J9 worker drone/Legends

The J9 worker drone was a droid produced by Roche. It was originally designed to be a protocol droid but failed in that role due to design choices by the manufacturer.
==Characteristics==
The J9 was tall and thin, with sensors that made it appear like an insect. The J9's huge photoreceptors were keyed to the Verpine optical range, much of which was in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. It had a Arjan vocabulator and TranLang II Communication module that caused it to speak with a slightly buzzy voice. The model had large hip joints that could be a weak point.The Essential Guide to Droids
==History==
The J9 was not a commercial success due to the Verpine not having any idea how to market a protocol droid. This resulted in Roche slashing prices to offset their mounting losses. Purchased droids were not properly used, and placed in factories and starports where their advanced cognitive functions were wasted. Roche tried to change this by advertising the J9 to fellow arthropods such as the Sic-Six, and the Flakax, but this really only caught on with the Xi'Dec, to a limited degree.
==Behind the scenes==
In the Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook, the J9 worker drone is misplaced as a fifth-degree droid, and is described as a very common labor droid.
==Appearances==
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*Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight
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*Return of the Jedi 1 
*"Lapti Nek": The Music Video from Jabba's Palace
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*X-Wing: The Krytos Trap 
*The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book (Luke Skywalker) 
*Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book (Max Rebo) 
*Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
*The DarkStryder Campaign
*Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids
*Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
*The Essential Guide to Droids
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*The New Essential Guide to Droids
*Scum and Villainy
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia 
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*Strongholds of Resistance
==Notes and references==
Category:Protocol droid models
Category:Roche products