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The OOM-series battle droid was an advanced version of the B1-Series battle droid.[1] While physically identical to the standard infantry model, the OOM-series possessed a more powerful processor and expanded programming that allowed it to act in specialist roles.[1]
Description[]
OOM droids could be programmed for a number of functions, each with a matching color painted on its body:
- OOM command battle droid—yellow
- OOM pilot battle droid—blue
- OOM security battle droid—red
History[]
The OOM-series was manufactured by Baktoid Combat Automata.[1] They were already a common sight in the galaxy before the Invasion of Naboo, serving as security and crew for the Trade Defense Force.
They later served in the Clone Wars, being deployed in campaigns such as the Battle of Tirahnn.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
The OOM-series battle droid was first identified in the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, as an advanced version of the standard trooper model,[1] following the designation of commanders OOM-9 and OOM-14 from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, respectively.
Originally, reference materials described all battle droids as being based on the same model, with ranks and functions determined by specialized programming and physically identified by color highlights.[3] Later, security and pilot droids were described as having the same processor as the OOM commander,[1] then identified as OOM-series droids themselves.[4] All droids, including standard infantry, have also been described with the B1 designation,[5] created around the release of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.[6]
However, The Clone Wars Campaign Guide distinguishes the B1 and OOM droids from one another, by describing the former as largely replacing the latter by the time of the Clone Wars, due to the failure of the Naboo Invasion,[4] and remains the only source to treat them as such. It is possible that OOM droids are being confused with those droids used at Naboo, and B1 droids with those used at Geonosis. Later sources, such as Galaxy at War, ignore this distinction.[2] This article therefore reflects the position of the majority of sources, in that OOM droids are indeed a subdivision of B1 droids.
The conflation of the "B1" designation with standard infantry droids, and their being a successor model to the OOM, was carried over to the 2014 canon reboot.[7]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Kowakian Monkey-Lizard on LEGO's official website (original article) (content now obsolete; backup link)- Always count your clones before take-off on LEGO's official website (original article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 game
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
- Star Wars: Episode I toy line
- Star Wars: Episode I Jedi Power Battles: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
- Star Wars: Power of the Jedi
- Secrets of Naboo
- Arms & Equipment Guide (First identified as OOM Series)
- † Artificial Armies
- The New Essential Guide to Droids (Indirect mention only)
- The Clone Wars Campaign Guide (as OOM-Series)
- Galaxy at War (as OOM-Series)
- Suns of Fortune
- Stay on Target