Caller
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- "This control box will pop you out into the open!"
- ―Luke Skywalker[src]
The caller,[1] also referred to as a droid caller, control box, or owner, was a handheld transmitter device that was used to summon a droid or activate its restraining bolt.[2]
Callers were designed with three basic commands: "COME" called a droid forward, "STOP" forced it to halt, and "ORDERS" caused it to enact any commands, within the droid's operating parameters, given verbally.[2]
The Jawas of Tatooine often used callers to control their droids before selling them on. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo both carried callers around 0 BBY. Luke used his caller to bring C-3PO out of hiding after R2-D2 departed to find Obi-Wan Kenobi.[3]
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel) (First appearance)
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
- Star Wars 1
[edit] Sources
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (First Edition)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Premiere Limited (Card: Caller)
- Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids
Restraining bolt in the Databank
- Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary (as droid caller)
- The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
"May the Facts Be With You" - Star Wars Insider 85 (as droid caller)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
[edit] Notes and references
