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A 2-1B surgical droid
- "Useless machine! Useless! Useless!"
- ―Darth Vader, in a fit of anger, attacking a 2-1B medical droid
Medical droids, medi-droids, meddroids, Emdee droids, or surgeon droids[2] were specialized in medical and surgical operations. A classification of first-degree droid, medical droids were actually considered to be members of the larger biological science droid classification, but were typically listed separately due to their prominence.
Overview[]
Medical droids were commonly used as far back as the days of the Old Republic
The galaxy was full of sentient species and it could be very hard for a flesh-and-blood doctor to know how to effectively treat more than a few of them. Medical droids had no such shortcomings, some even had a passable bedside manner.[3] The most popular meddroids included the 2-1B surgical droid and FX-series medics. GH-7 medical analysis units were common throughout the Galactic Republic, while the Sith employed DD-13 medical assistant droids for their dark reconstruction surgery.[4] There were even models that specialized in non-sentient creatures.
History[]
The Geeaych-Seven was also known as the GH-7 meddroid. Its data banks were filled with information about almost all medical problems, physical or mental. In 19 BBY, a GH-7 was deployed at the Polis Massa Research Base to oversee the medical treatment of Padmé Amidala with the assistance of a Midwife droid as she gave birth to Luke and Leia.[4]
A team of DD-13 cybernetic surgical droids were used to reconstruct Darth Vader in the Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center after he was severely injured in a duel with his former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar.[4]
Luke Skywalker was treated in a Bacta tank operated by two medical droids, a 2-1B and an FX-7, in the Echo Base medical lab shortly before the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY. The same droids would replace Skywalker's hand with a cyborg replacement after losing it to Darth Vader on Bespin.[5]
Another medical droid pulled shrapnel out of Luke after his escape from the Cavrilhu Pirate Base.[6]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
- Jedi Academy: Return of the Padawan (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
- ↑
"The Longest Fall" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 11
- ↑
Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game – Squadrons Over Corellia (Card: Medical Droid)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- ↑ Specter of the Past
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