- "The X-Ones were defense robots, programmed to automatically fight against any hostile act!"
- ―C-3PO, on the Ranger X-1
The Ranger X-1 was an antiquated model of[1] masculine[2] defense droid[1] programmed to automatically fight any act of hostility that had green plating with "X-1" emblazoned in white on its chest, a pair of white photoreceptors, and morphed into a box when deactivated. The series was terminated when the Intergalactic Law Agency was founded[2] during the last century of the Galactic Republic,[3] and the last of the X-1s were collected and scrapped.[2]
However, a Ranger X-1 brought to the Dodz to protect pioneers was missed by the ILA and found by Jost Ellon near the planet's crystal mines. After meeting R2-D2 and C-3PO, Ellon discovered that the X-1 had corroded power cells and kicked the inert droid, accidentally reactivating it. Despite being low on power, Ellon wanted to use the X-1 to aid the merchants of Dodz against Governor Kugg, who used his killer droid, the Destroyer,[2] to murder[1] those who refused to pay his heavy taxes. Although outmatched, the Ranger was able to destroy the Destroyer when R2 tapped into its power and fed it back into the X-1.[2] The defense droid ran out of energy in a permanently heroic pose,[1] remaining on top of a hill as a reminder of its importance to the people of Dodz for ending Kugg's corrupt reign.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
The Ranger X-1 first appeared in Droids (1986) 1, the first issue of the Star Wars Droids comic series published by Star Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics,[2] which was first published in February 1986.[4]
Appearances[]
- Droids (1986) 1 (First appearance)
Sources[]
- The Droids Re-Animated, Part 1 on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Droids Re-Animated, Part 1 on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Droids (1986) 1
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 107 ("Intergalactic Law Agency")
- ↑ Marvel Age 36