The New Essential Guide to Droids

Attribution information
Author(s)	Daniel Wallace
Illustrator(s)	Ian Fullwood
Publication information
Publisher	Del Rey
Type	Paperback
ISBN	0345477596
Series	Essential Guide

Warning: This infobox has missing parameters: followed by, title, preceded by, release date and unrecognized parameters: book title, publish date The New Essential Guide to Droids is the twelfth reference book in the Essential Guide series of reference books by Del Rey, and an updated edition of 1999's The Essential Guide to Droids. Published on June 27, 2006, The New Essential Guide to Droids was written by Daniel Wallace and illustrated by Ian Fullwood. At 224 pages, the guide covers 90 droids divided into the five classes of intelligence, as well as four cyborgs, a history of droids, a layperson's guide to droids, and an overview of major manufacturers.

Contents

Class One Droids

• 2-1B Surgical Droid
• BRT Supercomputer
• DD-13 Galactic Chopper
• FX Medical Assistant
• GH-7 Medical Droid
• Master-Com
• Polis Massan Midwife Droid
• SP-4 and JN-66

Class Two Droids

• Arakyd Probot Series
• G0-T0 Planning Droid
• G2 "Goose Droid"
• R1 Astromech
• R2-R9 Astromech
• T3 Utility Droid
• Vuffi Raa
• Wee Gee

Class Three Droids

• 2JTJ Personal Navigation Droid
• 3PO Protocol Droid
• C-3PO
• BD-3000 Luxury Droid
• C-3PX
• CZ Secretary Droid
• Death Star Droid
• EV Supervisor Droid
• I-5YQ (I-Five)
• J9 Worker Drone
• LE Manifest Droid
• LOM Protocol Droid
• Tac-Spec Footman
• WA-7 Waitress Droid

Class Four Droids

• ASN-121 Assassin Droid
• B1 Battle Droid
• B2 Super Battle Droid
• B3 Ultra Battle Droid
• Baron Droid
• Basilisk War Droid
• Buzz Droid
• Chameleon Droid
• Colicoid Annihilator Droid
• Cortosis Battle Droid
• Crab Droid
• Dark Trooper
• Droideka
• Dwarf Spider Droid
• The Great Heep
• HK Assassin Droid
• Human Replica Droid
• IG-100 MagnaGuard
• IG Assassin Droid
• IG Lancer Droid
• IT-O Interrogator
• JK Bio-Droid
• Juggernaut War Droid
• L8-L9 Combat Droid
• Mandalorian Battle Legionnaire
• Manta Droid Subfighter
• Octuptarra Droid
• Pollux Assassin Droid
• Sith Probe Droid
• Xim's War-Robot
• YVH 1 Yuuzhan Vong Hunter
• Z-X3 Droid Trooper

Class Five Droids

• 8D8 Smelting Operator
• ASP Droid
• Binary Loadlifter
• BLX Labor Droid
• Cam Droid
• COO Cook Droid
• FA-4 and FA-5 Droids
• Homing Droid
• Imperial Mark IV
• INS-444 and CLE-004
• LIN Demolitionmech
• Monster Droid
• Mouse Droid
• Mustafar Panning Droid
• Otoga-222 Droid
• P-100 Salvage Droid
• Pit Droid
• PK Worker Droid
• Power Droid
• Prowler 1000
• Rickshaw Droid
• SRT Droid
• TT-8L Tattletale
• WED Treadwell

Cyborgs

• B'omarr Brain Walker
• Dark Side Technobeasts
• General Grievous
• Iron Knight

Continuity

The New Essential Guide to Droids is somewhat special in the sense that it answers one of the questions that have been discussed in the Star Wars fan community since the release of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords—namely, the question of the Jedi Exile's canonical gender. In this book it is established that the Exile is a female, and thus the book breaks with the tradition of making characters that originate as customizable characters in video game male.

This has caused some controversy in the Star Wars community, and many still refuse to accept that the Exile is a woman. However, since the New Essential Guide series are canonical sources, the Exile is officially a woman.

Her gender was established in three different paragraphs quotations of which are listed below:

"G0-T0 soon became mixed up with an exiled Jedi Knight and her mission to destroy the Sith Lords."

―from the entry on the G0-T0 droid, p. 25

"Five standard years later, T3-M4 appeared aboard the abandoned freighter Ebon Hawk, where he fell into the company of the heroine known only as the Jedi Exile."

