EG-6 power droid/Legends

The EG-6 power droid by Veril Line Systems was an ambulatory power droid.
==Characteristics==
A fifth-degreeCynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids power droid, the EG-6 was 1.1 meters tall. Outfitted with low artificial intelligence, EG-6's only function was to provide energy to diverse machinery, starships, and other vehicles. Most of the EG-6's interior was filled out by its fusion generators. Its hull was heavily armored, and the droid was designed to survive extreme temperatures or radiation.The Essential Guide to Droids
There were two heavy power plug-in sockets on the right side of the EG-6's body and a standard power plug-in socket on the lower half of its front. There was also a light power plug-in socket in the face-like unit on the upper half of its front side, which also contained a system diagnostic package and visual sensors as well as an acoustic signaler. The droid was able to speak droid and computer languages only.
The system diagnostic package included a spectrometer and infrared, sonar, and X-ray scanners and was used for equipment checks. Although rarely used, the EG-6 had a manipulator arm that was hidden under a small panel on its lower front side.
==History==
The EG-6 was found nearly everywhere throughout the galaxy, but its lead in the energy-supply market diminished a bit when Industrial Automaton released the nearly identical GNK power droid.
Its follow-up model, the S9-series heavy power droid, a larger and more powerful version of the EG-6, was Veril Line Systems' answer to the GNK droid.Visual Guide Chapter 8
The EG-6 that was owned by the Lars family on Tatooine was several hundred standard years old.
After the Battle of Yavin, EG-6 power droids were used by the Talusian Smugglers in their base on Talus.
An EG-6 power droid was present in Jabba's Palace around 4 ABY. It was in the palace of Jabba the Hutt when C-3PO and R2-D2 came to the palace as part of the rescue of Han Solo. It squealed in pain as 8D8, under the command of its supervisor droid EV-9D9, lowered a hot glowing iron on the soles of its feet.
==Behind the scenes==
Star Wars: Behind the Magic and The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia state that the power droid that C-3PO and R2-D2 found in the Jawa sandcrawler in A New Hope was an EG-6. However, this droid emits the "gonk" sound, which is a feature of the GNK power droid.
A different version of the EG-6 can be seen in The Phantom Menace, and it was often mistaken for the GNK power droid.
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: Battlefront II
*Star Wars: X-Wing
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*Classic Star Wars: A New Hope flap book
*Star Wars Manga: A New Hope 1
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*Star Wars Missions 9: Revolt of the Battle Droids
*Star Wars: X-Wing Tour of Duty: Imperial Pursuit
*Star Wars: X-Wing Tour of Duty: B-Wing
*Rebellion 4
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==Notes and references==
Category:EG-series power droid models