R1-M8 service droid

The R1-M8 service droid was a model of service droid manufactured by the time of the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the reconstituted Sith Empire. By around 3643 BBY, several R1-M8 units malfunctioned and attacked their owners.

Around that year, an individual associated with one of the two opposing factions of the Cold War sent a companion to determine the cause of the malfunctioning R1-M8 service droids. The companion traced the malfunctions to a rookie slicer attempting to sabotage the company that had manufactured the droids. The company subsequently gave a reward for the arrest of the slicer.

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