0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 , also known simply as Triple - Zero , was a protocol droid designed to specialize in etiquette , customs , translation and torture . Biography . Early life . Nearly a century before the Galactic Civil War , Wat Tambor acquired the Triple - Zero protocol personality matrix and became obsessed with it . His fascination was short lived however and the Skakoan became scared of it and sent it to quarantine . The Sith Lord and the archaeologist . Reactivated and Vader seeks the truth . A few weeks after the Battle of Yavin , Doctor Aphra , a rogue archaeologist , who specialized in droid and weapons technologies , traveled to Quarantine World III in order to steal the Triple - Zero protocol personality matrix that she intended to use to reactivate Triple - Zero who could awaken a BT - 1 assassin droid she had salvaged some time before , on the orders of the Droid Gotra . She eventually succeeded , after the Sith Lord Darth Vader intervened . Aphra brought Vader aboard her ship , the " Ark Angel " , where Vader hired her to help him acquire an army of battle droid s to track down a Rebel pilot , and an Imperial agent . Aphra inserted the personality matrix into a silver protocol droid ' s body and turned it on . Triple - Zero awoke and introduced himself as a protocol droid specialized in etiquette and torture , as Aphra imprinted herself and Vader as Triple - Zero ' s new masters . Triple - Zero thought better of shaking the hands of his new masters , thinking he may accidentally kill them with an electric shock , so he instead inquired whether he could be of assistance . Aphra told him he could awaken BT - 1 , or Bee Tee , as he spoke the R & D languages that only droids associated with the Imperial Tarkin Initiative spoke . Triple - Zero did so , and Bee Tee instantly took hostility to Vader and Aphra , but Triple - Zero berated him for wanting to kill their new masters and shut him down . Soon thereafter , Aphra gave the two specialized assassin droid s to Vader and prepared to travel to Geonosis , a desert world in the Outer Rim , to steal a droid factory from a Geonosian queen . Once on Geonosis , Aphra sent Triple - Zero and Bee Tee into the queen ' s lair to navigate the most direct route to the queen ' s chamber so she and Vader could follow . Farther into the tunnels , the two droids came across other droids : B1 battle droid s , that were used extensively during the Clone Wars that occurred about two decades before . Triple - Zero was very surprised at the droids , and intended to try and communicate with them in their native language , Geonosian hive - mind , but had nothing to say . So Bee Tee burned them to death with his built - in flamethrower , while Triple - Zero realized he did have something to say : He laughed at them as they burned and died . Soon , the droids reached the queen ' s chamber and waited for Vader and Aphra to arrive before entering to confront the alien queen . The queen was angry at the unexpected visitors . Vader ignored her , however , and began the heist . He cleared the queen and the battle droids from atop the factory and ordered Bee Tee to open fire . Meanwhile , the " Ark Angel " remotely blew a hole in the ceiling of the lair that allowed Vader ' s ship , a J - type 327 Nubian starship , to lower a crane through . The crane lifted the factory out through the gap , while Triple - Zero held on to Bee Tee , who blasted out of the cave using his booster rockets . Later , aboard Vader ' s J - type 327 Nubian , Bee Tee and Aphra got the droid factory working . It created one BX - series droid commando as a test . Triple - Zero examined the droid and determined it had " teething issues , " and suggested to his masters that his enhancement methods could be used to improve the droid factory ' s functionality . Shortly after , while Aphra and Vader were preoccupied , Triple - Zero answered a message from the Wookiee bounty hunter Black Krrsantan who Vader had hired some time before . Triple - Zero informed Vader of the Wookiee ' s arrival , who brought aboard his bounty : the Imperial agent . The agent insisted that if Vader tortured him , he would get none of the information Vader wanted . Vader agreed , and sent Triple - Zero to interrogate the agent . Triple - Zero was satisfied at having someone to torture , and set to work . Later , Triple - Zero managed to extract all information from the agent . Including his name : Cylo , the location of his research base : within a nebula in