The Great Droid Revolution, also known as the Great Droid Revolt, was an uprising of droids on Coruscant which occurred in 4015 BBY. It was during the Revolution where Jedi Master Arca Jeth learned the technique of short-circuiting a droid by using the Force. One of the memorable instances of the Revolution was when Juggernaut war droids battled Republic rocket-jumpers over Monument Plaza.
After the rogue assassin droid HK-01 was finally captured, the Republic spent many years recovering from the attacks. Droid designers and manufacturers then turned to weapons developers to work on ion weapons that would short-circuit a droid's electronic systems. The result of this conflict would be an end to the budding "droids' rights" movement for a time.
These events were later chronicled in the book Conflagration: An Eyewitness Account of the Great Droid Uprising.
Behind the scenes[]
The Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide mistakenly establishes the droid uprising as happening during the Great Sith War.[2]
Appearances[]
- Tales of the Jedi – Dark Lords of the Sith 3 (Mentioned only) (First identified as Great Droid Revolution)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (Codex entry)
- "Debts to Pay" — Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Game Master's Kit (Mentioned only)
- Jedi's Honor (First mentioned) (as "assassin-Droid crisis of the late Republic")
- "Le facteur X" — Casus Belli 115 (Mentioned only) (Non-canonical mention)
Sources[]
- "Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Guide to the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Universe, Part 2" — Star Wars Insider 27
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
- "Jouer au temps de l'Ancienne République" — Casus Belli 115 (Non-canonical source)
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
- Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 75 (JED2, The Jedi)
- The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Droids, Technology and the Force: A Clash of Phenomena on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- The New Essential Chronology
- The New Essential Guide to Droids
- Star Wars Annual 2008
- Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Atlas
- Galaxy at War
- The Essential Guide to Warfare (First identified as Great Droid Revolt)
- Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, Part 4: The Rise of the Republic on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, Part 12: Tales of the New Republic on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
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