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- "Thank the maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good. I've got such a bad case of dust contamination, I can barely move!"
- ―C-3PO
An oil bath, also known as a lubrication bath,[3] was a means of removing accumulated grime, such as dust, from a droid. This was similar to a human (for example) taking a water bath.
During the Clone Wars, Droid Spa, a maintenance spa business on Coruscant, offered an automated oil bath as part of their regular service.[1] During the Age of the Empire, the Jelucani teenager Thane Kyrell managed to bribe his tutor droid CZ-1 into releasing him from his mathematics lesson by offering him a lubrication bath.[4]
After traveling through the desert of Tatooine and being captured by Jawa scavengers, the protocol droid C-3PO was purchased by Owen Lars, who turned the droid over to the care of Luke Skywalker. Skywalker, noticing the heavy dust contamination on C-3PO, gave him an oil bath, which delighted him.[2]
Appearances
- Star Wars Battlefront II (Mentioned only)
- Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Evil Plans" - Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Missing in Action" (Mentioned only)
- Lost Stars (and audiobook) (as lubrication bath)
- Rise of the Rebels (Mentioned only)
- The Rebellion Begins (Mentioned only)
- Battle to the End (Mentioned only) (as lubrication bath)
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Star Wars Rebels — "In the Name of the Rebellion" (Mentioned only) - "An Old Hope" — Life Day Treasury (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization
- The Rise of a Hero (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Heroes Path
- The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars (2015) 3 (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars (2015) 10 (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars (2015) 36 (Mentioned only)
- Darth Vader (2020) 1
- Dark Droids 1 (Mentioned only)
- Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- "Fortuna Favors the Bold" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
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"Galactic Tales: Lost in the Woods" — Star Wars Insider 221 (Mentioned only) - "The Key to Remembering" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: Hunters (Mentioned only)
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore" (Mentioned only) - "Scorched" — Star Wars Insider 165 (reprinted in Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 2) (Mentioned only)
- Bloodline (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
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"Sector 7-E" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 17 (Mentioned only) - Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- C-3PO Does NOT Like Sand!
- "Tales from Wild Space: Alone in the Dark" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 26 (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (Mentioned only)
Non-canon appearances
- Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
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LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Maker of Zoh" - LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Showdown on Hoth" (Mentioned only)
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"Boba's Bounty" — LEGO Star Wars 82 - LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- "Clash on Kashyyyk" — LEGO Star Wars 83 (Mentioned only)
- "Fighter Flight" — LEGO Star Wars 96
- "Overpowered!" — LEGO Star Wars 100 (Mentioned only)
- "The Search for C-3PO" — LEGO Star Wars 102 (Mentioned only)
- "The Droid Defenders" — LEGO Star Wars 106
- "The Double Trap" — LEGO Star Wars 115
- "The Way of the Lightsaber" — LEGO Star Wars 120 (Mentioned only)
- "Escape from Danger" — LEGO Star Wars 122