―from the entry on the T3 droid, p. 37

"Five years after the Star Forge incident, HK-47 teamed up with the heroine known as the Jedi Exile to battle a trio of Sith Lords."

―from the entry on the HK assassin droid, p. 107

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

12-4C-41 13-K 2-1B 2JTJ 4-LOM ASN-121 Padmé Amidala Hermione Bagwa Gardulla Besadii the Elder BG-J38 BG-R52 (First mentioned) Big Bunji C-3PO C-3PX Lando Calrissian Tendra Risant Calrissian Contispex I Tol Cressa CZ-3 CZ-54 (First mentioned) Jabba Desilijic Tiure Dooku E-3PO EV-4D9 EV-9D9 EV-9D9.2 Fidelis FLO FX-7 G0-T0 G2-4T G2-9T Gardulla's TC-series protocol droid (First mentioned) Gorm Great Heep Olag Greck Simon Greyshade Grievous HK-01 I-5YQ IG-88 Jerec Dexter Jettster Arca Jeth Davik Kang Talon Karrde Kyle Katarn Morgan Katarn Patricia Katarn Obi-Wan Kenobi Damon Krell L8-L9 Owen Lars LE-914 Nasdra Magrody Shu Mai Malorum Whie Malreaux Nichos Marr Nichos Marr (droid) Master-Com (First identified as Master Control System) Darth Maul Cray Mingla Mistress Mnemos Canderous Ordo Bail Prestor Organa Palpatine Jax Pavan Lorn Pavan Plaristes R2-D2 R4-G9 R4-P17 Vuffi Raa Qu Rahn Stanton Rendar (Indirect mention only) Stanton Rendar (droid) (As Stanton Rendar) Revan Archa Sabis Terrinald Screed Pollard Seario Bastila Shan Raith Sienar Simonelle Anakin Skywalker Luke Skywalker Solis Leia Organa Solo Sparbo (First mentioned) Zertik Strom Meetra Surik T3-M4 Tahl Wat Tambor Massad Thrumble Laddinare Torbin Ploovo Two-For-One Unidentified Troig diplomat (First mentioned) Tay Vanis Asajj Ventress Jos Vondar WeeGee Xanatos Xim Yoda Zutton

