Great Heep

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The Great Heep was an agent of the Abominor who operated an enormous ore processing plant on Biitu in the early days of the Galactic Empire. Set up by the Empire, it immediately began eliminating the planet of its natural resources.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Behind the scenes 3 Appearances 4 Sources

[edit] Biography

The body of the Heep was composed of tubing as well as assorted parts from other droids, one side filled with various bouncing pistons beating in an appalling, terrible rhythm, and one arm chopped off at the elbow. Grinding blades filled its mouth, with tiny mechanical robots living in its hull like worms living in a mammal's stomach, feeding off its excess. Two delirious Humans constantly fed the beast's massive boilers with fuel, while a droid harem kept smaller, unassuming droids in luxury, treating them to oil baths and other droid pleasantries before their eventual demise, where the Great Heep would consume them to add to its own structure.

Adventurer Mungo Baobab, while on Biitu, discovered that the Heep was siphoning moisture away from the planet's farmlands to cool its immense internal machinery. Seeing the native Biituians plunged into the ensuing drought, Baobab destroyed the tyrannical machine with the help of his droids, R2-D2 and C-3PO. The Imperial ravaging of Biitu had ended.

Sometime after its defeat, the Great Heep was found by a relative of Mungo's, Ebenn Q3 Baobab. Using the clout and wealth attached to his person, Baobab restored the droid and placed it on display at the Baobab Museum of Science.

[edit] Behind the scenes

• The Great Heep was voiced by legendary blues performer Long John Baldry.

[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars: Droids
  • "The Great Heep (part 1)" (First appearance)
  • "The Great Heep (part 2)"

[edit] Sources

• Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide
• The New Essential Guide to Droids
• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
• The Star Wars Encyclopedia