CZ-3
Production information
Homeworld	Tatooine
Date destroyed	0 BBY (35:3:6 GrS), Tatooine
Manufacturer	Serv-O-Droid, Inc.
Model	CZ-series communications/business droid
Technical specifications
Height	1.7 meters
Gender	Masculine programming
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era Rebellion era
Affiliation	Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire

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CZ-3 was a CZ-series communications/business droid constructed by Serv-O-Droid, Inc.

Like other droids in the CZ-series, CZ-3 was equipped with a built-in comlink, sophisticated scrambling and surveillance equipment, and encryption protocols.

BiographyEdit

After arriving on Tatooine in a crash, CZ-3 lost his "twin brother" CZ-1, and eventually ended up in the employ of Jabba Desilijic Tiure, a Hutt gangster. Jabba used the droid in a sting operation, exposing the dishonesty of one of his rivals, Opun Mcgrrrr. Using CZ-3 as bait, Jabba lured Opun into stealing the droid because he thought it contained sensitive information. CZ-3 recorded the entire operation with its surveillance equipment, transmitting it to Jabba and proving Opun's guilt.

Due to a malfunction, however, instead of returning to Jabba's Palace, CZ-3 wandered the streets of Mos Eisley. Jabba sent his bounty hunter Takeel after CZ-3, while Mcgrrrr sent his henchman Tols Vengra with a similar goal.

CZ-3 was found and/or bought by the Jawa traders, who discovered that it was being searched and sold it to Het Nkik's clan. CZ-3 managed to escape from the sandcrawler of that clan before it was attacked by Imperial sandtroopers.

CZ-3 was later found by the two thugs Takeel and Tols Vengra. While the two discussed the droid among themselves, Zutton, Takeel's brother, appeared and shot CZ-3, destroying the droid. The droid's parts were picked up by several local droid dealers, but in the end, it had provided Jabba with enough evidence to expose Mcgrrrr's plot.

Behind the scenesEdit

CZ-3 was played by Anthony Daniels, who is known for playing C-3PO in all six movies. Daniels liked to call the droid "white pointy face".^[1]

CZ-3 is partially derived from early concept drawings of Darth Vader.

The same droid prop used for CZ-3 was used for CZ-4 in Return of the Jedi.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First appearance)
• "Spare Parts"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 11

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Premiere Limited (Card: CZ-3) (First identified as CZ-3)
• Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
• The Essential Guide to Droids
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 17 (SEC2, CZ Secretary/Comm Droid)
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 29 (BUS1, Business Droids)
• The New Essential Guide to Droids
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 10
•  CZ-3 (Seezee-Three) in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• "My Star Wars"—Star Wars Insider 134
• The Essential Reader's Companion

Notes and referencesEdit