- "You can take your hands away from your photoreceptors, Threepio."
- ―Princess Leia Organa
Photoreceptors, sometimes known as optical sensors, visual sensors, lenses, or simply optics, were the visual "organs" of most droids, also used by many cyborgs.
They were often sensitive to a wider visual spectrum than a typical humanoid eye. Droids could have many photoreceptors on their bodies, sometimes highly specialized.
It is also to be noted that some droids seemed to be unable to see with only one photoreceptor activated, as it happened to Anakin Skywalker's protocol droid, C-3PO.[1]
Zam Wesell's ASN-121 assassin droid featured an infrared photoreceptor.[2]
Design
The photoreceptors of droids were often made to resemble the eyes of species with which the droids would interact. The LOM-series protocol droid's photoreceptors were made to look familiar to insectoid species such as the Brizzits, Verpines, Gand, Yam'rii and Xi'Dec[3], while the CZ-series communications/business droid had optical sensors resembling the eyes of the Stacchati.[4].
Appearances
Non-canon appearances
Sources
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, First Edition (As "visual sensors" and "video sensors")
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- The Star Wars Rules Companion
- Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, First Edition
- Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995)
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
- The Essential Guide to Droids
- Star Wars Episode I: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars Customizable Card Game — [[Unknown set: No set defined!]]
- Star Wars Customizable Card Game — [[Unknown set: No set defined!]]
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 43 (ASS1–4)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Xim Week: The Despotica (Part III: Xim at Vondor) on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- Xim Week: The Despotica (Part IV: Evocar) on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
- Dangerous Covenants
- "Just as Soon Kiss a Wookiee: Star Wars Romances {{{3}}}" — {{{4}}} — [[{{{5}}}|{{{5}}}'s]] StarWars.com Blog (Just as Soon Kiss a Wookiee: Star Wars Romances backup link (2014/04/21/id-just-as-soon-kiss-a-wookiee-star-wars-romances//I'd Just as Soon Kiss a Wookiee: Star Wars Romances) not verified!)