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[[File:Repwardroid1.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The [[sentinel droid]] was an android used by the [[Republic Military/Legends|Republic Military]]]]
{{Quote|Most people have forgotten that 'droid' is short for 'android,' meaning ''manlike.|[[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]], complaining how little [[Vuffi Raa]] resembled a human|<ref name="Mindharp of Sharu">''[[Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu]]''</ref>}}
'''Android''' was a term that meant [[Human/Legends|''manlike'']]. The word [[Droid/Legends|''droid'']] was short for android.<ref name="Mindharp of Sharu" /> However, the term later became synonymous with [[Cyborg/Legends|cyborg]], an [[Species/Legends|organic]] being with body parts replaced by [[Cybernetics/Legends|artificial ones]], particularly those who were [[Alien/Legends|non-human]].<ref name="Spain's Droids and Ewoks Novelizations">{{SW|url=news/of-androids-sidereal-beings-and-gourd-heads-spains-droids-and-ewoks-novelizations-part-2|int=Spain's Droids and Ewoks Novelizations|text=Spain's Droids and Ewoks Novelizations, Part 2}}</ref> Like droids, androids were considered property and could be bought and sold.<ref name="The Lost Prince">{{DroidsCite|The Lost Prince}}</ref>

==Appearances==
*[[Droids (Plaza Joven book)|''Droids'']]
*{{DroidsCite|The Lost Prince}}
*''[[The Lost Prince: A Droid Adventure]]''
*''[[Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
*[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (first edition)|''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'']]
*''[[Star Wars: The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt]]''
*{{DB|character|janntosh|Tosh, Jann|archivedate=20101101222056}}
*{{DB|character|monjulpa|Julpa, Mon|archivedate=20100314120348}}
*{{SW|url=news/the-droids-re-animated-part-2|text=The Droids Re-Animated, Part 2|int=The Droids Re-Animated}}
*{{SW|url=news/of-androids-sidereal-beings-and-gourd-heads-spains-droids-and-ewoks-novelizations-part-2|int=Spain's Droids and Ewoks Novelizations|text=Spain's Droids and Ewoks Novelizations, Part 2}}

==Notes and references==
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|ru=Андроид
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