BT-16 perimeter droid

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The BT-16 perimeter droid was a bulbous, spider-like droid manufactured by Arakyd Industries.

Contents 1 Characteristics 2 History 3 Behind the scenes 4 Appearances 5 Sources

[edit] Characteristics

The BT-16 came equipped with highly sensitive sensor packages, including a Fabritech seismic reader and a Carbanti motion detector. It was armed with a Taim & Bak repeating blaster cannon. The droid also featured a TranLang I communications module and a vocabulator, though it was only able to speak droid languages.

[edit] History

These droids were used by the Galactic Republic and later the Galactic Empire.

The B'omarr Monks used these droids to carry brains of those who had achieved "enlightenment". The droids were occasionally equipped with vocoders, and lived in Jabba Desilijic Tiure's Palace until his death. The walkers generally went unarmed while carrying a brain, and had trouble doing anything beside walking.

[edit] Behind the scenes

It is revealed in the non-canon story Tag & Bink Are Dead that Tag Greenly and Bink Otauna are the two stormtroopers who mention the BT-16 in the conversation posted above. However, as the story itself is non-canon, so too is this information.

In Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids, the picture of the BT-16 is a mirrored version of the TS-Arach Pest Control Droid image from the same guide. Because the image shows a droid with four legs instead of six, it is unlikely that to be an accurate depiction of the BT-16.

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[edit] Appearances

• Boba Fett: Hunted
• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
• Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First mentioned)
• Super Star Wars
• Star Wars Missions 5: The Hunt for Han Solo
• Tag & Bink Are Dead (Non-canonical mention)
• Star Wars Galaxies
• Galaxy of Fear: Ghost of the Jedi
• Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders
• Super Empire Strikes Back
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
• LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Non-canonical appearance)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
• The Jabba Tape
• X-wing Rogue Squadron: Battleground Tatooine
• Darksaber
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
• Star Wars Tales 15 intro (Non-canonical appearance)

[edit] Sources

• Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
• Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids
• The Essential Guide to Droids
• Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
•  The Dark Forces Saga on Wizards.com (article)
• The New Essential Guide to Droids
• The Official Star Wars Fact File