Whrr Whrr was a librarian droid with masculine programming that worked during 22 BBY in a small library branch on Tipoca City , located on the planet of Kamino . Young Boba Fett frequently visited the library branch because his bounty hunter father was on Kamino due to his occupation as the prime clone for the Galactic Republic ' s new clone army , produced by the Kaminoan cloners . Before Fett left Kamino with his father after the Jedi tracked Jango Fett there due to his association with the assassination attempts on Senator Padmé Amidala ' s life , Boba Fett traded in his latest batch of books from the library to the droid , and inadvertently gave Whrr a holobook containing advice from his father . Upon returning to Kamino to fetch the book after his father ' s death , Whrr gave the holobook back to Fett , along with 250 for keeping a book that did not belong to the branch . Biography . Whrr worked in a small library branch in Tipoca City on the planet Kamino , during 22 BBY . The branch had a bell to ring and a slot in the doorway , through which books and hologame s could be passed , and due to the use of that slot , Whrr was never seen by the users of the library . Whrr became friends with the young Boba Fett , and encouraged him to read while at the same time dissuading him from hologames . The young boy was staying with his father Jango Fett , who held the position of the prime clone for the clone troopers of the Galactic Republic ' s new army , produced by the natives of Kamino . Boba Fett came to the library regularly , and once did so after trying to free one of five sea mice his father had him feed to Jango ' s sea eel while the latter was on a mission to Coruscant , only to have the freed sea - mouse eaten instantly . Whrr consoled the young Fett before complimenting the boy on his improved reading skills and passing new books for Fett to read through the slot . However , Jango ' s mission soon caught up to him and his son . Obi - Wan Kenobi , a Jedi Master , discovered the existence of Kamino , whose coordinates had been erased from the Jedi Archives ' memory , and also discovered Jango Fett , who the Jedi suspected as the culprit to the mission . Jango Fett decided they should leave Kamino to avoid Jedi scrutiny , and Boba had only a few minutes to return the latest batch of library books to Whrr lest he be charged for overdue books . Boba hurriedly shoved the books through the slot , and as he did , a black holobook containing advice was sent through with it . Whrr noticed that book , and tried to tell Boba , but the young boy was in too much of a hurry to get back to his father , and left without the book . Boba Fett later returned to Kamino in search of the book , as it contained important information from his father , who had perished shortly after leaving Kamino on the planet Geonosis at the hands of another Jedi , Mace Windu , leaving Boba Fett an orphan . Boba Fett was desperate for the information left for him by his father , and soon was at the then closed library branch , calling for Whrr to help him . Whrr made an awning slide out to protect Fett from the rain that typically fell on Kamino , and proceeded to listen to Fett ' s account of the events leading to his return to Whrr , including the fact that Fett was now an orphan . Fett asked for his holobook , which Whrr gave to him , along with a 250 fee for keeping one of Fett ' s books after realizing the young boy had no money to survive on his own . Whrr bade farewell to him , and , as Fett left , made a snuffling sound close to crying . Characteristics . A librarian droid with masculine programming , Whrr was classified as a third - degree droid because he provided services to the community . Whrr made whirring and clicking sounds as he performed tasks inside the library branch . He also could make a snuffling noise close to crying , and had a change - the - subject noise . Whrr became the young Boba Fett ' s friend due to his visits to Whrr ' s branch , and the friendship extended far enough to let Fett tell Whrr his problems . When Fett left for the last time , Whrr made a snuffling sound close to crying . As a librarian , Whrr disapproved of hologames , instead urging Fett to find the pictures and images in the books , not the hologames . Whrr monitored Fett ' s reading level as the young boy regularly took books from the library . One of the reasons Whrr stayed inside the library branch was that he was not certain about things , such as life being hard on the small and weak . He also lacked a sense of humor , and was offended when Fett told him if Whrr would have his way , everybody would read books . Whrr was also observant , and noticed quickly when Fett accidentally gave Whrr the holobook along with his other due books . Whrr was also good at understanding Fett ' s problems , and understood immediately that Fett was in trouble when Fett told him the events that led up to him being orphaned . Whrr was concerned , and though under the guise of a fee , helped Fett out as best he could with 250 . Behind the scenes . Whrr first appeared in the novel " " , written by Terry Bisson and released on April 23 , 2002 . Due to the fact that the book is written from Boba Fett ' s point of view , he does not see Whrr , only talking to him through the slot . After hearing the clicking and whirring sounds Whrr made , Fett figures that Whrr was a droid . This article is written based on the assumption that Fett ' s figuring is right .