Salvage Droid

Before there were astromech droids, there were salvage droids (or utility droids) that were used for a variety of basic tasks.

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From the StarWars.com Databank

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The Movies

While a crashed Podracer can please an audience starved for entertainment, the resulting debris makes for an even more hazardous course. To clean up the wreckage, race organizers employ these hovering salvage droid s.

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Expanded Universe

Omnidirectional homing mechanics housed in the holding arm help the P-100 Salvage Droid s locate distress beacons carried by downed Podracers. Each holding arm carries three P-100s that pick the wreckage clean of salvageable parts.

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Behind the Scenes

Though the salvage droid was designed and included in early animatics of the Podrace sequence, they were ultimately cut out of the released film. Newly completed effects footage of them in action is included in the DVD release of The Phantom Menace .

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