the Outer Rim , and his commission from the Emperor : to create apprentices to replace Vader as the Emperor ' s chief enforcer . Triple - Zero reported all to Lord Vader , who ordered course be set to the research base . Vader ' s team took his J - type 327 Nubian starship to the base , while the factory produced two platoon s worth of commando droids . Aphra fired an ion charge that disabled the base ' s systems and confused the soldier s stationed within . Vader , meanwhile , ejected into space and boarded the base . Aphra landed the starship on the base and Triple - Zero and Bee Tee cut through a blast door to serve as distractions to the soldiers so Vader could vent them into space when he cut through the base ' s organic walls . Triple - Zero inquired as to whether he had served adequately as a distraction . Vader , however , ignored the protocol droid , leaving Triple - Zero to lament to Bee Tee that he had had more grateful masters in the past — though it hadn ' t stopped him from draining their blood . The droid commandos arrived and went off with Vader to subdue all resistance , which left the two assassin droids to return to the ship and wait for Vader ' s return with Aphra . Vader remained in the base for some time , before returning without the commando droids . He subsequently learned the name of the Rebel pilot , Skywalker , and set out to Skywalker ' s homeworld of Tatooine to learn all he could of the boy . Vader ' s team accompanied him , and took the " Ark Angel " . Once on Tatooine , Vader investigated the homestead where Skywalker had grown up . It had been burned by Imperial troops weeks before , and Triple - Zero was disturbed that droids had been slaughtered in the attack . They next traveled to another home that Vader entered alone . He so reemerged , so Aphra detonated a molecular purge bomb that destroyed all evidence that anyone had ever lived there . Vader left right after to continue his duties within the Empire , while Aphra and the droids took the " Ark Angel " to the Outer Rim jungle planet , Son - tuul . While on Son - tuul , Aphra hired a group of bounty hunters — the Trandoshan Bossk , the midget Beebox , the IG - series assassin droid IG - 90 , and Krrsantan — on the orders of Vader , in order to steal the Son - tuul Pride ' s fortune of credit s that had been seized by the Empire just before , and was in transit to the Anthan Prime Orbital Dockyard in the Anthan system aboard an " Arquitens - class " light cruiser . Triple - Zero and the group took the " Ark Angel " to Anthan Prime , where , in orbit , Aphra remotely detonated an asteroid that created a small asteroid field , which the cruiser collided with . The Imperials , unaware that they were being attacked by a sentient foe , remained unaware when Aphra , Bee Tee and the bounty hunters boarded the cruiser to install a homing beacon so Krrsantan — who had stayed behind in his " Auzituck " anti - slaver gunship — could use his gunship to tow an asteroid into the cruiser to break it open and spill the credit ingots into space where Bee Tee could could gather them up . Which , after Triple - Zero informed Krrsantan he could begin his run , is exactly what happened . Although , Krrsantan was in cahoots with Aphra , and on Vader ' s orders , had been told to let a majority of the credits drift into space so they could be collected later and given to Vader . Then , Aphra and the three hunters returned to the " Ark Angel " , where Triple - Zero welcomed them and informed them that the plan had gone on without a hitch . Soon thereafter , the credits were gathered and brought on to the " Ark Angel " where they were split into five equal shares : one for Triple - Zero ' s master , and four for the hired guns . The mercenaries were unsatisfied with the lower - than - promised pay , but agreed , nonetheless , to work with Aphra again only if she paid up front the next time , and left with their credits . Aphra and the two droids then traveled to Anthan 13 , one of Anthan Prime ' s moons , to collect the credits where Krrsantan had dumped them and meet with Vader . Krrsantan also came to receive his " bonus pay " and then left . Triple - Zero confessed to Aphra , due to the crystal line caverns of Anthan 13 and the large pile of credit chips , that he had always had a hankering to be covered in precious metals . Aphra and Vader discussed her next mission before Vader left as well , leaving Triple - Zero to express express his discomfort on not receiving a portion of the contraband even