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. As a seven-year old child, Luke Skywalker created a makeshift droid caller in order to stargaze without his aunt and uncle's droids detecting him. It was confiscated when Owen Lars discovered him. Both 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]

Jaybo Hood on Iego possessed a reprogrammed droid caller which he could use to control battle droids.^[4]

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AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel) (First appearance)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
• A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker
• Star Wars 1
• Star Wars: Yoda Stories (Ambiguously canonical source)
• "Spare Parts"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 11

SourcesEdit

• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
• Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Premiere Limited (Card: Caller)
• Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids
• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition
• Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary (as droid caller)
• Star Wars: The Complete 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
• The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia
•  Restraining bolt in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)

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