P - RC3 P - RC3 , also known as Persee , was a librarian droid assigned to the library aboard the first Death Star . Biography . Arrival on the Death Star . Persee was programmed by Lord Alferon Choots Bemming , owner of Bibliotron Systems on Coruscant . Following his construction , he was sent to the Death Star I by Sector Admiral Poteet , where he came into the possession of the station ' s Chief Librarian , Atour Riten , in charge of the Death Star Library . Work with Atour Riten . Persee ' s work at the Death Star ' s library included dealing with complicated data retrieval issues , which he could solve much faster than any Human . Persee was also an assistant to Chief Librarian Atour Riten , and occasionally made tea for the librarian . Shortly after receiving the droid , Atour modified the droid ' s programming to disable the droid ' s spyware , which would have required it to report anything remotely illegal to Imperial authorities , and change its loyalty model to put Atour ' s well - being above the good of the Empire . Furthermore , any attempt by Imperial authorities to bypass Atour ' s modifications would cause a complete memory wipe of Persee , destroying any evidence the droid might carry of Atour ' s illegal activities . During the rescue of Princess Leia , Persee noticed R2 - D2 ' s unusual use of the droid interface plug in a forward bay command office . Using the security cam in the room , Atour and Persee witnessed the discussion between Luke Skywalker , Han Solo , Obi - Wan Kenobi , C - 3PO , and Chewbacca on how to escape the Death Star and rescue Princess Leia , although with no audio feed Persee was forced to use lip - reading to determine what was being said . Attempted escape from the Death Star . Following the destruction of Alderaan , a group of people , including Atour , Memah Roothes , Rodo , Villian Dance , Teela Kaarz , Nova Stihl , Celot Ratua Dil , and Kornell Divini , decided to leave the station . Atour ' s plan , which involved stealing a E - 2 - T Medical Shuttle , required a redirection of Flight Control communications for a bogus " verification " of orders allowing the shuttle to leave . Atour ' s original plan was to have Persee remain in the library to take the call ; unfortunately , Imperial security agents detected Persee ' s unauthorized data accesses and took it into custody , forcing Atour to stay behind instead . During the subsequent investigation , the Imperial personnel examining Persee unwittingly tripped the fail - safe that Atour had installed - causing Persee ' s memory to be wiped right down to the primary nodes . Lieutenant Esture contacted the library to ask Riten about the droid , however Riten was able to convince him that he had contacted the bay door control room by mistake . Before Esture could contact Riten a pilot in an X - wing managed to fire a proton torpedo down an exhaust port , causing the reactor to overload and explode . Persee ' s body was destroyed a short time later with the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin . Personality and traits . P - RC3 resembled a standard bipedal protocol droid for the most part , with a slightly larger head to allow an increased memory capacity . The droid was a metallic blue color with blue photoreceptors . Reflecting its Coruscant background , Persee had a High Coruscanti accent , conveying a sensibility possessed only by those in the upper echelons of society .