Nikki Idd Nikki Idd was a Human female who in her youth worked for her father , the droid designer Lonn Idd , aboard his droid repair space station . After picking up a group of broken droids from the planet Dodz at some point between 19 and 15 BBY , Idd and her brother , Vik , became the temporary masters of the protocol droid C - 3PO and the astromech droid R2 - D2 . Upon their return to the station , Idd discovered that her father was being held hostage by the Annoo - dat Blue gangster Tig Fromm , who forced Lonn to install a powerful laser on his starship in exchange for Idd ' s safety . An initial attempt by Vik and the two droids to rescue her was thwarted by a Fromm Gang hover guard , but C - 3PO afterward attacked the gangsters while disguised as an ancient guardian droid . Idd aided the protocol droid ' s efforts by spraying Fromm in the face with perfume , and Vik was able to ensnare the outmatched gangsters in a packing net . The Idd siblings then transported C - 3PO and R2 - D2 to the nearest Intergalactic Droid Agency outpost . Biography . Nikki Idd was a Human female who lived during the reign of the Galactic Empire . She was the daughter of renowned droid designer Lonn Idd , and both Nikki Idd and her brother , Vik , worked for their father out of his droid repair space station at some point between 19 and 15 BBY . When the two young siblings were dispatched in an Intergalactic Droid Agency shuttle to the planet Dodz to collect various droids who were in need of maintenance , Idd ' s brother was forced to intervene in a brawl between several of the droids during the return leg of the trip . The skirmish saw the protocol droid C - 3PO tossed into his malfunctioning counterpart , the astromech droid R2 - D2 , who began to overload . Idd quickly inserted an energy shield into the astromech , which halted the overload but also limited him to his basic functions . C - 3PO lamented the fact that he and his counterpart were a masterless pair , and happily agreed when Vik offered that the Idd siblings serve as their masters until R2 - D2 could be repaired by Lonn . Upon their arrival at the space station , Idd was surprised at the absence of the welcome their father usually gave them , and she rushed through the station ' s corridors while Vik assigned the droids to various repair stations . When she located her father , she found him tied up and being interrogated by the Annoo - dat Blue gangster Tig Fromm , who was demanding that Lonn install a powerful laser on the gangster ' s starship . When Idd rushed to her father ' s side , she was grabbed by Fromm ' s bodyguard , Vlix Oncard , but she broke free via a kick to Oncard ' s shin and managed to covertly turn on a computer monitor ' s camera . Vik and C - 3PO , still in the hangar , were thus able to see Lonn agree to Fromm ' s demands in exchange for his daughter ' s safety . Idd was locked in a supply shed , which Vik soon infiltrated while R2 - D2 and C - 3PO distracted the Fromm Gang ' s guards . The siblings ' escape was blocked by a robotic hover guard , however , that blasted R2 - D2 and freed the guards to apprehend Vik and Nikki Idd . The siblings were held captive while their father finished his work . Upon his completion , he was informed by Fromm that the space station would be the laser ' s first target ; however , the gangster was interrupted by the sudden arrival of an ancient guardian droid . Hoping to sell it on the black market , Fromm demanded that Idd turn over its control disk , but she instead produced a disc - shaped vial of Nova Starlight perfume and sprayed it in his face . The guardian droid then advanced on the gangsters and fought off attacking hover guards with its powerful punches ; cornered , the gangsters were ensnared in a packing net dropped by Vik . The Idds ' savior was revealed to be C - 3PO , wearing the empty shell of a guardian droid he had found aboard the station , and Lonn gratefully repaired the damaged R2 - D2 . When the astromech was fixed , the children returned both droids to the Intergalactic Droid Agency to allow them to find new masters . Personality and traits . At the time of her encounter with Tig Fromm , Nikki Idd was a young girl with blonde hair , black pupils , light skin , a sense of humor , and an affection for perfume . She was a quick thinker who did not hesitate to take action during emergencies , which allowed her to calm down a malfunctioning R2 - D2 and which helped foil the Fromm Gang . However , a headlong rush into danger saw her held captive by the gangsters in the first place . Fond of her father , Idd worked for him at his droid repair station and was able to pilot his shuttle alongside her brother . She also had some knowledge of how to fix droids . Behind the scenes . Nikki Idd ' s only appearance in " Star Wars " canon is in " " , the second issue of Marvel Comics ' " " comic series . Written by David Manak , penciled by John Romita , and colored by George Roussos , the issue was released in June 1986 . Idd was later indirectly referenced in her father ' s entry in 2008 ' s " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " and mentioned in a 2013 article on the official StarWars . com blog .