B33 B33 was an astromech droid that was owned by the Kubaz banker Rikard Lovas . Fitted with a restraining bolt , B33 was a member of Lovas ' droid posse and was used in the Kubaz ' s attempt to fake the robbery of his own starship . B33 , along with a variety of other droids , was stationed at an abandoned farmhouse on the planet Jakku . Lovas ' plan was to have the reprogrammed secretary droid CZ - 1G5 sabotage his ship and then delete the ship computer ' s financial logs , thus giving selling the appearance of a robbery exacted by a rogue droid . When the Niima Outpost lawman Constable Zuvio pursued CZ - 1G5 into the desert , B33 and the other droids attacked him , buying time for Lovas . The astromech droid was heavily damaged when it tried to fight off the constable and was pushed out of a second story window . After the Office of the Constable exposed Lovas ' scheme , B33 was repaired and reprogrammed before becoming an employee of the constable ' s office . Biography . Heist on Jakku . B33 was orange and green - colored astromech droid that belonged to the Kubaz banker Rikard Lovas , a traveling business man who helped monitor the financial assets of the citizens who lived in Niima Outpost , a settlement on the planet Jakku . At some point Lovas fitted B33 with a restraining bolt , as to not let the droid escape his control . While operating in a state of ill - repair , B33 was programmed to be have a toxic personality which allowed the droid to act aggressively . Having fallen into gambling debts owed to the Irving Boys , Lovas devised a plan to steal the Niima settlers ' money by deleting the records of their financial accounts , making it appear as if the money had gone missing . To remove himself from suspicion , Lovas gathered B33 and his other droids at an abandoned moisture farm in the Jakku desert . At some point , Lovas abducted and reprogrammed CZ - 1G5 , a secretary droid employed by the Office of the Constable , and reprogrammed the droid to lead the droid posse and pull off the fake heist . After explosives damaged Lovas ' starship , CZ - 1G5 deleted the financial records , looted the constable ' s office of weapons , and fled towards the moisture farm on a stolen speeder bike . At the farm , B33 and the other droids prepared to fend of Constable Zuvio , who they figured would follow . Although the credits appeared to have been stolen , they had merely been hidden , and awaited transfer to Lovas ' personal account . Desert duel . As expected , Zuvio found the droid hideout and infiltrated it after shooting a guarding BD - 3000 luxury droid . Once inside , the remaining droids attacked him . Using one of its attachments , B33 charged Zuvio first in an attempt to stun the Kyuzo lawman . However , Zuvio simply kicked the droid away , sending B33 reeling into a RIC - series labor droid . However , B33 recovered and tried to attack Zuvio again , this time using a tow clamp . Zuvio dodged the attack , causing B33 to latch onto a DD - 13 Medical Assistant Droid instead . Zuvio then pushed B33 out the farmhouse ' s second story window , sending the droid to the ground with a disabling crash . Moments later , B33 ' s tow cable retracted , dragging the DD - 13 droid out of the window as well , which destroyed the medical droid . Despite serious damage that cost B33 a leg and a torn open chassis , the droid had not gone offline . After defeating the other droids , Zuvio encountered B33 on the ground . As B33 struggled to turn its cracked photoreceptor on Zuvio , the constable noticed B33 ' s restraining bolt . Having previously thought that the droids were all rogues , Zuvio realized that it was a farce and that his office had been fooled . The constable left B33 where he lay and chased after CZ - 1G5 . After learning that the droids were under Lovas ' control , Zuvio shot the secretary droid . After Lovas was arrested for his attempted crimes , B33 was recovered by the Office of the Constable and was repaired and reprogrammed along with CZ - 1G5 . B33 ' s new duties included patrolling with Deputy Drego and acting as an assistant to CZ - 1G5 . Personality and traits . B33 was an ill - maintained astromech droid with orange and green plating . Lovas ' programming caused B33 to be a malicious , violent droid . When in combat , B33 did not give up quickly , and after one failed attack against Zuvio the droid promptly tried again . After Lovas ' programming was removed , B33 ' s opinion of its former owner was considerably low . When Drego insisted that Lovas ' punishment was too light , B33 agreed in a crude manner that CZ - 1G5 found too embarrassing to properly translate . Behind the scenes . B33 was a character created for the short story " High Noon on Jakku , " which was written by Landry Q . Walker .