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Power droids were unsophisticated droids that acted as ambulatory batteries, recharging vehicles and machinery.[1] They were equipped with a small, internal power generator and several plug-in sockets.[2]
Although they were extremely important to both military and civilian life, power droids were so commonly encountered in the galaxy that they often went unnoticed.[1] The GNK-series by Industrial Automaton and the EG-series droid by Veril Line Systems were popular power droids. Both were commonly referred to as "gonks" due to the low honking sounds they made. Another notable model of power droid was the PLNK-series power droid that held tibanna gas;[2] PLNK-series droids were commonly known as "plunk droids" due to their distinctive honking sound.[3]
Apart from the EG-series, Veril Line also manufactured[4] the miniaturized EGL power droid[5] and ECG-series power droid.[6] Lesser-seen models of power droid included[7] the MPH power droid[5] which was used by the Pyke Syndicate to power devices in the Kessel spice mines,[8] the KT power droid[5] utilized on Jakku[9] and the heavily modified individual WG-22.[10]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Force Arena
- Star Wars: Galactic Defense
- Star Wars: Starfighter Missions
-
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — "The Young Jedi" - Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — "Yoda's Mission"
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — "Squadron"
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — "The Jedi and the Thief"
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — "The Missing Kibbin"
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — "Kai's Bad Day"
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — "The Talon Takeover"
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — "The Prince and the Pirate"
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — "A Jedi or a Pirate"
- The High Republic (2023) 3
-
Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld — "The Good Life" - Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld — "A Good Turn"
- The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special 1
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Battlefront II
- "Probe Droid Problem" — Darth Maul (2017) 1
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Clone Cadets" (In flashback(s)) - Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Shadow of Malevolence"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Rookies"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Jedi Crash"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Storm Over Ryloth"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Cargo of Doom"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Children of the Force"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Senate Spy"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Landing at Point Rain"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Mandalore Plot"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Duchess of Mandalore"
- Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch—Ghost Agents 1
- Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch—Rogue Agents 2
- Forces of Destiny: Daring Adventures: Volume 1 (and audiobook) (Picture only)
- "Ghosts of the Machine" — Tales from the Rancor Pit (Appears in nightmare)
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"Tales of Villainy: Trade Relations" — Star Wars Adventures (2020) 8 - Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Nomad Droids"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Friend in Need"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crisis on Naboo"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bound for Rescue"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Point of No Return"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Death on Utapau"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Bad Batch"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Distant Echo"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Unfinished Business"
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Cut and Run" - Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Replacements"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Cornered"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Rampage"
- Darth Vader (2017) 11
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Battle Scars"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Bounty Lost"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Common Ground"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Rescue on Ryloth"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Infested"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "War-Mantle"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Return to Kamino"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Entombed"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Truth and Consequences"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Retrieval"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Metamorphosis"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Pabu"
- Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Tipping Point"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Plan 99"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Cavalry Has Arrived"
- Kanan 4
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Rescue (and audiobook)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition (and audiobook)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 3
-
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I" - Star Wars (2015) 15
- Han Solo & Chewbacca 9 (In flashback(s))
-
Star Wars: Andor — "Kassa" -
Star Wars Rebels — "Blood Sisters" - Leia Organa: Ordeal of the Princess
- Star Wars Rebels — "The Protector of Concord Dawn"
-
"Escaping the Scrap Pile" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 19 - Star Wars Rebels — "The Forgotten Droid"
- Star Wars Rebels — "Warhead"
- "An Old Hope" — Life Day Treasury
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Star Wars: Rogue One: Secret Mission
- Bounty Hunt
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Chewbacca (2015) 1
- Chewie and the Courageous Kid (reprinted in Galactic Adventures Storybook Collection)
- Chewbacca (2015) 2
- Chewbacca (2015) 3
- Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original (Wreckage only)
- Star Wars (2015) 5
- Darth Vader (2015) 7 (Wreckage only)
- "Droid Dilemma" — Star Wars (2015) 25 (reprinted in Droids Unplugged 1)
- Star Wars (2015) 40 (In flashback(s))
- Doctor Aphra (2016) 39
- "An Echo of Victory" — Empire Ascendant 1
- "Gift of Light" — Life Day 1
- Forces of Destiny—Leia
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars (2020) 8
- Star Wars Outlaws
- Hidden Empire 2
- Star Wars (2020) 36
- Dark Droids 1
- Dark Droids 2
- Dark Droids 3
- Doctor Aphra (2020) 37
- Dark Droids: D-Squad 4
- Star Wars (2020) 38
- Dark Droids 4
- Darth Vader (2020) 41
- Star Wars (2020) 47
- Return of the Jedi – The Empire 1
- Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (and audiobook)
- Tales From the Nightlands 2
- Return of the Jedi – The Rebellion 1 (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
- Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: Uprising
