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GNK power droid

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GNK power droid
Production information
Manufacturer

Industrial Automaton

Model

GNK

Class

Power droid

Technical specifications
Height

1.1 meters

Armament

None

Chronological and political information
Era(s)
[Source]
"Gonk. Gonk."
―A GNK droid[src]

GNK power droids, also known as gonk droids, were an Industrial Automaton knockoff of the successful EG-6 power droid.

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[edit] Characteristics

GNK power droids were effectively power generators with legs and a very simple Artificial Intelligence so they could understand rudimentary commands. They were commonly found on under-developed worlds that did not have an expansive power grid, or in mobile military operations.

They often made a low honking noise that sounded like the word "gonk," resulting in the nickname gonk droid or simply gonk. This form of droidspeak was referred to as "Gonkian."

[edit] History

Sometime after the Battle of Endor, rumors began to spread regarding a "Cult of the Power Droids." Apparently, a pair of GNK Power Droids would come to one's door and request funding for a religious fringe group. Advice from renowned linguist Ebenn Q3 Baobab was that one should merely utter the phrase "Gonk. Gonk. Gonk ko kyenga see," a highly controversial statement that was not allowed to be legally translated (see Baobab Security Directive 51-C).

[edit] Behind the scenes

The GNK power droid derives its name from the "gonk" sound it makes in Episode IV. The droid was originally called simply a "power droid", but a newsgroup posting in 1993 (see [1], [2]) led to the now-canon name becoming universally popular almost overnight.

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