Scav droid

Scav droid
Production information
Creator	Zeetar
Technical specifications
Plating color	Rust-colored
Equipment	Manipulator arms
Chronological and political information
Affiliation	Nihil Pan Eyta's crew

"Scav droids: engineered to dismantle, salvage, and steal."

―Lourna Dee

Scav droids were a type of droid utilized by the Nihil marauder organization during the High Republic Era. Designed by Zeetar, a Nihil and engineer who became one of the group's three Tempest Runners, scav droids were used in the pirates' raids to collect loot. The droids had crablike bodies and manipulator arms, with which they dismantled machinery. The Nihil employed scav droids on Rekelos, during an attack on the Cyclor Shipyards, and an attack on the Republic Fair on the planet Valo.

The scav droids were designed and engineered to dismantle, salvage, and steal whatever the Nihil needed. Former Tempest Runner Pan Eyta also made use of scav droids, made out of older models of droids due to being low on resources, in the crew he led after being betrayed by Eye Marchion Ro and fellow Runner Lourna Dee. Despite their primary purpose for disassembly, the slicer Quin was able to force scav droids to repair technology.

Behind the scenes

"It's a fun opening and obviously the concept of the scav-droids stuck with me as I would go on to finally introduce them in The Rising Storm."

―Cavan Scott

Scav droids have their roots in Cavan Scott's first proposed story for The High Republic (2021) 1, where they were wolf-sized droids deployed by the Nihil to pick technology from satellites. They retained the crab-like appearance that would later be canonized. The story's fight scene, which would have seen Keeve Trennis face off against Scav droids in space, would later be reused by Scott for The High Republic (2023) 4.

Appearances

• The High Republic: The Rising Storm (First appearance, simultaneous with audiobook)
• The High Republic: The Rising Storm audiobook
• The High Republic: Showdown at the Fair
• The High Republic Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2021 (First pictured)
• The High Republic: Tempest Runner
• "The Haul" — The High Republic Adventures Annual 2021
• "Crash and the Crew Do What They Do" — The High Republic Adventures Annual 2021
• "Rogue Element" — The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life
• "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Friend or Foe?" — Star Wars Insider 223 (Mentioned only)
• "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Survivors" — Star Wars Insider 224 (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic: Escape from Valo (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness
• The High Republic Adventures (2023) 3
• The High Republic (2023) 4
• The High Republic: Defy the Storm
• The High Republic: Defy the Storm audiobook
• The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 1
• The High Republic: Temptation of the Force
• The High Republic: Beware the Nameless (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic: A Valiant Vow
• Sana Starros 5

Sources

• Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
• Star Wars: Timelines
• Elzar Mann Mourns Stellan Gios in The Eye of Darkness — First Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Inside Star Wars: The High Republic: New Faces of the Nihil on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 224 (Picture only)