T1 - LB T1 - LB , nicknamed " Elbee " by Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick , was a one of the LB - series bulk - loading droid s in service for the Jedi Academy on the planet Taris in the year 3964 BBY . However , the droid ' s routine service took a drastic turn when the five Jedi Masters stationed at the academy orchestrated the murder of their own Jedi Padawans and T1 - LB became a witness to their plot . The Jedi Masters were members of the Jedi Covenant , a clandestine organization within the Jedi Order , and decided to attack their five Padawans in order to fulfill the Covenant ’ s commitment to prevent to rise of the Sith . However , by a stroke of luck , Zayne Carrick , one of the five Padawans , escaped the attack . Thus the Jedi Masters pinned blame for the crime on him and organized a hunt - down for the fugitive to finish what they started . In search for the cause of his situation , Carrick recovered T1 - LB and discovered the motive behind the attack from the droid ’ s recordings . Afterwards , T1 - LB accompanied Zayne Carrick on his journey , along with his other companions , Jarael , Camper , and Marn Hierogryph , to successfully clear his name . Biography . Origin . Years before the Great Sith War , Kellenech Technologies constructed the T1 series droid model , classified as a fifth - degree droid . T1 - LB belonged to the T1 subtype , the LB droid series , an acronym for " loader , bulk . " The droid ' s large build , durability , and lack of a vocabulator emphasized the aim of function for heavy , menial tasks . Due to the model ' s hardy nature , T1 - LB carried out his duties for decades until he employed his programmed function for the Academy located on the planet Taris . Witness to a crime . In the year 3964 BBY , the five Jedi Masters stationed at the Jedi Academy selected T1 - LB to accompany them to Taris ' s moon in order the set up a portable magnetic shield to safeguard against the constant meteor strikes on the moon ' s surface while the Masters waited for their Jedi Padawans to navigate through the hailstorm of meteor strikes in order to complete their final test before becoming Jedi Knights . In reality , the five Masters were also members of a secret cabal within the Jedi Order known as the Jedi Covenant , dedicated to a proactive stance against preventing the reappearance of the Jedi nemesis known as the Sith . Four of the Masters formed the First WatchCircle , acting as the foremost seers of the Covenant . On the moon , the four of them experienced a vision of their deaths and saw the galaxy in flames , along with a figure dressed in a red environment suit . At the time of the vision each of their Padawans wore a red suit while navigating by the Force to the camp . Thus the Masters concluded that one of them would bring about the return of the Sith and endanger the galaxy . Lucien Draay , the relay between the First WatchCircle and the Covenant , decided that they would strike down all five of their students in response to the vision when he discovered that T1 - LB had just witnessed their entire discussion concerning the prophecy and the Padawans . Draay ordered the droid to walk off a cliff on the moon and used the Force to accelerate it down to the surface , breaking T1 - LB apart on impact . For days the droid ’ s remains lay on the surface until the arrival of Zayne Carrick , one of the Padawans stationed on Taris . By a stroke of luck he had escaped his Masters after they killed his four classmates and attempted to do the same to him . Since Carrick ' s escape was not planned , the Jedi Masters placed blame for the other Padawan ' s deaths on him , and now Carrick was a fugitive . While on the run Carrick also tried to piece together the motive for his Masters ' actions and he traced his steps back to the moon where he came upon T1 - LB . Carrick deduced that T1 - LB could not have foolishly fallen off the cliff as his Masters had claimed and brought the droid remains onto " The Last Resort " , Carrick ’ s temporary haven . Gorman Vandrayk , a fellow fugitive and inventor called Camper , repaired T1 - LB and added an upgrade , including a vocabulator and holographic projector . Then Carrick watched T1 - LB ’ s recording and audio of his Masters ' plot to murder their students in order to head off their vision of the future . However , the droid ' s demise at the hands of Lucien Draay extended beyond the comprehension of T1 - LB ' s logic and corrupted the motivation center . Therefore , once the hologram recording concluded , the droid deleted the entire stretch of holographic memory . Camper suggested shutting the droid down , but Carrick requested otherwise since the droid have given him what he wanted and he now knew why he was a