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[[File:SWCA - From Droid Builder's Club Room (17015328980)-Cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|A model replica of medical droid [[2-1B]] from Droid Builder's Club Room with a [[battle droid]] in the background.]]
A '''droid''' is a fictional [[robot]] possessing some degree of [[artificial intelligence]] in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[science fiction]] franchise. Coined by special effects artist [[John Stears]], the term is a [[Clipping (morphology)|clipped]] form of "[[android (robot)|android]]",<ref>[http://thewordguy.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/droid-d%C9%B9%C9%94%C9%AAd/ droid], ''The Word Guy''. (November 9, 2009)</ref> a word originally reserved for robots designed to look and act like a human.<ref name="Prucher2007">{{cite book|first=Jeff |last=Prucher|title=Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iYzi8m8FbEsC&pg=PA6|accessdate=February 20, 2016|date=May 7, 2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-530567-8|pages=6–7}}</ref> The word "droid" has been a registered trademark of [[Lucasfilm]] Ltd since 1977.<ref name="uspto 1977">{{cite web | url = http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=1113700&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=US_REGISTRATION_NO&searchType=statusSearch | title = DROID (Original registration) | publisher = [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] | date = September 22, 1977 | accessdate = February 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="uspto 2008">{{cite web | url = http://tarr.uspto.gov/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77580336&action=Request+Status | title = DROID (Current registration) | publisher = United States Patent and Trademark Office | date = September 26, 2008 | accessdate = August 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/droid | title = Droid|work=The Free Encyclopedia|date= 1981 | accessdate = February 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="PC">{{cite web | url = https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366079,00.asp| title = TweetUp Buys, Renames Twidroid Twitter App.| first = Mark| last = Hachman|work=[[PC Magazine]]| date = July 6, 2010| accessdate = July 13, 2010}}</ref>

==''Star Wars''==
The franchise, which began with the 1977 film ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'', features a variety of droids designed to perform specific functions.

===Protocol droid===
A [[protocol (diplomacy)|protocol]] droid specializes in [[translation]], [[etiquette]] and [[convention (norm)|cultural customs]], and is typically humanoid in appearance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/protocol-droid |title=Databank: Protocol Droids |publisher=[[StarWars.com]]|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> The most notable example is [[C-3PO]], introduced in ''Star Wars'' and featured in all sequels and prequels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/c-3po |title=Databank: C-3PO |publisher=StarWars.com|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> [[4-LOM]] is a protocol droid turned bounty hunter who responds to [[Darth Vader]]'s call to capture the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/4-lom |title=Databank: 4-LOM |publisher=StarWars.com |accessdate=February 19, 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023174856/http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/fourlom/ |archivedate=October 23, 2008 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/4-LOM|title=Databank: 4-LOM (Archived) |publisher=StarWars.com |accessdate=February 19, 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023174856/http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/fourlom/ |archivedate=October 23, 2008 }}</ref> [[TC-14]] is a droid with feminine programming that appears in ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/tc-14 |title=Databank: TC-14 |publisher=StarWars.com|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> and [[ME-8D9]] is an "ancient protocol droid of unknown manufacture" that resides and works as a translator at [[Maz Kanata]]’s castle on [[Takodana]] in the 2015 ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/me-8d9 |title=Databank: ME-8D9 |publisher=StarWars.com|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref>

===Astromech droid===
[[File:SWCA - From Droid Builder's Club Room (17202285871).jpg|thumb|200px|SWCA - Replicas of Astromech Droids [[R5-D4]] (left) and [[R2-D2]] (right foreground), from the [[Star Wars Celebration|''Star Wars'' Celebration]] in [[Anaheim, California]] (April 2015)]]
An astromech droid is one of a series of "versatile utility robots generally used for the maintenance and repair of [[starship]]s and related technology".<ref name="SW Astromech">{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/astromech-droid |title=Databank: Astromech Droids |publisher=StarWars.com|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> These small droids usually possess "a variety of tool-tipped appendages that are stowed in recessed compartments".<ref name="SW Astromech"/> [[R2-D2]] is an astromech droid introduced in 1977's ''Star Wars'' and featured in all subsequent films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/r2-d2 |title=Databank: R2-D2 |publisher=StarWars.com|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> The malfunctioning droid [[R5-D4]] also makes a brief appearance in ''Star Wars''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/r5-d4|title=Databank: R5-D4 |publisher=StarWars.com|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> [[U9-C4]] is a timid droid sent on a mission with D-Squad, an all-droid special unit in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/u9-c4 |title=Databank: U9-C4 |publisher=StarWars.com |accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> [[C1-10P]] is an oft-repaired, "outmoded" astromech who is one of the ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'' regular characters,<ref name="chopper">{{cite web|last=Hibberd|first=James|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/28/star-wars-rebels-new-droid-revealed/|title=''Star Wars Rebels'': New droid revealed|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=January 28, 2014|accessdate=February 13, 2014}}</ref> and [[BB-8]] is the astromech droid of [[X-wing fighter]] pilot [[Poe Dameron]] in ''The Force Awakens''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/bb-8 |title=Databank: BB-8 |publisher=StarWars.com |accessdate=December 4, 2015}}</ref>

