- "We have thousands of probe droids searching the galaxy. I want proof, not leads!"
- ―Admiral Kendal Ozzel
The Viper probe droid, commonly referred to as the Imperial probe droid, was a model of probe droid manufactured by Arakyd Industries[1] that was used by the Galactic Empire[2] and, later, the New Republic,[7] for deep space exploration and reconnaissance. The droid had five manipulator arms, a blaster and a communicator. They also featured a self-destruct mechanism and repulsorlift engines.[2] The 11-3K variant of the droid was used on Vandor.[11] During the Galactic Civil War, Death Squadron[10] launched Project Swarm, an operation which deployed 100,000 Viper droids[12] across the galaxy in hyperdrive pods, in order to find the Rebellion's base. A probe deployed to the planet Hoth eventually found the base, which set into action the evacuation and battle that took place soon after.[10] The droids communicated using Omnisignal unicode.[13] After the Fall of the Empire, Gideon's Imperial remnant still used these probe droids.[8]
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- Disney Infinity 3.0
- Snowball Sight - LEGO Star Wars - Mini Movie on the official LEGO YouTube channel (backup link)
- Rogue One: Recon A Star Wars 360 Experience (Sound only)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Tower of Alistan Nor"
- Star Wars: Visions — "The Village Bride"
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Imperial Probe Droid in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle!
- ↑ Imperial probe droid in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ "The Book of Ajax" — Dark Droids: D-Squad 1
- ↑ Star Wars: Uprising
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Aftermath
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Mandalorian — "Chapter 23: The Spies"
- ↑ "Aftermath" depicts the Viper probe droid's earliest known deployment to Clone Force 99's assignment on Onderon, dated to 19 BBY by Star Wars: Timelines.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ Doctor Aphra (2016) 37
- ↑ Every Language in Star Wars Movies | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (content now obsolete; backup link)