JV-Z1/D butler droid

The JV-Z1/D butler droid was a model of butler droid produced by Serv-O-Droid, Inc. centuries prior to the height of the Galactic Civil War.

Characteristics

The JV-Z1/D was a humanoid domestic service droid with a short, hunched frame and a mild-mannered, subservient artificial intelligence. These droids were given etiquette programming to perform all manner of household tasks, including the supervision of other service droids. The JV-Z1/D had a chromite-plated body shell and an infrared lintscope.

History

ZZ-4Z

Butler droids became popular among the rich and famous members of the Galactic Republic in the centuries prior to its eventual fall, though over time the JV-Z1/D fell out of fashion, to be replaced by more aesthetically-pleasing models as the BD-3000 luxury droid.

One of the last remaining JV-Z1/D droids known to be in operation following the formation of the Galactic Empire was the centuries-old ZZ-4Z, who became the property of Han Solo during his time on Nar Shaddaa. When Solo left the planet in a series of adventures that would soon lead him to join the Alliance to Restore the Republic, ZZ-4Z remained to maintain his master's apartment. The droid was still operating when Solo returned over a decade later, though was destroyed in a firefight between his master and a group of bounty hunters.

Serv-O-Droid also produced a variant of the JV-Z1/D—a mobile data repository droid designated JV-Z1/S DataBank Droid.

Appearances

• Droids 2
• Star Wars: Dark Empire (First appearance)

Sources

• Dark Empire Sourcebook (As "JV-Z1/D Housekeeping Droid")
• The Essential Guide to Droids ("ZZ-4Z ("Zee Zee")")