EV supervisor droid
Production information
Manufacturer	MerenData
Product line	EV-series supervisor droid
Model	3rd-degree supervisor droid[1]
Technical specifications
Height	1.8 meters
Sensor color	Yellow
Equipment	High frequency Binary comlink Broadband broadcast antenna/receiver system Photoreceptors (Human range) Vocabulator
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era Rebellion era New Republic era

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The EV supervisor droid was a third-degree droid developed by MerenData during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. Originally designed to be an efficient taskmaster for automated labor pools, the droid series suffered from a number of unfortunate "glitches". It was one of the largest corporate disasters in history.

HistoryEdit

Unknown to the consumer base, these "glitches" were created by the company accidentally installing a MDF motivator. Normally, this would not be such a horrible catastrophe, except the MDF motivator was the root motivator for a series of illegal torture droids being created for the House of Tagge. Instead of halting production outright, the company adopted a wait-and-see approach.

At first, reports showed EV droids not only fulfilling their required tasks, but outperforming any original expectations held by MerenData. Eventually, stories began to filter in to the company of horrible acts being committed by the series. The droids turned out to not only be immoral in their attitude, but actually enjoyed causing pain and torturing: on Eriadu, an EV supervisor droid fused his entire droid worker pool's feet to the floor, and on Indu San, an EV set fire to slow worker's oil baths. On some rare occasions, such as on Kadril, an EV droid was known to have Human workers prodded with electroprods.

MerenData panicked. In an effort to quash any more sadistic acts by its creations, they pulled the entire droid line. Recall notices were sent out en masse, but only a few hundred were ever successfully recalled.

To save face, the affected EV models were replaced by the EV-II supervisor droid, which replaced the faulty MDF motivator with the originally intended unit. MerenData also commissioned the V-series supervisor droid, targeted to the Imperial military. Unfortunately, both lines would fail miserably.

Many original run EV series droids would circulate around the galaxy for years more due to masters who actually found a use for the sadist droids. Ploovo Two-For-One employed an original EV series droid,^[2] as did crimelord Jabba the Hutt.

Notable droidsEdit

• EV-4D9^[2]
• EV-9D9
• EV-9D9.2
• EV-7G7
• EV-A4-D^[3]

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace video game
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Lair of Grievous"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Citadel"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "A Friend in Need"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Soft War"
• The Force Unleashed novel
• A Bad Feeling: The Tale of EV-9D9
• Star Wars Missions 12: The Vactooine Disaster (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novel (First appearance)
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novel
• Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 1: In the Hands of Jabba the Hutt
• A Bad Feeling: The Tale of EV-9D9
• Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood
• The New Rebellion
• Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial

Non-canon appearancesEdit

• Skippy the Jedi Droid (Non-canonical appearance)
• Skreej (Ambiguously canonical source)
• Spare Parts (Ambiguously canonical source)

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1985)
• Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995)
• Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids
• Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
• Arms & Equipment Guide
• "Standoffs"
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 17 (SUP1-2, EV-9D9 Supervisor Droid)
• The New Essential Guide to Droids
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Scavenger's Guide to Droids
• The Essential Reader's Companion

Notes and referencesEdit