WED Treadwell repair droid/Legends
- "Check this out—arc-welder, hydrospanner, fusioncutter, spot sprayer, foam sealant, torque wrench, and power calibrator. My Tread's a mobile multitool."
- ―X-wing mechanic Cubber Daine
The WED Treadwell was a series of maintenance droids produced by Cybot Galactica, and found across the galaxy, particularly on Outer Rim worlds such as Tatooine.
Design
The WED Treadwell was a four-armed (with additional sockets available) automaton propelled by a treaded base. The droid's photoreceptors were mounted on a long, thin telescopic stalk, from which protruded various tool-tipped appendages. The standard WED droid had sockets to support up to six manipulators, though variants carried eight or more. These limbs were easy to install and replace, and Cybot Galactica actively encouraged consumers to purchase a variety of appendages for their Treadwells.
Extending from the body is a telescoping neck, which supports a head made up of a pair of binocular photoreceptors capable of magnifying objects up to one thousand times. The Treadwell has a primitive vocabulator that enables it to warble and hoot in a machine language understood by most other droids.
With their long arms, Treadwells can reach areas inaccessible to stubby-bodied astromechs. And the price is hard to beat. Treadwells typically sell for less than similar models, and a thriving pre-owned market exists for used Treadwells and their specialty arms.
Despite this versatility, the WED Treadwell was known to be fragile, and the repair droid required much maintenance itself. Owen Lars owned a WED-15-77 nicknamed, simply, "Treadwell."
Types of WED Treadwell
- WED-10 Treadwell droid
- WED-15 Treadwell droid
- WED-15 Septoid Treadwell
- WED-20 Treadwell
- WED-500 Treadwell
- WED-600 Treadwell
- WED-1016 'Techie' Droid
Appearances
Sources
- Star Wars Official Poster Monthly 2 (as Treadwell model)
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
- Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
- Star Wars Technical Journal of the Planet Tatooine
- Alliance Intelligence Reports (as treadwell droid)
"Cracken's Rebel Operatives" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 7 (as treadwell droid)- The DarkStryder Campaign
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Premiere Limited (Card: WED-9-M1 "Bantha" Droid) (backup link)- The Kathol Rift
- Star Wars Technical Journal
- Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids (as WED Treadwell unit)
- Platt's Smugglers Guide
- The Essential Guide to Droids ("SE4 Servant Droid")
- The Essential Guide to Droids ("LIN Demolitionmech")
- The Essential Guide to Droids ("Imperial City Maintenance Droid")
- The Essential Guide to Droids ("850.AA Public Service Headquarters")
- The Essential Guide to Droids ("WED Treadwell")
- C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid
