The Essential Guide to Droids
The fifth book in Del Rey's Essential Guide series, Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Droids features an in-depth look at one hundred astromech, Protocol, and other intelligent automatons from the original trilogy and Expanded Universe, each with its own two-page spread including detailed schematics. Links from this article will go to articles detailing the droid model, rather than a particular unit. In 2006, an updated version of the book known as The New Essential Guide to Droids was released, to accommodate the various droids from the prequel trilogy.
Publisher's summary
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER...DROID!
They can be anything from nursemaids to surgeons, diplomats to assassins. They walk, roll and fly— and communicate in languages ranging from whistles and beeps to Standard Basic to the most obscure alien dialect. MixRMastRs make drinks in spaceport cantinas, Basilisks make war wherever they're deployed, and IT-O Interrogators make life night-marish for prisoners of the Empire.
Droids are an integral and indispensable part of the Star Wars universe. And this comprehensive guide surveys all myriad models and classes—from the lowliest drones to the most sophisticated humanoid automatons.
- Discover the evolution of the R-series droids, whose members include lumbering technicians and skilled X-wing navigators such as R2-D2
- Learn the curious history of the MSE-6 "mouse" droids employed exclusively in the bases and on Imperial starships of the Empire
- Explore the workings of the malevolent Shadow Droids: machines with living, organic brains
Whatever its design and wherever it may be found in the ever-expanding Star Wars universe, if the subject is droid, its definitive data on development, history, and technology is included in this essential technical guide.
Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
A Guide to Major Manufacturers
- AccuTronics
- Arakyd Industries
- Balmorran Arms
- Corellian Engineering Corporation
- Corporate Sector Authority
- Cybot Galactica
- Geentech
- Genetech Corporation
- Go-Corp/Utilitech
- Holowan Mechanicals
- Imperial Department of Military Research
- Industrial Automaton
- LeisureMech Enterprises
- LesTech
- Loronar Corporation
- Lovolan
- Medtech Industries
- MerenData
- PowerPost
- Publictechnic
- Rebaxan Columni
- Rebel Alliance/New Republic department of Research and Development
- Roche
- Serv-O-Droid, Inc.
- Sienar Intelligence Systems
- SoroSuub Corporation
- Telbrintel
- Trang Robotics
- Ulban Arms
- Veril Line Systems
Astromech
Protocol
- 3PO protocol droid
- M-3PO military protocol droid
- Em Teedee
- 3D-4X administrative droid
- PD Lurrian protocol droid
- LOM protocol droid
Medical
Household service
- TDL Nanny Droid
- Model E
- Guardian droid
- ZZ-4Z ("ZeeZee")
- U2C1 housekeeping droid
- SE4 servant droid
- R-10 household droid
- TT-8L ("Tattletale")
Commercial service
- Automated sabacc dealer
- Robo-bartender
- C2-R4 Multipurpose Unit
Municipal
- Systems control droid
- 12-4C-41 traffic controller
- 5T Tree Feeder
- Inferno firefighting robo
- Robo-Hack
Business
Heavy industrial
- EVS Construction Droid
- GRZ-6B wrecker droid
- FLR Logger ("Lumberdroid")
- LIN Demolitionmech
- 8D8 Smelting Operator
- 11-17 mining droid
Agricultural
Courier/transport
Labor
Maintenance
- Imperial City maintenance droid
- MN-2E general maintenance droid
- EG-6 power droid
- 850.AA Public Service Headquarters
Repair
Starship-based
- Gyrowheel 1.42.08 recycling droid
- M38 Explorer
- Scout Collector & Surveyor Package
- MULE droid
- Scavenger droid
- MSE-6 ("Mouse Droid")
- RA-7 Death Star Droid
Military
- Basilisk war droid
- Xim's War-Robot
- Krath war droid
- Dark trooper
- SD-9 and SD-10
- Shadow Droid
- X-1 Viper ("Automadon")
- Arakyd probot series
- Fromm Tower Droid
- Robot ramship
Assassins
Training/gladiatorial
Security
- Red Terror
- G-2RD Guard
- S-EP1 security droid
- Foreign Intruder Defense Organism
- 501-Z police droid (Zed)
- Hound-W2 SPD
- Ssi-ruuvi security droid
- Imperial Mark IV Sentry Droid
Interrogation
Espionage
Specialized use
One of a kind
Appearances
By type
| Characters | Creatures | Droid models | Events | Locations |
| Organizations and titles | Sentient species | Vehicles and vessels | Weapons and technology | Miscellanea |
Characters
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Creatures
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Droid models
Events
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Locations
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Organizations and titles
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Sentient species
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Vehicles and vessels
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Weapons and technology
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Miscellanea
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External links
Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Droids in the StarWars.com Cargo Bay (content now obsolete; backup link)
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