COO cook droid The COO cook droid was a class - five chef droid created as a joint venture between Industrial Automaton and Publictechnic before the Clone Wars . The droid model came equipped with over a dozen arms , which were equipped with common cooking tools such as spatulas , knives , and spoons . Designed for catering on a large scale , such as in military mess halls , the droids came with only a few hundred of the most common recipes , and although this software could be replaced with another package containing different recipes , the process to do so was very complex . Because of this , few owners did swap their droids ' software packages . This lengthy process was a flaw commonly noted by customers . Ultimately , many owners ended up using the droid for nothing more than heating up meals or serving prepackaged foods . One such droid , COO - 2180 , served upon the starship " Jendirian Valley " in 22 BBY . Specifications . The two meter tall COO cook droid , manufactured by Industrial Automaton , was a class - five droid . It was designed to be used as a chef for large - scale catering , such as military mess halls , although the COO droid was considered a sloppy construction . For its body , Industrial Automaton re - used the chassis from one of its other droid models , making it appear ugly and clunky for a droid of its nature . The company ' s frugality was a main factor in causing many to believe that the COO droid was a cheap and mediocre design . It had a flat head fitted with a vocoder , one photoreceptor , and an olfactory sensor , which enabled the droid to determine the freshness of various ingredients . A COO droid ' s legs could lock to the floor through magnetism , a handy ability for cooking on starships with irregular artificial gravity . A cook droid ' s unique arm configuration allowed it to do many things at once . With the right socket configuration , a COO droid could have over a dozen arms . Possible arm apparatuses included spatulas , whisks , strainers , serving spoons , carving knives , small flame projectors for lighting oven burners , and three - fingered hands , along with many other gadgets . This way , a droid could make food much faster than one organic chef , as it could do many things at once , such as apply spices , cut up food , and administer any final touches . After a meal was finished , the droid could serve the food and then replace its arms with cleaning tools , allowing it to quickly clean dishes . A COO cook droid came from the factory with knowledge of hundreds of common recipes taken from the " Humbarine Housekeepers HoloBook " in its software . Thus , the droids knew nothing beyond simple , conventional recipes when they were purchased . Though it was possible to remove a droid ' s software pack and replace it with another one that contained different recipes , this process was complex and involved partially disassembling the droid . It was impossible to tell what software a COO droid had — factory standard or a more advanced package — by simply looking at the droid . Because of the difficulty of switching software , many owners did not change the droids ' recipe package , leading to potential trouble if the default software package did not include any recipes favored by the droids ' owners . This also convinced beings that the COO was a sloppy model , constructed lazily . The droids were also known for being liars ; they would tell customers or owners anything if it would help the droids , such as by prolonging their lifespans . History . The COO cook droid was designed by Industrial Automaton , one of the leaders in droid manufacturing , sometime before 22 BBY . Though many cooks criticized the creation of a chef droid , arguing that a machine that couldn ' t even taste had no business making food , the public had no problem with such a droid . However , customers found the droid very difficult to use , due to the complex process of changing the recipe package . The COO quickly became popular in military mess halls , where it could easily cook a large number of simple meals in a short time . This was in fact Industrial Automaton ' s idea when designing the droid . As the COO droid was incapable of cooking more sophisticated meals without a new software package , it was generally used for mass catering of orthodox meals , and eventually customers began using the droid only to heat up meals or serve prepackaged food . Around 22 BBY , the freighter " Jendirian Valley " overhauled its cargo holds to create room for sentients , and the ship began transporting refugees affected by the growing crisis of planets seceding from the Galactic Republic to join the Confederacy of Independent Systems . To feed the refugees , the ship ' s operator purchased a used cook droid , COO - 2180 . The droid made simple meals purchased from a military surplus store , and was instructed to feed only organic beings . In 22 BBY , the freighter transported the Senator Padmé Amidala and her guard , the Jedi Anakin Skywalker , as they traveled undercover as refugees to Amidala ' s home planet of Naboo . The duo ' s droid , R2 - D2 , stole a meal for his masters , earning him the ire of COO - 2180 . At some point , the pirate Reginald Barkbone spent a month in space with a vegetarian COO droid while trying to escape the Loronar navy . Barkbone had a very low opinion of the droid , calling the month in its company the most miserable time he had spent in space . BY 1 BBY , COO droids were in use aboard the Imperial prison barge " Purge " . During the Galactic Civil War , a COO cook droid was employed by the Hutt crime lord Teemo to operate the bar in his palace , in the settlement Mos Shuuta on the planet Tatooine . Behind the scenes . The COO cook droid was created for the 2002 film . Much of the information about the droid was given in the 2006 reference book " The New Essential Guide to Droids " . " The Official Star Wars Fact File " " 78 " claims that the COO droid was manufactured by Publictechnic , while " The New Essential Guide to Droids " credits Industrial Automaton with the invention of the series . As " The New Essential Guide to Droids " is the newer source , this article treats that information as canon . COO cook droids were later mentioned in the 2009 novel " Death Troopers " , where they were referred to as " COO - 2180s " .