AAD-4 assault droid

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"Last night, 60 Arakyd AAD-4 assault droids entered Viper Tower just prior to the end of the business day quickly eliminating ground-floor security units."
―"Sensor Technology Dispute Settled in Takeover"[3]

The AAD-4 was a line of assault droids manufactured by Arakyd Industries. Hulking, humanoid[1] class four droids[2] strong enough to lift a Vulptereen off the ground by their neck, they had bronze plating and were equipped with a pair of black photoreceptors.[3] Shortly before the outbreak of the Clone Wars[4] in the year 22 BBY,[5] Arakyd sent sixty AAD-4 assault droids into Viper Tower, headquarters of Viper Sensor Intelligence Systems,[3] during its hostile corporate takeover of VSIS,[4] which quickly eliminated its ground floor security units. A garrison remained in order to assist with the transition.[3]

Behind the scenes

The AAD-4 assault droid was originally created for HoloNet News Vol. 531 50, a HoloNet News article written by Pablo Hidalgo and Paul Ens with illustrations by Joe Corroney[3] that was released on April 4, 2002.[6] Its design was derived from early droideka concept art developed by Doug Chiang for the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[7]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Databank title AAD-4 in the Databank (original site is defunct)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 According to The New Essential Guide to Droids, battle droids are classified as class four droids.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 HNNsmall Sensor Technology Dispute Settled in Takeover — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #50 (original site is defunct)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 4 ("AAD-4")
  5. ↑ The New Essential Chronology
  6. ↑ The Official HoloNetNews Discussion Thread (post by Mavrick889) on the Jedi Council Forums' Literature board (April 4, 2002) (backup link)
  7. ↑ The Art of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace