Motivator

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A blown motivator on a R5 astromech droid

A blown motivator on a R5 astromech droid

"This R2 unit has a bad motivator."
―Luke Skywalker[1]

A motivator or motivator unit was an internal mechanism that was primarily used in droids that allowed them to be able move. The motivator converted energy into mechanical motion.[2]

A standard type of motivator found in Service droids around 4 ABY was the FV50 unit. Binary motivators were used in starships such as StarSpeeder 1000s.

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  1. ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  2. ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia