- "Used to hang out with that mouthy tactical droid. What was his name?"
- ―Han Solo on the L-1 tactical droid SV-3
The L-1g general purpose droid,[12] also known as the L-1 general purpose droid,[13] L-1 general service droid,[1] or L-1g worker droid,[3] was a model of service droid commonly used for basic operational tasks. The droid was equipped with an AA-1 VerboBrain processor on par with that of a high-end protocol droid[1] and versatile language processors. Due to its capacity to calculate complex scenarios, some referred to the model as the L-1 tactical droid.[2] However, few bothered to use the L-1 unit to its full potential.[1]
In the year 14 BBY,[14] the Scrapper Guild used L-1g units painted in blue with red stripes as foremen on the planet Bracca.[8] One year later[14] in Coronet City on the planet Corellia, units painted yellow with blue stripes were employed on shipyards for various menial tasks,[13] including disassembling hydro transfer conduit to clear a minnow blockage.[12] In 10 BBY,[14] the Pyke Syndicate forced multiple L-1g droids like GM12-L1 and MK5-L1 to work in the Spice mines of Kessel.[12] In 5 BBY, a L-1g droid stood in front of a shop on Ferrix.[15] SV-3 was a L-1 tactical droid that worked with the Barbadelan Karamu[11] and K-OHN was a manumitted L-1 tactical droid that worked in Jedha City[2] shortly before it's destruction[6] in 1 BBY.[14]
Behind the scenes
The L-1g general purpose droid first appeared, albeit unidentified, in the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story[6] and was first identified in the accompanying reference book Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide[2] and was performed by actor and creature performer Dee Tails.[16] While the book identified the model as the L-1 tactical droid,[2] the 2018 reference book Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide identified it as the L-1g general purpose droid.[12] The reference book Star Wars: Droidography released later that year, then clarified that while some referred to the L-1g as a tactical droid due to its capacity to calculate complex scenarios, it was actually a model of service droid.[1]
Appearances
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Inquisitors 3
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 1
Star Wars: Andor — "Kassa"
Star Wars: Andor — "Narkina 5"
Star Wars: Andor — "Daughter of Ferrix"
Star Wars: Andor — "I Have Friends Everywhere"- Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle 3 (In flashback(s))
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (First appearance)
- Star Wars (2020) 8
- Doctor Aphra (2020) 37
Sources
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide (First identified as L-1 tactical droid)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide (First identified as L-1g general purpose droid)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 72 Droid Directory: Droids of NiJedha
- YT-1300 Millennium Falcon Owners' Workshop Manual (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Droidography (First identified as L-1 general service droid)
Star Wars By the Numbers: Every Droid in Star Wars on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (original link is obsolete)- Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide (First identified as L-1g worker droid)
- Star Wars: Extraordinary Droids
- Star Wars Day-at-a-Time Calendar 2023
L-1 Droid in the Databank (backup link) (First identified as L-1 general purpose droid)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars: Droidography
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide
- ↑ Star Wars: Extraordinary Droids
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Solo: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Doctor Aphra (2020) 37
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- ↑ Inquisitors 3
- ↑ Star Wars (2020) 8
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle 3
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
- ↑ 13.0 13.1
L-1 Droid in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑
Star Wars: Andor — "Kassa""
- ↑
Dee Tails (@deetails) on Twitter (post on January 6, 2017): "This is the L-1 Droid I get to play in Rogue One." (backup link)