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{{Quote|Excellent. Send two more baron droids to kill Shu Mai, and order a dozen to work as my bodyguards. At last we are getting results.|[[Trade Federation Viceroy]] [[Nute Gunray]]|The New Essential Guide to Droids}}
  
{{Quote|Excellent. Send two more baron droids to kill Shu Mai, and order a dozen to work as my bodyguards. At last we are getting results.|[[Trade Federation Viceroy]] [[Nute Gunray]]|The New Essential Guide to Droids}}
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A step up from the standard [[B1 battle droid]], '''E4 baron droids''' were [[battle droid]]s used by the [[Trade Federation]].<ref name="SW:OW" /> [[Baktoid Combat Automata]] developed the baron droid as an experimental unit for limited use at the [[Invasion of Naboo]]. They were equipped with two dual [[repeating blaster cannon]]s and heavy armor plating.
   
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[[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] encountered the droids during his [[Skirmishes on Coruscant|investigation]] of the [[Black Heth]] criminal gang.<ref name="NEGD">''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]''</ref>
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A step up from the standard [[B1 battle droid]], '''E4 baron droids''' were [[battle droid]]s used by the [[Trade Federation]]. They were equipped with dual repeating cannons and heavy armor plating. It is believed that they were the basis for [[B2 super battle droid]]s, as they shared many similar features, such as arm mounted [[blaster]]s and an armored head.
  
   
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E4s patrolled the [[city]] of [[Theed]] during the [[invasion]].<ref name="SW:OW" /> Although the [[Trade Federation Droid Army]] was [[Second Battle of Theed|defeated]], the success of the baron droid led to a refinement of the design and the production of the [[B2 super battle droid]]s as a heavy [[Soldier|infantry]] unit for the [[Separatist Droid Army]].<ref name="EGW">''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''</ref>
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There was another [[baron battle droid]], known only by that name. It was also used by the Trade Federation. It was quite different but may have been of the E-line.
  
   
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The droid itself could track an opponent with motion, heat, sonic, and visual detectors. Their single [[photoreceptor]] could also produce a blinding spotlight to identify and track its targets. [[Nute Gunray]] planed to use a pair of these droids as his personal [[assassin]] corps, but they were called up for use in the Battle of Naboo instead. Many of the droids remained on [[Naboo|that world]], where they were eventually hunted down by soldiers of the [[Royal Naboo Security Forces]]. Eventually, a squad of baron droids took over the [[planet]] of [[Arzid]], where they ruled by "the law of the blaster" in [[16 ABY]].
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There was another type of [[baron battle droid]] that was known only by that designation; it too was used by the Trade Federation.<ref name="SW:GB">''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]''</ref> It was quite different in appearance, but may have been of the E-line.
 
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The baron droids encountered in the [[2001]] [[video game]] ''[[Star Wars: Obi-Wan]]'' are noticeably different from the illustration in ''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]'', most notably the appearance of the outer plating, as well as the one from the game being bulkier.
   
 
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*''[[Obi-Wan: Prima's Official Strategy Guide]]''
 
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]''
  
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*''[[The Art of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace]]''
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*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
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*''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''
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"Excellent. Send two more baron droids to kill Shu Mai, and order a dozen to work as my bodyguards. At last we are getting results."
―Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray[src]

A step up from the standard B1 battle droid, E4 baron droids were battle droids used by the Trade Federation.[1] Baktoid Combat Automata developed the baron droid as an experimental unit for limited use at the Invasion of Naboo. They were equipped with two dual repeating blaster cannons and heavy armor plating.

Obi-Wan Kenobi encountered the droids during his investigation of the Black Heth criminal gang.[2]

E4s patrolled the city of Theed during the invasion.[1] Although the Trade Federation Droid Army was defeated, the success of the baron droid led to a refinement of the design and the production of the B2 super battle droids as a heavy infantry unit for the Separatist Droid Army.[3]

The droid itself could track an opponent with motion, heat, sonic, and visual detectors. Their single photoreceptor could also produce a blinding spotlight to identify and track its targets. Nute Gunray planed to use a pair of these droids as his personal assassin corps, but they were called up for use in the Battle of Naboo instead. Many of the droids remained on that world, where they were eventually hunted down by soldiers of the Royal Naboo Security Forces. Eventually, a squad of baron droids took over the planet of Arzid, where they ruled by "the law of the blaster" in 16 ABY.

There was another type of baron battle droid that was known only by that designation; it too was used by the Trade Federation.[4] It was quite different in appearance, but may have been of the E-line.

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File:Baron droid.JPG

A baron droid.

Behind the scenes

The baron droids encountered in the 2001 video game Star Wars: Obi-Wan are noticeably different from the illustration in The New Essential Guide to Droids, most notably the appearance of the outer plating, as well as the one from the game being bulkier.

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Obi-Wan
  2. ↑ The New Essential Guide to Droids
  3. ↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
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