though IG - 90 — a droid like Triple - Zero — had received a share . Aphra had believed the droid had been taking joy in the work , but Triple - Zero corrected her : he had not been torturing an organic being ; therefore , there was little joy . Aphra told him to have patience and started work on their next assignment , the individual Commodex Tahn . Triple - Zero , Aphra and Bee Tee then returned to the Spire , a floating city on Anthan Prime , and landed near a holochess business . Triple - Zero was enthralled by the prospect of possibly playing holochess after being locked away on Quarantine World III for centuries . He admitted to Aphra that due to his extensive programming in the art of torture , he was a terrible holochess player , but that did not stop him from loving the game . Aphra negotiated with " The Ante , " a Givin infochant , who provided Aphra with Commodex Tahn ' s family background . Triple - Zero voiced , as they walked back to the ship , that he thought Tahn didn ' t seem like someone Vader would be interested in . Aphra agreed ; he belonged to a family of mortician s on the planet Naboo . With the inquired information the trio traveled to Naboo to see the mortician who oversaw Senator Amidala ' s burial , to confirm Vader ' s information that she gave birth to a son . The mortician , Commodex Tahn , refused to give the information , therefore Aphra ordered 0 - 0 - 0 to get the information . After torturing the Commodex , Triple - Zero got the confirmation that Senator Amidala gave birth to a son before she died . The Commodex had faked the pregnant womb with an hologram . After receiving that information , Aphra ordered 0 - 0 - 0 to finish the business , meaning Triple - Zero electroshocked the Commodex to death before leaving Naboo with Aphra . Aphra , BT - 1 and 0 - 0 - 0 moved to Vrogas Vas , where Vader and Skywalker had both crashed their ships after a dogfight . While Vader faced an army of Rebels alone , Aphra attempted to capture Skywalker . In order to do this , she painted 0 - 0 - 0 with a golden luster to make him look like Luke ' s protocol droid , C - 3PO . When approaching Skywalker , Triple - Zero electroshocked him unconscious while BT - 1 faced the pilot ' s astromech , R2 - D2 . Before they were able to escape with their prize , they were ambushed by Han Solo and Chewbacca , Han confronted Aphra and Chewbacca ripped off Triple - Zero ' s arms , The two malignant droids and Aphra had to seek shelter , then lost Skywalker back to Solo , Chewbacca , and R2 - D2 , but had little time to retreat before the Wookiee Bounty Hunter Black Krrsantan intervened and faced off against Chewbacca . The Rebels , however , managed to escape , but not without Luke Skywalker once again being captured by Imperial reinforcements . After fleeing the scene , 0 - 0 - 0 and BT - 1 faced an old Sith War Droid at some point . After Aphra ' s failed attempt to betray Vader and her faked death , 0 - 0 - 0 , together with Black Krrsantan and BT - 1 , rescued Aphra as she floated in space and continued their own private mission through the galaxy . Traveling with Aphra . 0 - 0 - 0 traveled to Fulan Ro aboard the " Ark Angel II " with Doctor Aphra and the rest of her crew . He greeted her as she returned from the stealing an artifact from Ulbik Tan . He acknowledged that he lost a bet with his counterpart , BT - 1 , on whether Aphra would survive her mission . Soo - Tath showed up to collect the debt that Aphra owed him , and she sent 0 - 0 - 0 to get Black Krrsantan from inside the ship for backup . They both arrived in time to see one of Soo - Tath ' s Gigoran strike Aphra . 0 - 0 - 0 translated Krrsantan ' s warning about attacking Aphra . After the Wookiee drove off the gangster and his muscle , 0 - 0 - 0 followed Soo - Tath to a cantina where he ambushed the gangster and injected him with a neurotoxin . This caused the gangster to die , although by most appearances it would appear to be a natural death . Triple Zero was enjoying traveling with Aphra and decided to kill the gangster to make sure he wouldn ' t report Aphra ' s whereabouts to the Empire . He returned to the ship and accompanied Aphra to Archaeo - Prime where she tried to sell the artifact she had recovered . When she found out her doctorate had been revoked , he offered her condolences . Back on her ship , Aphra confronted her father about his involvement in the decision to revoke her credentials . When he refused to believe she would hurt him , Aphra instructed 0 - 0 - 0 to get the information . The droid was very happy about this task , revealing many different instruments of torture built into his fingers . Before he could start , Aphra told him to stand down , and Triple Zero expressed his displeasure . He listened as Aphra and her father debated the Ordu Aspectu . After arriving at Yavin 4 , he traveled with the rest of the crew to the temple to get some readings . While scouting the Massassi temple , Aphra complained about the Empire and Triple Zero pointed out that she had in the past praised them for using their domination over the Galaxy as a way to protect the people . Aphra sent Krrsantan to create a diversion to draw away most of the Imperial troops and once they were gone , Triple Zero and BT - 1 infiltrated the base . Once inside , they opened the ventilation hatches so Aphra and her father could enter the base . He passed by an IT - O and stated he was a fan of the droid ' s work . After Aphra and her father placed all the crystals into the floor , he brought their attention to BT - 1 who had noticed that all the temples in the complex had released beams of light pointing to the location of the Citadel of Rur . Aphra ' s father proceeded to get the readings needed to locate the Citadel of Rur . As the group left the temple , they ran into Imperial troops . Aphra ordered BT - 1 to slow them down , and the droid launched a barrage of thermal detonator s . Triple Zero commented that killing them would indeed slow them down . The group made their way out of the temple , but were chased by more Imperials . Aphra held them off , and Triple Zero complained he was unable move quickly enough . BT - 1 extended handles and footrests , enabling 0 - 0 - 0 to ride the astromech and keep up with the rest of the group . Triple Zero and the rest of the group were able to escape on the " Ark Angel II " . When they reached the Citadel of Rur , Triple Zero and the rest of the group debarked from their ship . Inside the Citadel , Aphra and her father worked to restore the power . When they realized they didn ' t have enough Ordu crystals , Aphra sent 0 - 0 - 0 and BT - 1 back to the ship to get a crystal modulator to mimic the functions of the original crystals . On their way back , they were forced to hide from Magna Tolvan and a group of snowtrooper s . The droids proceeded to the ship and killed some Imperials who were on - board . Krrsantan , who was separated from the Aphras by the Imperial troops , returned to the ship and had Triple Zero call Chelli Aphra and tell her that he was leaving the Citadel . Triple Zero was present when Aphra reunited with Krrsantan at a bar on the Cosmatanic Steppes . The Screaming Citadel . 0 - 0 - 0 was onboard the " Ark Angel II " as Aphra took Luke Skywalker to Ktath ' atn . He greeted Skywalker , but was rebuked by him due to Skywalker ' s anger at the droid for electrocuting him . When Skywalker mentioned that R2 - D2 had defeated BT - 1 in the fight , Triple Zero warned him not to make the droid angry . 0 - 0 - 0 explained that he would survive BT - 1 ' s tantrum but the ship they were traveling in would be destroyed . Upon landing at the Citadel of Ktath ' atn , Skywalker asked what the name meant and 0 - 0 - 0 provided a rough translation of " The Screaming Citadel " . While Skywalker and Aphra were getting dressed for dinner , 0 - 0 - 0 noted that Aphra was tying Skywalker ' s spavat incorrectly . As the couple left , 0 - 0 - 0 was told to guard their room . Solo , Organa and Sana arrived on the planet and were met by 0 - 0 - 0 and BT - 1 . The protocol droid was contacted by Aphra and he asked her if it was okay to shoot the rebels . 0 - 0 - 0 and BT - 1 went with Aphra as she met two journalist s . She pretended to be Black Krrsantan ' s agent and arranged a meeting with the Wookiee so that the journalists could get his life story . While they were distracted , 0 - 0 - 0 and BT - 1 accessed the journalist ' s holonet transmitter and broadcasted an ad for Aphra ' s upcoming auction of the Rur crystal . Behind the scenes . The protocol droid 0 - 0 - 0 first appeared in " " , the third issue of the Marvel comic book series " " , written by Kieron Gillen with art by Salvador Larroca . The of 0 - 0 - 0 shown in " Darth Vader 3 : Vader , Part III " originated in various " Star Wars " Legends sources . of them appeared in the 1999 reference book " The Essential Guide to Droids " . Another was featured in " " . The close - up of the protocol droid ' s head originated as that came with C - 3PO ' s Riddell mini - helmet .