fugitive , although he was unsure how to use the knowledge . Shortly thereafter , the bounty hunter Valius Ying captured Carrick , T1 - LB , and their temporary companions Camper , the Arkanian fugitive Jarael , and the Tarisian crime lord , Marn Hierogryph . In order to protect the others , Carrick offered to come with the bounty hunter without a struggle . In response to Carrick ' s sacrifice , Camper , Jarael , and Hierogryph devised a rescue plan for Carrick using T1 - LB ' s schematics of the Jedi Tower . After the successful rescue , T1 - LB departed from Taris aboard the " Last Resort " with Carrick . Mandalorian Wars . In order to escape beyond the reach of the law the " Last Resort " departed for the war front where Mandalorian and Republic forces were in a standoff . As supplies began to run low , the fugitives could no longer keep out of sight and they raided a mining colony on the planet Vanquo . Hierogryph instructed T1 - LB to create sound effects for a mock Mandalorian attack in order to send the miners fleeing from their outpost . The setup was a success . However , moments later , the Mandalorians staged an actual attack and captured Jarael . Carrick told T1 - LB that Draay would find the droid if he did not carry Camper and retreat with them to the " Last Resort " in order to escape . However , the Mandalorian , Rohlan Dyre , arrived at the landing spot before them and stole their starship . T1 - LB and the others managed to climb inside before the ship left the planet , but the landing ramp closed on the droid ' s hand . During the struggle on board , Zayne told T1 - LB that Dyre was responsible for the loss of his hand and the droid ended the skirmish , pining the Mandalorian down with his weight . Due to Jarael ' s homing beacon , Camper was able to plot a route to her location , the former stellar research station called Flashpoint Station , recently captured by the Mandalorians . Carrick learned from Dyre that the location was also the research facility of the Mandalorian scientist Demagol where all captured Jedi were taken . Together they formulated a plan to free Jarael and the captive Jedi . Upon landing at the station , T1 - LB remained stationary inside while the Mandalorians swept the vessel . Afterwards , the droid dropped a bag of mining charges unnoticed just outside the starship , which Carrick subsequently placed in key spots around the camp . When the mining charges began to blow up the station the Mandalorians fled , believing that the Republic had planted the charges and were now initiating a counterattack . After releasing the Jedi , T1 - LB departed with Carrick , Hierogryph , Jarael , and Camper for the planet Telerath . Hierogryph hoped to access one of his accounts on the planet and use the money to give Jarael and Camper a chance to find a new place to settle down on their own . Arkoh Adasca ' s scheme . When Carrick and Hierogryph parted ways with Jarael and Camper on the planet Ralltiir , T1 - LB remained to provide assistance for the latter two fugitives in ways such as loading the new hyperdrive parts for the " Last Resort " . Shortly after departing , a HK - 24 series assassin droid emerged from a container in the cargo hold on a mission for Camper ’ s former employer Adascorp to kidnap the brilliant former scientist and bring him back to the company to finish his last project . Both T1 - LB and Jarael attempted to stop the assassin droid , but the bulk loader droid suffered blaster shots from HK - 24 . Jarael almost faced termination as well until Rohlan Dyre emerged from his hiding spot to blast the droid from behind . After the attack , Camper ’ s already poor health began to deteriorate even further . Jarael felt she had no choice but to seek help on the planet Arkania , despite the presence of Adascorp . However , the company cornered Jarael when she attempted to find a diagnosis for Camper ’ s illness in a hospital and Adascorp ’ s mobile corporate base , the " Arkanian Legacy " , captured the " Last Resort " in space along with T1 - LB . Arkoh Adasca , owner of Adascorp , organized a meeting of Republic , Jedi , and Mandalorian forces on board the " Arkanian Legacy " in order for the parties to barter over enormous creatures known as exogorths . Adasca hoped that , as soon as Camper finally completed his work on the creatures , the buyers could harness the creatures as weapons while he exerted galactic influence . However , Zayne Carrick , who had arrived with the Republic delegation , helped organize and carry out a plan to halt Adasca ' s plot . When Camper escaped his guards he guided the " Last Resort " by remote control to his location outside the " Arkanian Legacy " and T1 - LB was left behind . While Jarael tried to find a starship in