Shopkeeper droids,^[3] also known as vendor droids^[4] or shopkeeping drones,^[5] were a type of droid designed to function as merchants.^[2] They were proprogrammed to be obsequious and desire to make customers happy.^[4] The GL vendor droid was a model of shopkeeper droid.^[6] Jawas^[7] modified R1-series astromech droids^[8] into R1-type shopkeeping drones.^[7]

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Behind the scenes[]

Shopkeeper droids first appeared in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, the first installment of the Star Wars prequel trilogy.^[9] They were first identified as such in the StarWars.com episode guide for "Duchess of Mandalore,"^[3] the fourteenth episode of the canon animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars' second season.^[10] In the third season episode "Evil Plans," a masculine shopkeeper droid was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker^[2] while in the fifth season episode "Eminence" a feminine one was voiced by Anna Graves.^[11]

Appearances[]

• "A Coruscant Solstice" — Life Day Treasury
• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Duchess of Mandalore"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Lethal Trackdown"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Evil Plans"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Nomad Droids"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Eminence"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Orders"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Death on Utapau"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Gone with a Trace"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Deal No Deal" (In flashback(s))
• Solo: A Star Wars Story
• Star Wars (2020) 38

Sources[]

• Star Wars: Droid Factory
• "Duchess of Mandalore" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (First identified as shopkeeper droid)
• "Lethal Trackdown" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
• "Evil Plans" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Nomad Droids" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
• "Eminence" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
• What is a Wookiee? (Picture only)
• Ultimate Star Wars (First identified as shopkeeping drone)
• Star Wars: Complete Locations
• Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia (Picture only)
• Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide (First identified as vendor droid)
• Solo: A Star Wars Story Ultimate Sticker Collection
• Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
• Every Droid in Star Wars | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition

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