Labor droid

Labor droids,^[1] also referred to as laborer droids,^[2] worker droids,^[3] were a type of droid designed to perform manual tasks,^[1] such as unloading cargo from transports^[4][5] or collecting scrap metal into piles.^[6]

A model of labor droid known as the PK-series worker droid^[7] was used by the Trade Federation aboard^[8] the Saak'ak,^[7] a modified^[9] Lucrehulk-class LH-3210 cargo freighter,^[7] during the Invasion of Naboo, and the Federation used labor droids to collect the still-usable remains of B1 battle droids destroyed during the Battle of Naboo.^[8]

The ASP-series labor droid was a series of labor droid used on worlds across the galaxy,^[1] including Coruscant,^[10] Florrum,^[6] and Tatooine.^[11] An ASP droid designated K0-5D was heavily modified for gladiatorial combat and fought in the sparring pits aboard the Weequay pirate ship Marauder, where he usually emerged triumphant due to his steel-shredding servos and integrated flamethrower, earning him the nickname "Maximo."^[12] The DA worker droid was active on Corellia.^[13]

A RIC-series general labor droid,^[14] a crude model of labor droid^[15] also known as a rickshaw droid,^[16] designated RIC-920^[7] pulled a rickshaw in Mos Espa, a port city located on the desert world of Tatooine,^[17] and another RIC was in use on the planet Jakku.^[15] Labor droids equipped with repulsorlifts were utilized in a refinery complex located in an asteroid field known as Pressy's Tumble.^[18] A CLL-M2 binary loadlifter, was a model of a binary loadlifter labor droid designed solely to lift heavy cargo from one location to another.^[19]

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Behind the scenes

Labor droids first appeared in Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, a 1976 Star Wars Legends novelization of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster but credited to George Lucas.^[20] They became canon when several ASP-series labor droids were digitally inserted into the 1997 Special Edition version of A New Hope.^[11]

Appearances

Non-canon appearances

• LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars — "The Chase with Han"
• LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars — "Escape with Chewbacca"

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