EG - 9 EG - 9 was an ancient , cobbled - together labor droid who was a mainstay of Mos Espa spaceport on the planet Tatooine . It was repairing a moisture vaporator shortly before the Boonta Eve Classic podrace in the year 32 BBY . Biography . A mainstay of Mos Espa spaceport on the desert planet Tatooine , EG - 9 was working on a moisture vaporator shortly before the annual Boonta Eve Classic podrace of the year 32 BBY . Characteristics . EG - 9 was an ancient labor droid cobbled together from at least three different models of droids , including a salvaged Temirca droid head with a broken antenna , a Montoro serving drone body , repair worker arms , and wheel s scavenged from a Verpine G9 droid . It was given an orange paint job with silver highlights for maximum visibility , and had gray photoreceptors . EG - 9 had a broken antenna attached to the left side of its head . Behind the scenes . EG - 9 was originally created for the 1999 film . However , its short , humorous scene , while scripted and included in early cuts , was left out of the final version of the film . The " Star Wars " Legends reference book " " , written by David West Reynolds and released on May 26 , 1999 , used an image of EG - 9 to depict an unidentified droid , which later appeared , unnamed , in " Podracing Tales " , an online comic published on StarWars . com on December 19 , 2000 . This droid was only explicitly identified as EG - 9 in " " , a revised edition of " Star Wars : Episode I The Visual Dictionary " written by Jason Fry and released on January 16 , 2012 , making the character canon within the Legends continuity . EG - 9 ' s likeness was again recycled as the Trade Federation MED - 47 medical droid featured in the 2001 video game " " . Deleted scene . EG - 9 ' s deleted scene from " The Phantom Menace " was included in " " , released on May 3 , 1999 , which also featured a storyboard of the scene from the Lucasfilm Archives . An animatic of the scene , dubbed " Trash Talking Droids , " was later included in the 2011 " " set , The scene features EG - 9 stationed aboard the Trade Federation flagship " Saak ' ak " . When the Republic cruiser " Radiant VII " arrives carrying Jedi ambassadors Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi shortly before the Invasion of Naboo , EG - 9 and fellow worker droid PK - 4 watch the docking bay from a nearby hallway . PK - 4 assumes the Jedi are important when Viceroy Nute Gunray sends TC - 14 , whom the droids consider a " useless protocol gearhead , " to greet them . When EG - 9 notices the Jedi ' s ship belongs to the Galactic Republic , he asks if PK - 4 thinks it could mean trouble , to which the other droid responds that he is not made to think . With regards to " Star Wars " Legends , Lucasfilm considered the deleted scenes of the prequel trilogy films to be canon , unless they conflicted with story details from the films themselves . EG - 9 ' s deleted scene shows the droid to be part of the Trade Federation , which " The Phantom Menace " establishes has no presence on Tatooine , while " The Phantom Menace : The Expanded Visual Dictionary " states that EG - 9 is a " mainstay " of that desert planet . Given these conflicting elements , this article treats EG - 9 ' s deleted scene as non - canon .