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Shadow Droid

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Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.

Shadow Droids were Imperial starfighters piloted by surgically implanted organic brains, making the Shadow Droid more of a cyborg rather than a true battle droid.

Text and facts from the “Shadow Droid” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Manufacturer
Imperial Department of Military Research
Model
Imperial Shadow Droid
Cost
Not available for sale
Length
6 meters
Max speed
1,150 km/h
Hdsystem
None
Shield gen
Equipped
Countermeasures
Stealth coating
Armament
Laser cannons (2)
Ion cannon (1)
Repeating blaster cannon (1)
Electromagnetic pulse gun (1)
Concussion missile launcher (1)
Proton torpedo launcher (1)
Crew
Disembodied organic brain (1)
Passengers
None
Capacity
None
Consumables
None
Role
Starfighter
Affiliations
Galactic Empire
Dark Empire

Appearances

3 works, in story order
  1. Jaws of the Sarlacc (mentioned only)
  2. Dark Empire II 1 (first appearance)
  3. Empire's End 2

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