7 - A39 7 - A39 , also known as SevenAy , was a protocol droid with a masculine persona who served the Jedi Order at the Almas Academy , a Jedi academy that was located on the planet Almas . Following the destruction of the academy in 19 BBY , 7 - A39 suffered some damage , and his legs were destroyed . Circa 17 BBY , he was rediscovered by a group of Ugor scavengers , and the Ugors became engaged in a dispute with a crew of rival Squib salvagers regarding ownership of the droid . The quarrel was resolved when a team of Alderaanian Resistance agents purchased 7 - A39 from both parties , and the agents subsequently used the protocol droid as a guide while they explored the academy ' s ruins . History . 7 - A39 , known to some by his nickname " SevenAy , " was a protocol droid with a masculine personality who served the Jedi Order during the waning years of the Galactic Republic . He was based at the Almas Academy , a Jedi academy that was situated in the city Forard on the planet Almas . In about 31 BBY , he was sent out into the city by the Jedi Master Seenlu Kir to locate some freelance agents with whom the Jedi wished to speak . 7 - A39 located the agents and escorted them back to the academy , and Kir hired the operatives to help search for some missing Jedi . Circa 19 BBY , the Almas Academy was destroyed during an assault led by the Dark Jedi Garth Ezzar . 7 - A39 suffered some damage as a result of the attack , and he lost both of his legs and lay abandoned within the academy ' s ruins . Around 17 BBY , a group of Ugor scavengers discovered the remains of the droid inside the academy , and they dragged 7 - A39 out to the building ' s entrance . However , after the Ugors briefly left the droid unguarded , a crew of rival Squib salvagers claimed the droid for themselves . The Ugors and Squibs subsequently became involved in an argument regarding the rightful ownership of the droid ; the Ugors deemed the protocol droid a holy artifact and alleged that they were entitled to him under Ugorian Divine Law , while the Squibs contended that 7 - A39 was rightfully theirs under High Squibbian Law , because the Ugors had left the droid undefended . The Ugor SplrMuck and the Squib Jiminaldo - mabbramsti also engaged in a tug - of - war , pulling on the droid from either side in attempt to take it for themselves , much to 7 - A39 ' s dismay . A group of Alderaanian Resistance agents , who had traveled to Almas to search for a Jedi holocron , passed by the scene of the quarrel , and the Ugors called upon the agents to resolve the dispute . The resistance agents negotiated with SplrMuck and the Squibs to purchase the droid , and the Ugors agreed to relinquish their claim to the droid in return for 2 , 000 , while the Squibs were content to swap the droid for the agents ' breath masks . Carried by the agents in a net , 7 - A39 acted as a guide for the Alderaanian Resistance team while they explored the academy ruins . Shortly afterward , the agents discovered a fragment of a Sith tome in the facility ' s archive room , and 7 - A39 translated the text for them . However , the droid ' s recital of the document triggered a groundquake that caused the room to shudder . The agents also visited the academy ' s control room , and there , 7 - A39 accessed a computer and obtained a map of the academy ' s sub - levels for his new masters . Characteristics . A hapless , bipedal protocol droid , 7 - A39 was fitted with silver - colored copper plating , which became tarnished when he was damaged following the attack on the Almas Academy . He possessed detailed knowledge of the academy ' s inner workings , and he was programmed with a holomap of the institution ' s layout . He was also fitted with a heuristic processor , a translator unit , and a vocabulator . Behind the scenes . 7 - A39 was created by Adam Burns , and he first appeared in " Desert Cries " , a 2002 role - playing adventure that formed part of the Almas , Sweet Almas trilogy of the " Living Force " campaign . He later made a further appearance in " Echoes of the Jedi " , a role - playing adventure written by Abel G . Peña and Jean - François Boivin that was published in 2008 . In " Echoes of the Jedi " , the players role - play as the Alderaanian Resistance agents , and the player characters have the option of negotiating with the Squibs and Ugors to obtain 7 - A39 .