the hangar she found the droid , at which point Camper sent her a holographic message through T1 - LB . He told her that he needed to leave her for a time in order to lead the exogorths deep into space . T1 - LB asked Camper not to go , but Camper insisted that the droid stay and that he would be in good hands . As the transmission ended Jarael expressed her overwhelmed emotions at Camper ' s departure by tearfully embracing the droid . As the " Arkanian Legacy " began to break apart from attack by the exogorths , the Ithorian bounty hunter Dob Moomo and Trandoshan starship thief Slyssk rescued T1 - LB , Jarael , Carrick , Dyre , and the Jedi representative Alek Squinquargesimus . A new beginning . Soon afterwards Zayne Carrick successfully confronted the Covenant and cleared his name of all charges . However , ever since the events on the " Arkanian Legacy " , T1 - LB remained incapacitated . Carrick hoped that news of its former master ' s death would spark some life in the droid , but T1 - LB lay motionless aboard Carrick ' s new ship , the " Hot Prospect " . However , Carrick insisted on continuing to care for the droid while embarking on new adventures with Jarael , Rohlan , Slyssk , and Hierogryph . Carrick decided to leave the Jedi Order and help carry out Hierogryph ' s cons as long as they were aimed towards those who needed justice dealt to them . Their journey led them to the abandoned luxury starship " Chancellor Fillorean " adrift in space . Upon entering , Carrick and his companions discovered several deceased beings , a lone Bimm named Toki Tollivar , and his droid , K - OB7 . This droid was in fact of the same manufacturer as T1 - LB , and when the two droids encountered one another T1 - LB emerged from its stupor and began to help sort out the dead bodies . Upon further interaction between the two droids , K - OB7 calmed T1 - LB when the droid expressed its confusion of morality ever since Lucien Draay , his own master , attempted to destroy him . In the meantime , Rohlan and Carrick discovered that the dead humans and aliens had been strangled . Furthermore , Slyssk nearly died after his throat was crushed and Carrick confronted K - OB7 . In protest T1 - LB protected his fellow droid , which gave K - OB7 a chance to explain that he and his master had been surrounded by mysterious deaths for years . Carrick now realized who the real killer was and that Jarael was alone with him . He and Rohlan rushed to find Tollivar , revealed as a former Sith adept , crushing Jarael ' s throat with the Force . A brief lightsaber duel between the two Force users commenced , ending with Tollivar and K - OB7 ' s deaths at the hands of Rohlan ' s killing blaster . The events left Carrick troubled and shortly afterwards he met with T1 - LB aboard the " Hot Prospect " . Alone with the droid , Carrick expressed all of the thoughts heavy on his mind , Rohlan ' s bewildering behavior , Jarael ' s unknown past , Slyssk ' s loss of confidence , and his own secrets he kept from the rest of his companions , even Hierogryph . Carrick did not like his committed silence , but he knew that he could talk to T1 - LB and that the droid would understand . Carrick offered his friendship to T1 - LB and promised that he would also listen to anything the droid had to say . When the crew of the " Hot Prospect " got tangled up with the dealings of the Franchise on Jervo ' s World , T1 - LB took his place in the waste disposal section , forcing his way into his post and threw a newer generation loader droid into a garbage bin . T1 - LB pushed his bin to prepare to smuggle Goethar Kleej and his son off the station . Personality and programming . Before T1 - LB ’ s involvement in the Padawan Massacre of Taris the droid had little to no personality and obeyed the orders of the Jedi Masters methodically . However , after repair and the addition of the brain upgrade and speech processor the droid revealed a stubborn and sometimes irritable personality . The droid would often refuse to move in fear of repeating its near destruction . Carrick and Jarael discovered the T1 - LB was best motivated for action by reverse psychology and references to Lucien Draay . For example , when Carrick and his companions raided the mining outpost on Vanquo , Hierogryph needed to tell T1 - LB that Draay was inside the outpost in order for the droid to create the sounds effects for a mock Mandalorian attack . Behind the scenes . T1 - LB was created by John Jackson Miller , and made a first confirmed appearance in " " . On his website , John Jackson Miller has stated that T1 - LB is loosely based on character . Since the LB designation indicates the primary function of this particular subtype of the T1 model , the entire droid line is called T1 - LB .