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An oil bath, also known as a lubrication bath, 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. 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.

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.

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Droid Spa
Lars homestead

Appearances

38 works, in story order
  1. Star Wars Battlefront II (mentioned only)
  2. Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (mentioned only)
  3. Evil Plans
  4. Missing in Action (mentioned only)
  5. Lost Stars
  6. Rise of the Rebels (mentioned only)
  7. The Rebellion Begins (mentioned only)
  8. Battle to the End (mentioned only)
  9. In the Name of the Rebellion (mentioned only)
  10. An Old Hope (mentioned only)
  11. Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (first appearance)
  12. A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy
  13. Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization
  14. The Rise of a Hero (mentioned only)
  15. Star Wars: Heroes Path
  16. The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure (mentioned only)
  17. Star Wars (2015) 3 (mentioned only)
  18. Star Wars (2015) 10 (mentioned only)
  19. Star Wars (2015) 36 (mentioned only)
  20. Darth Vader (2020) 1
  21. Dark Droids 1 (mentioned only)
  22. Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (mentioned only)
  23. Fortuna Favors the Bold (mentioned only)
  24. Galactic Tales: Lost in the Woods (mentioned only)
  25. The Key to Remembering (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  26. Star Wars: Hunters (mentioned only)
  27. Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore (mentioned only)
  28. Scorched (mentioned only)
  29. Bloodline (mentioned only)
  30. Sector 7-E (mentioned only)
  31. Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization (mentioned only)
  32. Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (mentioned only)
  33. C-3PO Does NOT Like Sand!
  34. Galaxy's Edge – Echoes of the Empire 4 (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  35. Tales from Wild Space: Alone in the Dark (mentioned only)
  36. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (mentioned only)
  37. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (mentioned only)
  38. Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (mentioned only)
Non-canon appearances: 13
  1. Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
  2. The Maker of Zoh
  3. Showdown on Hoth (mentioned only)
  4. Boba's Bounty
  5. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
  6. Clash on Kashyyyk (mentioned only)
  7. Fighter Flight
  8. Overpowered! (mentioned only)
  9. The Search for C-3PO (mentioned only)
  10. The Droid Defenders
  11. The Double Trap
  12. The Way of the Lightsaber (mentioned only)
  13. Escape from Danger

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