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[[File:Binary-loadlifter_negtd.jpg|thumb|right|175px|CLL-M2 binary loadlifter]]
{{Quote|Vaporators! Sir, my first job was programming binary loadlifters&mdash;very similar to your vaporators in most respects.|[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]]|<ref name="Episode 4">{{Film|IV}}</ref>}}
'''Binary loadlifters''' were low-level [[Labor droid/Legends|labor droids]] that functioned in a cargo-loading capacity. Binary loadlifters were one of the best examples of the pre-[[Galactic Republic/Legends|Republic]] droid inventions in the galaxy's murky history. Most loadlifters had two strong hydraulic limbs which could slide underneath crates and other cargo, although some had strong grasper-like claws for smaller cargo. Each droid sported yellow markings as a caution system. All loadlifters had a single photoreceptor that doubled as a cargo code reader. Behind the photoreceptor was a binary broadcast antenna, and below that was a [[Repulsorlift/Legends|repulsorlift]] counterweight, which helped the droid with particularly heavy loads. Two wide magna-pod feet and hydraulic [[Durasteel/Legends|durasteel]] limbs gave the droid remarkable stability when lifting or moving cargo.

Loadlifters only knew [[Binary/Legends|binary]], but could understand simple commands. A complicated order was best left to a [[Protocol droid/Legends|protocol droid]].{{Fact}} The [[CLL-8 binary load lifter|CLL-8]] model was equipped with standard analytic drives, enabling them to process individual orders such as keeping certain tasks confidential or singling out special packages that should not undergo security screening. Access to this function might be limited to high-ranking security codes like the [[InterGalactic Banking Clan/Legends|Intergalactic Banking Clan]] yellow card.<ref name="Maul">''[[Maul: Lockdown]]''</ref>

Binary loadlifters were very dull witted. A well-known example of this was an incident on the planet [[Stassia]] in which a loadlifter stacked crate after crate on top of one another, the floorboards straining beneath the weight and finally collapsing. The loadlifter looked down the very deep hole, and returned for another crate. With no guidance for such a situation, it continued its work and dropped every crate down the hole.

Infamously, the [[Trade Federation of Planets|Trade Federation]], when making preparations for the eventual [[Invasion of Naboo/Legends|Invasion of Naboo]], covered up the suspicious-looking components to the various vehicles by claiming that they were simply the latest, most expensive model of binary loadlifters when undergoing checks by the [[Republic Customs Office]].

[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]] believed he had initially been employed in the preparation of binary loadlifters, after his memory was [[Memory wipe/Legends|erased]] aboard the ''[[Sundered Heart]]''.<ref name="Memory Loss">{{TCWUKCite|volume=7|13|Memory Loss}}</ref>

The [[CLL-6 binary load lifter droid]] and the [[CLL-M2 ordnance lifter]] were also binary loadlifters.

==Appearances==
*[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' novel]] {{1stm}}
*{{Film|IV}} {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 1|''Star Wars'' (1977) 1]] {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|5|Crimson Jailbreak}} {{C|As "binary load lifter"}}
*''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: In the Empire's Service]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Glove of Darth Vader]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[X-Wing: Isard's Revenge]]''
*''[[The New Rebellion]]''

==Sources==
*{{GSWUCite|1|binary load lifter}}
*''[[Death Star Technical Companion]]'' {{C|As "Cargo Load Lifter"}}
*''[[Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley]]'' {{C|As "binary load lifter"}}
*[[Death Star Technical Companion (Second Edition)|''Death Star Technical Companion'', Second Edition]] {{C|As "Cargo Load Lifter"}}
*{{Journal|3|Smuggler's Log}} {{C|As "binary loadlifter" and "binary cargo load lifter"}}
*{{Journal|4|Smuggler's Log}}
*''[[Platt's Starport Guide]]''
*{{Journal|7|Cracken's Rebel Operatives (article)|Cracken's Rebel Operatives}}
*''[[Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide]]''
*''[[Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids]]'' {{C|As "binary load lifter"}}
*''[[Platt's Smugglers Guide]]''
*''[[The Far Orbit Project]]''
*{{EGCite|D|CLL-8 Binary Load Lifter}}
*{{EGCite|D|Espionage Droid}}

==Notes and references==
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