Organisms

Fleek eel Insect Mammal Rodent Sithspawn Technobeast

Droid models

First-degree droid Analysis droid JN-66 analysis droid SP-4 analysis droid Biological science droid Medical droid 2-1B surgical droid DD-13 medical assistant droid (First identified as DD-13 cybernetic surgical droid) FX-series medical assistant droid FX-1 medical assistant droid (First mentioned) FX-2 medical assistant droid (First mentioned) FX-3 medical assistant droid (First mentioned) FX-4 medical assistant droid (First mentioned) FX-5 medical assistant droid (First mentioned) FX-6 medical assistant droid FX-7 medical assistant droid FX-8 medical assistant droid (First mentioned) FX-9 medical assistant droid (First mentioned) GH-7 medical analysis unit (First identified as GH-7 medical analysis unit) MD-series medical specialist droid MD-5 medical droid Midwife droid Chroon-Tan B-Machine (First identified as Chroon-Tan B-Machine) Ubrikkian Steamworks medical unit (First mentioned) BRT supercomputer Mathematics droid Physical science droid Second-degree droid Astromech droid R-series P2-series astromech droid R1-series astromech droid R2-series astromech droid R3-series astromech droid R4-series agromech droid R4-P-series astromech droid R5-series astromech droid R6-series astromech droid R7-series astromech droid R8-series astromech droid R9-series astromech droid (First pictured) Exploration droid Probe droid Prowler 1000 exploration droid Vanguard probot (First mentioned) Viper probe droid Engineering droid Environmental droid FLR Logger Repair droid G2 repair droid Utility droid T3-series utility droid Planning droid G0-T0 infrastructure planning system (First identified as G0-T0 infrastructure planning system) Third-degree droid Administrative droid ASN courier droid Communications droid CZ-series communications/business droid Librarian droid Nanny droid Protocol droid 3DO protocol/service droid 3PO-series protocol droid 3PX-series protocol droid 5YQ-series protocol droid C-series protocol droid C-1 protocol droid C-2 protocol droid C-3 protocol droid C-4 protocol droid C-5 protocol droid C-6 protocol droid C-7 protocol droid C-8 protocol droid C-9 protocol droid Consul360 (First mentioned) ii77 (First mentioned) TC-series protocol droid J9 worker drone LE-series manifest droid LOM-series protocol droid Orbot protocol droid RA-7 protocol droid Secretary droid Service droid 2JTJ personal navigation droid BD-3000 luxury droid Butler droid Cooking droid FIII Footman droid TDL-501 unipod waitress droid WA-7 service unit Supervisor droid DD-19 "Overseer" labor pool droid EV-series supervisor/interrogator droid V-series supervisor droid Tutor droid TTS-15-series education and tutorial droid Fourth-degree droid Assassin droid A-series assassin droid HK-series assassin droid HK-50 series assassin droid IG-series IG-88 assassin droid Battle droid B-series battle droid B1 battle droid B2 super battle droid B3 ultra battle droid C-B3 cortosis battle droid Basilisk war droid BL-series Battle Legionnaire Crimson Condottiere (First mentioned) Dark trooper Droideka DSD1 dwarf spider droid E4 baron droid Electric Caliph (First mentioned) HMP droid gunship IG lancer combat droid IG-100 MagnaGuard Juggernaut war droid Krath war droid LM-432 crab droid Manta droid subfighter Octuptarra combat tri-droid YVH-Series battle droid YVH 1 Z-X3 experimental droid trooper Gladiator droid Mark X Executioner-series gladiatorial droid Probe droid DRK-1 Dark Eye probe droid Hunter-Killer probot Infiltrator probe droid Human replica droid Security droid BT-16 perimeter droid JK-13 security droid Fifth-degree droid Cam droid Hologlide J57 cam droid Cleaning droid CLE-004 window cleaning droid COO cook droid Homing droid HMOR homing droid (First identified as HMOR homing droid) INS-444 window installation droid Labor droid 8D smelter droid Binary loadlifter BLX labor droid DUM-series pit droid Mark II reactor drone PK-series worker droid RIC-series general labor droid SRT autonomous short-range transport LIN demolitionmech autonomous minelayer Maintenance droid Otoga-222 maintenance droid WED Treadwell repair droid Mining droid DLC-13 mining droid Pilot droid FA-4 pilot droid FA-5 valet droid Power droid EG-6 power droid Scavenger droid P-100 salvage droid Sentry droid Mark IV sentry droid TT-8L gatekeeper droid Monster droid

Events

Silentium–Abominor War Indecta Era Great Droid Revolution Great Sith War Battle of Deneba Jedi Civil War Dark Wars Battle of Malachor Telosian Restoration Project Secession of 400100500260026 (First mentioned) Liberation of 400100500260026 (First mentioned) Seventh Battle of Ruusan Arkanian Revolution Kol Huro Unrest Invasion of Naboo Battle of Naboo Clone Wars Battle of Coruscant Mission to Vjun Mission to Mustafar Battle of Renatasia Second Great Droid Revolution Battle of Nar Shaddaa Galactic Civil War Subjugation of Sulon Battle of Yavin Battle of Hoth Battle of Endor Bakura Incident Ismaren plot (First identified as Eye of Palpatine incident) Yuuzhan Vong War Battle of Ord Mantell (Indirect mention only) Battle of The Wheel (First mentioned) Dark Nest Crisis

Locations

The galaxy Affa Carida Academy of Carida Castell Colla IV Core Worlds Alderaan Coruscant Dex's Diner Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center Jedi Temple Rhinnal Weerden Deep Core Byss Foundry Hosk Station Hutt Space Mechis III Mid Rim Bothan Space Sennatt Charros IV Deneba Gyndine Metalorn Mourn (First mentioned) Naboo Roche asteroid field Ruusan Valley of the Jedi Senex sector The Wheel Obroa-skai Celebratus Archive Outer Rim Territories Bespin Cloud City Chrellis system Corporate Sector Bonadan Rampa II Drongar Elshandruu Pica Endor Eriadu Felucia Fusai Geonosis Gordian Reach 400100500260026 (First mentioned) Yavin 4 Jedi Praxeum Hoth Echo Base Indu San Kadril Kessel Run Kol Huro system Korriban Dreshdae Malachor V Melida/Daan Minos Cluster Mustafar Muunilinst Ord Cestus Oseon system Rafa system Renatasia system Roon Subterrel sector Polis Massa Local Dig Sullust Sulon Katarn homestead Taris Tatooine Jabba's Palace Mos Eisley Desilijic Complex Telos IV HK Manufacturing Plant Vjun Château Malreaux Vorzyd sector Ronyards Tapani sector Procopia Telti Unknown Regions Wild Space Bakura Yuuzhan Vong galaxy Zug (First mentioned)

