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The '''8D smelter droid''' (or '''8D Smelting Operator''') was a heavy industrial [[Droid/Legends|droid]] model manufactured by [[Roche Hive Mechanical Apparatus Design and Construction Activity for Those Who Need the Hive's Machines]], a company founded by the [[Verpine/Legends|Verpine]] [[Species/Legends|species]] on the [[Roche asteroid field|Roche Asteroids]]. | The '''8D smelter droid''' (or '''8D Smelting Operator''') was a heavy industrial [[Droid/Legends|droid]] model manufactured by [[Roche Hive Mechanical Apparatus Design and Construction Activity for Those Who Need the Hive's Machines]], a company founded by the [[Verpine/Legends|Verpine]] [[Species/Legends|species]] on the [[Roche asteroid field|Roche Asteroids]]. | ||
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==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
The 8D smelter droid was manufactured and introduced into the heavy industrial market by Roche prior to the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], following its debacle with the earlier [[J9 worker drone/Legends|J9 worker drone]]. Customers often found the droid to be tough, unfriendly and ill-tempered, crude and sluggish. | The 8D smelter droid was manufactured and introduced into the heavy industrial market by Roche prior to the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], following its debacle with the earlier [[J9 worker drone/Legends|J9 worker drone]]. Customers often found the droid to be tough, unfriendly and ill-tempered, crude and sluggish. | ||
One notable 8D Smelting Operator [[8D8/Legends|8D8]], also known as Atedeeate, served in [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba Desilijic Tiure's]] [[Jabba's Palace|palace]]. At some point, he was modified to serve as a [[Starship/Legends|starship]] [[maintenance droid]], while under the sadistic tyranny of [[EV-9D9/Legends|EV-9D9]]. | One notable 8D Smelting Operator [[8D8/Legends|8D8]], also known as Atedeeate, served in [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba Desilijic Tiure's]] [[Jabba's Palace|palace]]. At some point, he was modified to serve as a [[Starship/Legends|starship]] [[maintenance droid]], while under the sadistic tyranny of [[EV-9D9/Legends|EV-9D9]]. | ||
Following his migration to [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba's]] employ on the sparse desert world of [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]], 8D8 was completely reprogrammed to serve as a dedicated torture droid—for both [[Droid/Legends|droids]] and [[Species/Legends|organics]]. Despite his programming, 8D8 retained a secret dislike for his taskmaster, EV-9D9. | Following his migration to [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba's]] employ on the sparse desert world of [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]], 8D8 was completely reprogrammed to serve as a dedicated torture droid—for both [[Droid/Legends|droids]] and [[Species/Legends|organics]]. Despite his programming, 8D8 retained a secret dislike for his taskmaster, EV-9D9. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Star Wars Missions 9: Revolt of the Battle Droids]]'' | *''[[Star Wars Missions 9: Revolt of the Battle Droids]]'' | ||
*{{Film|VI}} {{1st}} | *{{Film|VI}} {{1st}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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*[[Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995 toy line)|''Star Wars: The Power of the Force'' (1995)]] | *[[Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995 toy line)|''Star Wars: The Power of the Force'' (1995)]] | ||
*''[[Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids]]'' {{Po}} | *''[[Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids]]'' {{Po}} | ||
*''[[Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive]]'' | *''[[Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive]]'' | ||
*{{ | *{{EGCite|D|8D8 Smelting Operator}} | ||
==Notes and references== | ==Notes and references== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:8D smelter droids| ]] | [[Category:8D smelter droids| ]] | ||
[[Category:Labor droid models]] | [[Category:Labor droid models]] | ||
[[Category:Roche Hive Mechanical Apparatus Design and Construction Activity for Those Who Need the Hive's Machines products]] | [[Category:Roche Hive Mechanical Apparatus Design and Construction Activity for Those Who Need the Hive's Machines products]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:31, 2 March 2023
The 8D smelter droid (or 8D Smelting Operator) was a heavy industrial droid model manufactured by Roche Hive Mechanical Apparatus Design and Construction Activity for Those Who Need the Hive's Machines, a company founded by the Verpine species on the Roche Asteroids.
Description
The 8D droid series resembled Muuns rather than their insectoid Verpine designers to suit the majority humanoid population of the Galaxy. They were distinguished by their rather long heads though the droid units seldom interacted with sentient beings once assigned to a job. Their attenuated limbs and complex leg joints were a trademark of their Verpine creators.
An 8D was designed to operate in smelting factories on worlds as varied as Aridus and Balmorra where working conditions were too dangerous and hot for most sentient beings. Each body part was cast from high-grade Duravlex. This off-white substance's melting point was at over 4,000 degrees centigrade, but the droids seldom worked in blast furnaces over 1,650 degrees centigrade.
Their photoreceptors were small and protected, giving the droid model quite weak eyesight. An 8D also was quite strong and possessed strong stamina though this came at the cost of the droids being rather sluggish. The 8D droids were programmed to have minimal intelligence, as their main tasks were simple labor, such as mining and smelting. The droids had crude personalities and a dislike for more intelligent units, and made a point to bully weaker droids whenever possible.
Operational history
The 8D smelter droid was manufactured and introduced into the heavy industrial market by Roche prior to the Clone Wars, following its debacle with the earlier J9 worker drone. Customers often found the droid to be tough, unfriendly and ill-tempered, crude and sluggish.
One notable 8D Smelting Operator 8D8, also known as Atedeeate, served in Jabba Desilijic Tiure's palace. At some point, he was modified to serve as a starship maintenance droid, while under the sadistic tyranny of EV-9D9.
Following his migration to Jabba's employ on the sparse desert world of Tatooine, 8D8 was completely reprogrammed to serve as a dedicated torture droid—for both droids and organics. Despite his programming, 8D8 retained a secret dislike for his taskmaster, EV-9D9.
Appearances
- Star Wars Missions 9: Revolt of the Battle Droids
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
Sources
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Pack: 8D8) (backup link)- Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley (Picture only)
- Star Wars Technical Journal of the Planet Tatooine (Picture only)
- Star Wars Technical Journal (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995)
- Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
- The Essential Guide to Droids ("8D8 Smelting Operator")