Droid

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A droid is a robot, specifically the intelligent robots in the fictional Star Wars universe. Famous droids include R2-D2 and C-3PO. Less famous droids in the Star Wars saga include: 2-1B medic, EV-9D9, Federation battle droid, HK-47, IG-88, Imperial probe droid, Pit droid, Power droid (Gonk droid), R5-D4, Treadwell and the YVH 1 Droid from the New Jedi Order novel Star by Star.

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Robot - Star Wars - R2-D2 - C-3PO - 2-1B - EV-9D9 - Battle droid - HK-47 - IG-88 - Probe droid - Pit droid - Gonk droid - R5-D4 - Treadwell - YVH 1 Droid - New Jedi Order - Star by Star

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Droids are used for many different purposes. Astromech droids (or Astrodroids) such as R2-D2 are used aboard starships, as well as for repair work. Protocol droids like C-3P0 are used for diplomatic affairs and for translating. The two leading droid manufacturers are Cybot Galactica and Industrial Automaton.

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Astromech droid - Protocol droid - Cybot Galactica - Industrial Automaton

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The word "droid" is a contraction of "android," and in the novelization of ' was spelled with an apostrophe ("'droid"), a convention that has since been dropped. It is used to describe just about any robot, even those that are not humanoid in appearance. Some droids do, however, exhibit human-like behavior; for example, they may react emotionally and think intelligently and self-reflectively.

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Android - Humanoid

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It is widely believed that the hostility shown towards droids in Episodes IV-VI is a result of animosity stemming from the fact that droid armies led the army of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the group erroneously believed to be responsible for the Clone Wars. Expanded Universe authors have also attributed it to the Empire's general xenophobia and anti-alien bias.

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Confederacy of Independent Systems - Clone Wars - Expanded Universe - Xenophobia - Alien

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See also: robots in literature

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