U - E U - E was a yellow Model E , a nanny droid who ran a nursery on Kalarba along with his companions Q - E and 2 - E . He and his companions served on Kalarba for many years , babysitting many clients . By 5 BBY , they were antiques , but they still continued to serve . Among their customers was the future - Baron Pitareeze . When a local trader , Vuldo , attempted to press the three droids into working for him , they refused , and claimed that his operations were illegal . In response , Vuldo shot U - E . While his companions were able to retrieve his cogitative theory unit and his memory banks , his body was un - salvageable . A new body , that of a labor droid , was supplied by Nak Pitareeze , and , following repairs by R2 - D2 , U - E was able to rejoin his longtime companions . Biography . U - E and his fellow Model E droids , 2 - E and Q - E , were nanny droids on Kalarba for many years , where they were town property . The trio were inseparable , and ran a nursery on the planet . In time , they became an institution , familiar to the locals for their babysitting services . One of their clients was Pitareeze , who , in time , became a baron , and the owner of Pitareeze Inc . . By approximately 5 BBY , they were antiques , but they continued to faithfully do their job . One day , one of the townsfolk , the trader Vuldo , came to the nursery demanding that U - E , 2 - E and Q - E help him out with his business , due to the fact that he could no longer keep up with his own work . The three droids explained that to do something other than look after children would go against their programming , but Vuldo would hear none of it , insisting that the nanny droids assemble blasters for him . When the droids pointed out that his business was illegal , he grabbed U - E , drew a blaster , and then shot the helpless droid , as an example to 2 - E and Q - E . Vuldo warned 2 - E and Q - E not to tell anyone of his business , lest he give them the same treatment he had given U - E . The two droids were able to salvage their companion ' s cogitative theory unit and his memory banks , preserving his memories and personality , if not his body . While they sat and charged their power supplies at night , they would take out what was left of U - E and place it on his empty chair . One night , while doing so , they unwittingly played host to one of Nak Pitareeze ' s guardians , R2 - D2 . As the newcomer investigated U - E ' s remains , Vuldo entered the nursery , and threatened to destroy R2 - D2 . As he tried to do so , Pitareeze commanded one of his other droids , this one a model of the labor variety , to knock on the nursery door . The large labor droid instead smashed through the wall , and inadvertently knocked Vuldo unconscious , saving R2 - D2 , 2 - E , and Q - E . The two Model Es , seeing the labor droid , asked Pitareeze whether or not he would give it to them , and he obliged . R2 - D2 then installed U - E ' s remains into the droid , effectively restoring him , albeit in a different body . The three , now reunited , went off to terrorize a local creature , to their own amusement . Characteristics . U - E and his companions were very popular on Kalabra , due to their diligent service . U - E always stayed within close proximity of 2 - E and Q - E , and it was considered odd if he was not seen with the others . He and his companions were also not adverse to enjoying themselves , and they found great amusement in the terror of innocent animals . Behind the scenes . U - E made his first and only appearance in 1994 ' s " " , which was written by Ryder Windham and illustrated by Ian Gibson . The rest of the issues in the arc were written by Dan Thorsland , but he had insisted that Windham write the " babysitter droid " story before signing on to the project . Windham ' s inspirations for U - E , 2 - E and Q - E were the characters , . In creating them , Windham was attempting to impress Lucy Autrey Wilson , a Lucasfilm Ltd . employee .