LR-57 combat droid
Production information
Homeworld	Christophsis
Creator	Retail Caucus[1]
Manufacturer	Retail Caucus
Product line	LR-series
Model	LR-57 combat droid[2]
Class	Battle droid Sentinel droid[3]
Technical specifications
Height	2.58 meters [4]
Armament	Blaster cannons (4)[5]
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era
Affiliation	Confederacy of Independent Systems[5] Retail Caucus

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LR-57 combat droids, also called Retail Caucus droids or retail droids, were battle droids used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars.^[1] Primarily used as sentinels, these droids were bipedal and possessed two upper limbs terminating in two blaster cannons, four in all. They could be left dormant for long periods of time while their sensitive dorsal antennae searched for specific types of signals, activity, or other disturbances, enabling the droids to be used as autonomous mines.^[5][3]

HistoryEdit

In the Battle of Christophsis, orange-colored LR-57s were used as guards of the energy shield projector. When Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano inadvertently stumbled into a droid minefield on their approach to disable the generator, several of the droids broke through the ground where they had been waiting and met them in defense. While they outnumbered the two Jedi, their sluggish reactions made them easy prey; half of them were destroyed by Skywalker, the rest were crushed by Ahsoka pulling down a wall on top of them.^[5]

They were later deployed during the Battle of Tirahnn.^[6] A number of such droids were present during the Battle of Malastare which were deactivated when the electro-proton bomb was deployed.

Behind the scenesEdit

The retail droid's design is based after early concept art of the droideka. The droid's official name was first mentioned in The Clone Wars Campaign Guide.

The script for the Clone Wars episode "Cargo of Doom" originally called for a group of black-painted retail droids to haul Bolla Ropal around.^[7]

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars novelization (First appearance)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars junior novelization (First identified as retail droid)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars film (First pictured)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Zillo Beast"
• "Dug Out"—Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic UK 6.19
• "Outgunned"—Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic UK 6.20
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "A Friend in Need"

SourcesEdit

•  "Star Wars PocketModel TCG - Clone Wars Tactics" (Card: Retail droid)
• The Clone Wars Campaign Guide (First identified as LR-57 combat droid)
• Jedi Academy Training Manual (Picture only)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Visual Guide Ultimate Battles
• Galaxy at War
•  The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Cargo of Doom on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
•  Star Wars Miniatures: Galaxy at War (Pack: LR-57 Combat Droid)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia
•  Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Pack: Clone Troopers & Droids (Battle Pack))
• The Essential Guide to Warfare
•  battle droid 513 in the Encyclopedia
•  Retail Caucus droid in the Encyclopedia (First identified as Retail Caucus droid)

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