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- "Droids
Find the right model for you. Prices vary." - ―A HoloNews advertisement for Watto's shop, captioning an image of an R1-type shopkeeping drone
R1-type shopkeeping drones[1] were R1-series astromech droids modified[3] by Jawas,[1] a species native to the planet Tatooine,[5] to assist with shopkeeping. Created from[3] an older model of astromech droid[7] manufactured by Industrial Automaton,[2] they featured black plating, a red photoreceptor, and a grasping arm.[4] Among the improvised equipment that could be found in his shop[3] in Tatooine's port city of Mos Espa, the Toydarian junk dealer Watto owned an R1-type shopkeeping drone that handled most of the routine business operations of his parts dealership.[5] The droid's dome was marked with a handprint, and it was pictured in a HoloNews advertisement for Watto's shop as an example of the droids available at the dealership.[6]
Behind the scenes[]
The R1-type shopkeeping drone first appeared in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[4] It was first identified in Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I, a 2000 Star Wars Legends reference book written by Kristin Lund and illustrated by Richard Chasemore and Hans Jenssen.[8] This name was confirmed to be canon by the 2015 reference book Ultimate Star Wars.[5]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
- The Phantom Menace Read-Along Storybook and CD (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy – A Graphic Novel
- Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings
"Tales from Wild Space: Podracer's Rescue" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 6
Sources[]
- What is a Wookiee? (Picture only)
- Ultimate Star Wars (First identified as R1-type shopkeeping drone)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 17 (Helmets: Anakin Skywalker Podracer) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 17 (Highlights of the Saga: The Boonta Eve Classic) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 25 (Databank A-Z: Hydroid Medusas–Imperial Academies) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- "Great Expectations: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" — Star Wars Insider 186 (Picture only)
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- Padmé Amidala in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Tatooine in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 According to Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia, R1-G4 was an R-series astromech droid. As Star Wars: R2-D2 Deluxe Book and Model Set states that Industrial Automaton manufactured the R-series, it can be determined that the R1-series astromech droid was manufactured by Industrial Automaton.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 What is a Wookiee?
- ↑
Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: R1-G4 (★))
- ↑ Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I