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- "As someone who's been with one human family for multiple generations, I'm well aware that the organic birthing process is rather complicated. Fortunately, the Chroon-Tan B-Machine is a midwife droid programmed to safely deliver your latest models off your internal assembly line and into the world with minimal startup issues"
- ―R0-GR
The Chroon-Tan B-Machine,[1] also known as the Chroon-Tan midwife droid,[5] was was a type of midwife droid designed to assist with the organic birthing process. The floating medical droid was designed to assist a variety of species with birth and newborn care. These droids had white faces inset with green and blue light sensors,[1] rotund silver bodies,[4] and thermal cushions to warm and cradle newborns.[1] They were programmed to make soothing cooing sounds during childbirth.[3] One of these medical units assisted with the birth of Senator Padmé Amidala's twin children, Luke and Leia, in the Polis Massa Base.[4]
Years after, Darth Vader visited the Polis Massa Base, with his forensics droid ZED-6-7 accessing the memory bank of a damaged Chroon-Tan B-Machine, allowing Vader to watch footage his wife's plea that there was still good in Anakin, directed to his former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, before dying.[6] Sometime after that, Sabé returned to the ruined base where she spoke to the damaged droid and saw the same recording of Amidala's last words.[7]
Appearances
- Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)
- Darth Vader (2020) 5 (Wreckage only)
- Darth Vader (2020) 18 (Wreckage only)
- Darth Vader (2020) 20 (Wreckage only) (In flashback(s))
- Darth Vader (2020) 23 (Wreckage only) (In flashback(s))
Sources
- Ultimate Star Wars (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 22 Guide to the Galaxy: The History of Polis Massa (First identified as Chroon-Tan midwife droid)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection: Hoth Rebel Soldier Databank A-Z: Kel Dor–Ki-Adi-Mundi (Picture only)
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: R2-D2 Deluxe Book and Model Set (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia (as midwife droid)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 43 Droid Directory: Polis Massan Medical Droids (as midwife droid)
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition (as midwife droid)
- Star Wars: Droidography (First identified as Chroon-Tan B-Machine)
- "R2-D2" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Timelines
Bail Organa in the Databank (backup link) (Biography Gallery, slide 18)- Midwife Droid in the Databank (backup link) (as midwife droid)
- Padmé Amidala in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only) (Biography Gallery, slide 28)
- Polis Massa in the Databank (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars: Droidography
- ↑ Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3
Midwife Droid in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 22 Guide to the Galaxy: The History of Polis Massa
- ↑ Darth Vader (2020) 5
- ↑ Darth Vader (2020) 18