The directional droid,^[1] or orbital tech-support droid^[3] was a droid model used to assist Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptors while docking with hyperspace transport rings. The droids were fitted with yellow lights that turned green when the transport ring was correctly oriented, allowing the pilot to depart. When Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi departed Coruscant for Utapau towards the end of the Clone Wars, two directional droids helped orient his transport ring for his hyperspace journey.^[2]

Appearances[]

• Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)

Sources[]

• Star Wars: Complete Vehicles (as orbital tech-support droid)
• Every Droid in Star Wars | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (content now obsolete; backup link) (First identified as directional droid)
• Star Wars Complete Vehicles, New Edition

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