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The Separatist probe droid was a model of probe droid manufactured by Arakyd Industries. It was used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. It came in varying sizes, with the large Viper recon droid, also known as the Ringneck recon droid, being one of the most feared variants.
Description[]
The Separatist probe droid was manufactured by Arakyd Industries.[1] It came in a variety of sizes.[4]
One of the most feared variants[4] was the Viper recon droid,[1] also known as the Ringneck recon droid,[8] which was over 1.65 meters in height.[9] It sported a large, bulbous central photoreceptor alongside several smaller ones that dotted the probe droid's main body.[5] The droid was used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars against the Galactic Republic.[7] The Republic's successor state, the Galactic Empire, in turn deployed the droid against the Spectres group of rebels on Lothal.[5]
Another variant was a small probe droid model with a main, contractable photoreceptor installed on its body. The model was also used by the Confederacy during the Clone Wars.[6][10]
History[]
A Confederacy viper recon droid on Lola Sayu.
On the planet Maridun, its newly-arrived Separatist command center deployed small Separatist probe droids during Lok Durd's expedition to the world for the experimentation of his defoliator superweapon.[6]
At the Citadel on Lola Sayu, the smaller variant was deployed by the Separatists alongside larger Ringneck recon droids.[7]
In the Imperial Era, the droid was used by the Galactic Empire on its occupied world of Lothal. There, the probe droid patrolled Imperial installations alongside the smaller sentry droids and TIE fighters.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
The Separatist probe droid first appeared in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Counterattack." It again featured in the early-2015 mobile game Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions, where it is identified simply as a "Probe Droid." The 2015 reference book Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles identifies the larger droid variant as the Viper recon droid.
Appearances[]
The viper recon droid in Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Defenders of Peace" (First appearance)- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Innocents of Ryloth"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Liberty on Ryloth"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Counterattack"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shadow Warrior"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Box"
- "Bane's Story"—The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "A War on Two Fronts"
- Kanan 9
- Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions (as Probe Droid)
Sources[]
- "Defenders of Peace" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Defenders of Peace Episode Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link) (First identified as Separatist probe droid)
- "Innocents of Ryloth" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Liberty on Ryloth" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season One
- "The Box" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season Four
- "A War on Two Fronts" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Call to Action Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles (First identified as Viper recon droid)
- Collapse of the Republic (First identified as Ringneck recon droid)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle!
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles
- ↑ Collapse of the Republic
- ↑
Defenders of Peace Episode Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link) (Slide 9)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle!
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Defenders of Peace"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Counterattack"
- ↑ Collapse of the Republic
- ↑ In Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions, the probe droid is taller than Ezra Bridger. As Star Wars Rebels: Head to Head establishes Bridger's height as 1.65 meters, the droid must measure over this height.
- ↑ Defenders of Peace Episode Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link) (Slide 9)