Organizations and titles

AccuTronics Administrator Aeramaxis Technologies Alliance to Restore the Republic Ambassador Aratech Repulsor Company Archa Sabis's droid army Arakyd Industries Arkanian Dominion Army Assassin Malkite Poisoners B'omarr Order Baktoid Armor Workshop Baktoid Combat Automata Bank BlasTech Industries Bodyguard Bounty hunter Bureau of Ships and Services Cestus Cybernetics Chiewab Amalgamated Pharmaceuticals Company Coalition of Automaton Rights Activists Colicoid Creation Nest Commerce Guild Arcona Mineral Harvest Corporation Offworld Mining Corporation Dorvalla Mining Mining Guild Con artist Confederacy of Independent Systems Separatist Council Count Crime lord Cybot Galactica Czerka Corporation Dark Jedi Diplomat Droid rights movement Duwani Mechanical Products Engineer Executive Foreman FreiTek Incorporated Galactic Empire Commission for the Preservation of the New Order Imperial Security Bureau Galactic Emperor Imperial Department of Military Research Inquisitorius Grand Inquisitor Galactic Federation of Free Alliances Galactic Republic Grand Army of the Republic Clone trooper Judicial Department Republic Defense Procurement office Republic Explorational Corps Republic Military Republic Navy Rocket-Jumper Elite Advance Unit Senator Supreme Chancellor Galalloy Industries Galaxy Gladiator Federation Gambler Geentech Genetech Corporation GenoHaradan Tac-Spec Corporation Gladiator GoCorp Governor Haor Chall Engineering House Malreaux House of Tagge Holowan Mechanicals Industrial Automaton Infinite Empire Information broker InterGalactic Banking Clan Intergalactic Droid Agency Jedi Order Iron Knights Jedi Jedi Knight Jedi Master Kalibac Industries Katarn family Law enforcement agency LeisureMech Enterprises Librarian Mechanical Liberation Front Medtech Industries Mercenary Merchant MerenData Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc. Moff New Republic New Republic Defense Fleet Rogue Squadron Noble Officer Admiral General Organization for Organic Purity (First mentioned) Phlut Design Systems Pilot Platoon Princess Publictechnic Queen Refugee Relief Movement Republic Sienar Systems Roche Hive Mechanical Apparatus Design and Construction Activity for Those Who Need the Hive's Machines Royal House of Naboo Scout Serv-O-Droid, Inc. Sith Darth Sith Lord Sith Triumvirate Smuggler Sniper SoroSuub Corporation Star Tours SyntheTech Tagge Company Gowix Computers Mobquet Swoops and Speeders Tagge Restaurant Association Biscuit Baron Techno Union Tendrando Arms Torplex Trade Federation Trade Federation Droid Army Ulban Arms Ubrikkian Steamworks Ubrikkian Transports Utilitech Veril Line Systems Viper Sensor Intelligence Systems Waiter

Sentient species

Abominor Arkanian Brizzit Chadra-Fan Colicoid Columi Cyborg Eellayin Flakax Geonosian Gossam Gree Human Ithorian Jawa Kallidahin Killik Miraluka Nimbanel Pa'lowick Rakata Sic-Six Silentium Silentium's creators Sljee Snivvian Ssi-ruu Sunesi Toydarian Troig Verpine Xi Char Xi'Dec Yam'rii Yuuzhan Vong

Vehicles and vessels

Medlifter transport Robo-Hack Repulsorcraft Hoverbus Repulsorcart Sail barge Speeder Landspeeder Police speeder Police cruiser backup unit Speeder bike Space station Battlestation Death Star Kligson's Moon Starship Capital ship Cruiser Eye of Palpatine Freighter Ebon Hawk Millennium Falcon Gunship Hyperdrive pod Ithorian Herdship J-type 327 Nubian royal starship Passenger liner Kuari Princess Scimitar Shuttle Star Destroyer Starfighter Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor Obi-Wan Kenobi's Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor Droid starfighter Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid, Mark I E-wing escort starfighter Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor Obi-Wan Kenobi's blue Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor Obi-Wan Kenobi's Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor StealthX StarSpeeder 3000

