Stone guardian Stone guardians were a series of droids that were used for discrete security across the galaxy by many different cultures . Description . Stone guardians were droids with painted armored shells that were sculpted to resemble stone , rock , or marble . Designed to resemble decorative statues , these machines could be placed throughout many different sites , either freestanding or as support pillars . Equipped with passive senors , the guardian is triggered by intruders or malignant forces intent on doing harm . Their construction was made of a material that made them resistant to lightsabers and they were capable of surviving blaster fire as well as explosives without suffering significant damage . The droid was programmed to be single minded in its mission at eliminating any intruders which it did by attacking with its limbs to crush its enemies . A mechanism was present in the torso of most droids that was a vital component of its operation . This addition was done so as a fail - safe for any Jedi that fought the droid to use the Force to simply twist the mechanism to deactivate the guard droid . Such a tactic was designed with specific focus on Jedi as Sith were believed incapable of thinking of such a manner in defeating the droid . History . The Jedi Order used these droids throughout their facilities , including the temple on Draay 2 and within the Chamber of Antiquities , the lower levels of the Great Library on Ossus . The guardian of the Draay 2 Temple was tasked with attacking any intruders that sought to acquire the Sith artifact known as Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger . An activation trigger for the droid was present on the floor on a single stone piece . In time , the temple itself would become lost and it became abandoned in time . It was only rediscovered by the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars who learnt of the Gauntlet within . To prevent it from falling in the hands of Count Dooku or the Separatists , a clone squad was dispatched under the command of Jedi Master B ' ink Utrila . They managed to enter into the temple where the clone trooper Glitch accidentally activated the guard droid . Despite Master Utrila and her Padawan Rennax Omani assistance , they were unable to stop the droid . However , Master Utrila realized the test of the guard droid where she and Omani used the Force to deactivate the droid through the mechanism on its torso . The droid , as a result , deactivated and returned to its statue - like pose where the Jedi marked the stone activation trigger . Afterwards , the expedition came under attack from Pre Vizsla and the Death Watch who desired the Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger for themselves . They were overwhelmed and nearly defeated by the Death Watch until Glitch reactivated the guard droid that began attacking everyone in its path . This distraction later allowed Glitch to destroy the temple by intentionally failing one of the tests which led to a trap that brought the structure down along with the guard droid . Several stone guardians guarded the Zardossa Stix Pyramid on Zardossa Stix . Their heavy energy projector s were more powerful than any other weapon on Zardossa . Representative Jar Jar Binks clumsily activated them , but by throwing him around , Jedi Master Mace Windu was able to get them to destroy each other using their own weapons . Jar Jar used one of the weapons against several Frangawl Cult members in a successful attempt to rescue the Bardottan Queen Julia .