===Battle droid===
A [[battle droid]] is a class of [[military robot]] in the [[Star Wars prequel trilogy|''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy]] of films (1999–2005) and the ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' TV series (2008–14), used as an easily controlled alternative to human soldiers.<ref name="SW Battle">{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/battle-droid |title=Databank: Battle Droid |publisher=StarWars.com|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> The tall, thin B1 model resembles the [[Geonosian]] race, who designed the droids, and are known to "suffer programming glitches that manifest as personality quirks".<ref name="SW Battle"/> The [[droideka (Star Wars)|droideka]] is a three-legged [[heavy infantry]] unit with twin blasters and the ability to generate a force shield and transform into a disk shape.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/droideka |title=Databank: Droideka |publisher=StarWars.com|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> Multiple other types of specialized battle droids have been featured in the films and the TV series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/search?q=battle+droid |title=Battle Droids (Various) |publisher=StarWars.com|accessdate=February 20, 2016}}</ref>

[[HK-47]] is a humanoid soldier robot, designed as a violent killer, which first appeared in the 2003 [[video game]] ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/441/441810p1.html |title=''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'' Review |first=Aaron |last=Boulding |date=November 21, 2003 |publisher=[[IGN]] |accessdate=February 20, 2016}}</ref>
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===Other droids===
[[File:Probe droid.png|thumb|120px|Probe droid]]
''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' has featured [[WAC-47]], a "pit droid" programmed as a pilot and sent on a mission with the all-droid special unit D-Squad,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/wac-47 |title=Databank: WAC-47 |publisher=StarWars.com|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> and [[AZI-3]], a medical droid serving the cloners of [[Kamino (Star Wars)|Kamino]] who helps uncover the secret of [[Order 66]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/azi-3 |title=Databank: AZI-3 |publisher=StarWars.com|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> The 2015 young adult novel ''[[Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure]]'' by [[Cecil Castellucci]] and Jason Fry introduces the droid [[PZ-4CO]], to whom [[Princess Leia|Leia Organa]] dictates her memoirs.<ref name="SFS Target">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2015/11/guest-review-star-wars-moving-target-princess-leia-adventure-cecil-castellucci-jason-fry/ |work=[[SF Signal]] |title=''Star Wars: Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure'' by Cecil Castellucci and Jason Fry |first=Jay |last=Sherer |date=November 6, 2015 |accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Deseret Target">{{cite web |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/top/3503/7/Moving-Target-A-Princess-Leia-Adventure-The-new-canon-books-to-read-before-you-see-Star-Wars-The.html |work=[[Deseret News]] |title=The new canon books to read before you see ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' |first=Freeman |last=Stevenson |date=December 9, 2015 |accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> PZ-4CO also appears in ''The Force Awakens'' (2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/gallery/even-more-cameos-and-secrets-star-wars-force-awakens/2418123_all-crops-gallery-star-wars-vii-force-awakens-2015-billie-lourde|title=''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'': A collection of cameos and Easter eggs: Friend of the General|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|work=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 18, 2015|accessdate=December 18, 2015}}</ref> In the 2016 film ''[[Rogue One]]'', [[K-2SO]] is an Imperial enforcer droid reprogrammed by the [[Rebel Alliance]].<ref name="Travers">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-movie-review-w454808|title=Peter Travers: ''Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' Movie Review|work=[[Rolling Stones]]|first=Peter |last=Travers|authorlink=Peter Travers|date=December 13, 2016|accessdate=December 14, 2016}}</ref>
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== First usage ==
The term "Droid" was first used in the science fiction story "Robots of the World! Arise!" by Mari Wolf, published in ''[[If (magazine)|If: Worlds of Science Fiction]]'' in July 1952.
{{Quote|text=Jack shook his head. "It's crazy. They're swarming all over Carron City. They're stopping robots in the streets--household Robs, commercial Droids, all of them."<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/31611/pg31611.txt|title=Robots of the World! Arise!|first=Mari |last=Wolf |journal=[[If (magazine)|If: Worlds of Science Fiction]] |date=July 1952}}</ref>|author=Mari Wolf|title="Robots of the World! Arise!"}}

Lucasfilm registered "droid" as a trademark in 1977.<ref name="uspto 1977"/><ref name="uspto 2008"/><ref name="PC"/>

== Trademark use ==
The term "Droid" has been used by Verizon Wireless under licence from Lucasfilm, for their line of [[smartphone]]s based on the [[Android (operating system)|Android]] operating system. Motorola's late-2009 Google Android-based cell phone is called the [[Motorola Droid|Droid]]. This line of phone has been expanded to include other Android-based phones released under Verizon, including the [[HTC Hero#U.S. variants|HTC Droid Eris]], the HTC [[Droid Incredible]], [[Motorola Droid X]], [[Motorola Droid 2]], and [[Motorola Droid Pro]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/18/droid-2-surprise-handon/
|title = Droid 2 Gets a Surprise Hand-On | publisher = AndroidGuys |accessdate = 2010-08-24}}</ref> The term was also used for the Lucasfilm projects [[EditDroid]], a [[non-linear editing system]], and [[SoundDroid]], an early digital audio workstation.

The name "Omnidroid" was used with permission of Lucasfilm for the 2004 [[Pixar]] movie, "[[The Incredibles]]".

==See also==
* [[Battle droid]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* {{Star Wars Databank|subject=astromech-droid|text=Astromech Droids}}
* {{Star Wars Databank|subject=protocol-droid|text=Protocol Droids}}
* {{Wookieepedia|Astromech droid}}

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