Training droid/Legends

Ulic Qel-Droma, practicing lightsaber technique with a training droid.

Training droids were droids used for training and honing various skills, such as lightsaber combat or marksmanship. The hazards that training droids incurred widely varied. Some, such as the Marksman-H, delivered harmless shocks to the trainee; others, such as Darth Vader's dueling droids, could kill an ill-prepared trainee.

In a military context, if training droids were equipped with higher-power weapons, they could be employed on the battlefield. Moreover, training droids used for marksmen to practice quick-draw skills, reaction times and accuracy.

In Jedi training, the use of training droids developed the Shii-Cho combat form. Furthermore, the droids recorded the actions of two combatants in training and measured their vital constants. Other training droids were equipped with lightsabers instead of light blasters. Training droids were also used in Sith training, with Sith Lords such as Darth Maul and Darth Vader using them to hone their lightsaber skills.

Appearances

• Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon
• Tales of the Jedi audio drama
• Han Solo at Stars' End
• Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
• Operation: Elrood
• Shadows of the Empire novel
• Shadows of the Empire comic
• "Jungle Hunt" – Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
• "The Backup Plan" – Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook

Sources

• Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
• Tales of the Jedi Companion
• The Essential Guide to Droids ("ASP")
• The Essential Guide to Droids ("RHTC-560 Hunter Trainer")
• The Essential Guide to Droids ("Duelist Elite")
• The Essential Guide to Droids ("Mark X Executioner")