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The OOM-series battle droid was an advanced version of the B1 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]
Job functions
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 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, created around the release of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.[5]
However, The Clone Wars Campaign Guide describes B1-series and OOM-series as being separate from one another, and remains the only source to treat them as such.[4] In addition, it describes B1 droids largely replacing OOM droids by the time of the Clone Wars, due to the failure of the Naboo Invasion.[4] 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 ignore this distinction, for example, Galaxy at War uses the OOM-series designation to describe the commander version only, in its entry for the T-Series tactical droid.[2] This article therefore reflects the position of the majority of sources, both earlier and later, 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.[6]
Appearances
Non-canon appearances
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- Kowakian Monkey-Lizard
- Always count your clones before take-off
- LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 game
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Freeplay mode only.)
Sources
- Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
- Star Wars: Episode I toy line
- Star Wars: Power of the Jedi
- Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
- Secrets of Naboo
- Arms & Equipment Guide (First identified as "OOM Command Officer Series Combat Droid")
- Artificial Armies (as "OOM Officer Combat Droid" and "OOM Security Combat Droid")
- The New Essential Guide to Droids (Indirect mention only)
- The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
- Galaxy at War (as "OOM-Series battle droid commander")
- Suns of Fortune