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Stretch droids were a type of droid[2] with two brown legs, a black, ribbed cylindrical body and a conical head with a single black photoreceptor.[1] In 32 BBY,[3] a stretch droid was stood next to an RMS droid[2] near the door of the Toydarian Watto's shop in the town of Mos Espa on the planet Tatooine when the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn, Queen Padmé Amidala, the Gungan Jar Jar Binks and the astromech droid R2-D2 entered.[1]
Behind the scenes
A stretch droid first appeared in the 1999 prequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[1] The droid was first identified in "Every Droid in Star Wars" a video released in 2019 by the Star Wars Kids YouTube channel.[2] The name stretch droid originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was originally used in the caption for a promotional still from Episode I published in the Hyperspace Fan Club section of StarWars.com.[4]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
Sources
Star Wars By the Numbers: Every Droid in Star Wars on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (original link is obsolete) (First identified as stretch droid)- "Tatooine" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Picture only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
Star Wars By the Numbers: Every Droid in Star Wars on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, which includes the appearance of an RMS droid, to 32 BBY.
- ↑
Photoreceptor - Stretch and Friend on Hyperspace (content obsolete and backup link not available)