Weapons and technology

Arc welder Armor Astromech socket AXX Screamer (First mentioned) Baffler Beam-tube Behavioral circuitry matrix Blaster Blaster cannon Repeating blaster Quad blaster Bone retractor (First identified as bone retractor) Broadband antenna Caller Circular saw Cloaking device Cloning Comlink Computer Medical diagnostic computer Computer probe Scomp link Computer spike Creativity damper Cybernetics Dart Poison dart Kamino saberdart Dart shooter Databank Datacard Dark Trooper Project Droid Drone Droid brain Verbobrain AA-1 VerboBrain Arjan II logic computer Electroprod Electroshock clamp (First identified as electroshock clamp) Electrostatic generator Engine Entechment Fire extinguisher Flamethrower Fusioncutter Micro-fusioncutter (First identified as micro-fusion cutter) Gravity well projector Gyro-balance circuitry Hologram HoloNet Holoprojector Hyperdrive Hypodermic injector Incinerator Injection arm Ion cannon Jammer Lightsaber Qu Rahn's lightsaber Maneuvering jet Manipulator arm Memory core Memory wipe Micro field generator (First mentioned) Microwave projector beam Mindharp Missile Brilliant missile Motivator MDF motivator Photoreceptor Plastron Processor Reactor core Recharge coupling Recorder Repulsor field Repulsorlift Restraining bolt Rocket booster Scalpel Security camera Self-destruct mechanism Sensor Audio sensor (As "audio pickup") Bioscan Diagnostic scanner Medisensor Microwave sensor (As "microwave detector") Motion sensor Olfactory sensor Servomotor Skillware (First mentioned) Slot machine Subelectronic converter (First identified as subelectronic converter) Superlaser Concave Dish Composite Beam Superlaser Terraforming Traitware (First mentioned) TranLang III communications module Turbolift Vibro-ax Wheel Whip Neuronic whip

Miscellanea

30,000 BBY 25,120 BBY 17,000 BBY 15,000 BBY 4086 BBY (First mentioned) 4015 BBY 4000 BBY 3996 BBY 3956 BBY 3955 BBY (First mentioned) 3951 BBY 3950 BBY 3946 BBY (First mentioned) 321 BBY (First mentioned) 200 BBY 50 BBY 44 BBY 32 BBY 22 BBY 19 BBY 10 BBY 10 ABY 12 ABY 25 ABY Alien Archaeology Armorplast Astrogation Aurebesh Blockade Bounty Brain Casino Chromite Cigarra City Copper Cream of fleek eel (First mentioned) Dejarik Droid Statutes Durasteel Extra-galactic Flamewind Foodstuff The Force Dark side of the Force Force power Ionize (First identified as mechu macture) Mechu-deru Force-sensitive Galactic Credit Standard Geology Gravity Gravity well Hangar Heart Holochess Hotel Hyperlane Hyperspace Hyperphysics Infrared Kilometer Kilometer per hour Language Binary Bocce Galactic Basic Standard Huttese Massan Neimoidian Twi'leki Lekku Library Mechtech Illustrated Medcenter Republic Mobile Surgical Unit Republic Mobile Surgical Unit 7 Microwave Midi-chlorian Mineral Mining Mondeo Modernist (First mentioned) Museum North Quadrant Intergalactic Automaton Show (First mentioned) Nuna-ball Of Minds, Men, and Machines Planet Plant Plastex Radiation Sabacc Sentience Silver Bantha (First mentioned) Spaceport Spice Standard century Standard day Standard decade Standard week Standard year Star system Starfruit Temperature Trampeta's Star Guide (First mentioned)

Media

Editions

• ISBN 9780345477590; June 27, 2006; Del Rey; US paperback
• ISBN 9780385364645; September 22, 2014; Del Rey; US hardcover

Cover gallery

Full cover art by Steven Anderson

External links

• New Essential Guide to Droids The New Essential Guide to Droids on Penguin Random House's official website (New Essential Guide to Droids backup link (The New Essential Guide to Droids) not verified!)
• Look, Sir, New Essential Droids on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• "The New Essential Guide to Droids: First Impressions" — Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka — Daniel Wallace's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)
• "Endnotes for The New Essential Guide to Droids: PART 1 of 3" — Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka — Daniel Wallace's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)
• "Endnotes for The New Essential Guide to Droids: PART 2 of 3" — Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka — Daniel Wallace's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)
• "Endnotes for The New Essential Guide to Droids: PART 3 OF 3" — Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka — Daniel Wallace's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)

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