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- "See, astromech droids were designed to repair starships, but they can also act as copilots, slicers, and even adorable travelin' companions. That adaptability is pretty hard to find."
- ―Strono "Cookie" Tuggs, The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook
A group of R-series astromech droids and a BB-series astromech droid at the Resistance base on D'Qar.
Astromech droids, also referred to as astro droids or mechs, were a type of repair droid that served as an automated mechanic on starships. These compact droids used tool-tipped appendages stored in recessed compartments. Many starfighters relied on astromech copilots to control flight and power distribution systems.[2] Sitting in an astromech socket exposed to space, the droid, in addition to its piloting duties, could calculate hyperspace jumps and perform simple repairs.[source?] The astromedic was a mix between an astromech and a medical droid.[3]
An astromech's exposed head
Most astromechs were only able to communicate in writing, conveyed via another computer system, or through a special code of clicks, bleeps, and similar sounds, known as binary. However, certain other droids, such as the protocol droid C-3PO, could understand the binary code of astromechs, and often translated from binary to other languages.
Astromech droids averaged 0.93 meters in height,[4] while R-series droids from the R2 line forward had a height of just over a meter.[5] However, the astromech P2 stood around the same height as a human.[6]
R-series droids had three wheeled legs.[4] The later BB-series astromech droids were spherical, giving them the ability to roll.[7] Some astromechs, such as OC-JK14, were moved on treadwells. Though this style was once popular in the Outer Rim Territories, it had fallen out of favor by 35 ABY.[8]
Known series[]
A group of astromechs that served the Galactic Empire, joined by the undercover C1-10P.
- A-LT Utility Droid[9]
- Astromedic[9]
- BB-series[10]
- C-series[11]
- JJH2 model[12]
- K-series[13]
- Lothal astromech droid[14]
- LE-series droid[15]
- P2 astromech unit[16]
- Q7-series[17]
A R5 series astromech conducting repairs.
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
Sources[]
Non-canon sources[]
- LEGO Star Wars: Choose Your Side: Doodle Activity Book (Picture only)
- LEGO Star Wars: Build Your Own Adventure
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation | Official Trailer on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)- LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation: A Vacation Adventure Clip on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars: Commander
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Star Wars: R2-D2 Deluxe Book and Model Set
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Star Wars: Commander
- ↑ Star Wars: BB-8 Deluxe Book and 3D Wood Model
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- ↑ Lost Stars
- ↑
How a Star Wars Fan Created a New Droid for Disney+'s Obi-Wan Kenobi on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels: Head to Head
- ↑
Clink in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 28 (Secrets of Spaceflight: Astromechs)
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Vehicles
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Every Droid in Star Wars | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ R3-S6 in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Delta-7 Aethersprite Expansion Pack (Card: R4-P Astromech)
- ↑ Star Wars Builders: Droids
- ↑ Star Wars: Droid Factory (Pack: Pride Droid Factory Figurine Playset) (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Droid Factory (Pack: R8-H23) (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
- ↑ Phasma