-
"Blade Squadron: Zero Hour" — Star Wars Insider 160 (reprinted in Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 1) (Picture only) - Aftermath (and audiobook)
- Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle 1 (In dream)
- Star Wars: Squadrons
- Aftermath: Life Debt (and audiobook)
- Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 5
- "Past is Prologue" — Free Comic Book Day 2025: Star Wars 1
- Hunters: Battle for the Arena (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
-
Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" - The Mandalorian: Season 1: Volume 1
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger"
- The Mandalorian 5
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 9: The Marshal"
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 10: The Passenger"
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Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" - Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine"
- Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm" (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian"
- Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor"
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore"
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 21: The Pirate"
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire"
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Star Wars: Ahsoka — "Part One: Master and Apprentice" - Star Wars: Ahsoka — "Part Four: Fallen Jedi"
- "Galactic Tales: A Loose Connection" — Star Wars Insider 235 (Frame only)
- "High Noon on Jakku" (reprinted in Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I)
- Life Day 1
- "SaBBotage" — Poe Dameron 1 (reprinted in Droids Unplugged 1)
- "Robot Resistance" — Age of Resistance Special 1
- Poe Dameron 20
- Hyperspace Stories—Codebreaker 1
- Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Graphic Novel Adaptation
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (and audiobook)
- Age of Resistance - Rey 1
- Star Wars Adventures Ashcan
- Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
- Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay
- Choose Your Destiny: A Finn & Poe Adventure (and audiobook) (Wreckage only)
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
- Star Wars: Datapad
- Star Wars: Batuu Bounty Hunters
- Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge
- Galaxy's Edge – Echoes of the Empire 1
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"Tales from Wild Space: Gonk!" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 8 - "Tales from Wild Space: The Blue Brothers" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 13
- Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
Non-canon appearances
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"Escape Pod for Sale!" — LEGO Club Magazine March/April 2016 - LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Race on Tatooine" - LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Thrown Into Battle"
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "A New Home"
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return to the Wheel"
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Star Wars: Visions — "The Duel" - Ronin: A Visions Novel (and audiobook)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
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"Overpowered!" — LEGO Star Wars 100 - "Darth Vader: Hunter for Hire" — LEGO Star Wars 118
- "The Uncontained Cargo" — LEGO Star Wars 134
Sources
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The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Shadow of Malevolence on StarWars.com (original site is defunct) -
"Shadow of Malevolence" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) - Ultimate Star Wars
- Rey's Survival Guide
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- Special Modifications (Picture only)
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75146 Star Wars Advent Calendar)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Art of Coloring: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 6 Droid Directory: EGL Power Droids
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- The Last Jedi: Bomber Command (Picture only)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
- Star Wars: Alien Archive (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Droidography
- Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
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Droid Depot toy line (Pack: The Droid Factory) (backup link) - Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills (Picture only)
- LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75245 Star Wars Advent Calendar)
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- "A Distant Echo" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
-
Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece Series (Sixth Scale Figure: #554: Jawa & EG-6 Power Droid) (backup link) -
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Connections" - LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75293 Resistance I-TS Transport)
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Star Wars: The Vintage Collection (Pack: #167: Power Droid) (backup link) - "Republic, Rebel, and Resistance Starfighters" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Picture only)
- "Cut and Run" Episode Guide | The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
- LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75314 The Bad Batch Attack Shuttle)
-
Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — "Beeps" - Star Wars Droids Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
- LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75340 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar)
- LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75347 TIE Bomber)
-
Star Wars Outlaws: Behind The Scenes - Crafting a Galaxy of Opportunity on the official Ubisoft YouTube channel (backup link) - LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75366 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar)
- Star Wars Outlaws Official Gameplay: All the Star Wars Lore, Details & Easter Eggs | Ubisoft Forward on the official Ubisoft YouTube channel (backup link)
-
Star Wars Outlaws: Official Gameplay Showcase | Ubisoft Forward on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) - Star Wars Outlaws: Behind The Scenes – Navigating the Underworld on the official Ubisoft YouTube channel (backup link)
- Star Wars Outlaws Is Here! on StarWars.com (backup link) (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- The Art of Star Wars: Outlaws
-
8D8 in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only) - GNK Droid in the Databank (backup link)
Non-canon sources
- LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation | Official Trailer | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GNK Droid in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- ↑ "Shadow of Malevolence" Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 6 Droid Directory: EGL Power Droids
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2
Star Wars By the Numbers: Every Droid in Star Wars on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
- ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition