essential Guide to Droids
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
  3. ↑ According to The New Essential Guide to Droids, standard maintenance droids are classified as class five.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II ("magfield sensor ball")
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Star Wars radio drama — "While Giants Mark Time"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The History of R-Series Astromech Droids" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 7
  8. ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia
  9. ↑ The Essential Guide to Droids
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III ("R series astromech droids")
  11. ↑ Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novelization
  12. ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion
  13. ↑ StarWars.com Visual Guide — Chapter 8: Droids for Sale on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
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