Some of the Droids featured in the movie Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace
*Timestamps listed below are approximate times based on either first appearance and/or a clearer image of droid(s).
All timestamps are based on the streaming (no ads) version of the movie.
Guide to the numerals used on the backs of B1 battle droids (Trade Federation Script)
Vulture-class droid starfighters
Manufacturer: Haor Chall Engineering Corporation
Class: Droid starfighter
Locations: various
Notable droids: DFS-327, DFS-1015, DFS-1104/DFS-1308, DFS-1138
Timestamps: none* (DFS-327), 2:30 (DFS-1015 and DFS-1138) (others**)
*modified image
**images are flipped and/or modified
TC-14
Manufacturer: Cybot Galactica
Model: TC-series protocol droid
Class: Protocol droid
Degree: Class 3
Location: Trade Federation flagship Saak'ak
Timestamp: 2:40
OWO-1
Manufacturer: Baktoid Combat Automata/Baktoid Armor Workshop
Class: Battle droid
Degree: Class 4
Location: Trade Federation flagship Saak'ak
Extra: Has the numbers 2714 or 2715 on its back.
Timestamp: 5:35
Other notable B1 Battle droids
SSA-1015* (Trade Federation flagship)
Timestamp: 5:22
2296 (Trade Federation flagship)
Timestamp: 2:30
2391 (Trade Federation flagship)
Timestamp: 2:30
1933 (Naboo hangar)
Timestamp: 24:34
2767 (Naboo hangar)
Timestamp: 25:00
7169 (Legends: 3B3-1204) (Naboo hangar)
Timestamp: 24:34
1234 (Naboo plains)
Timestamp: 1:53:36
2714 (Naboo plains)
Timestamp: 1:53:30
7276 (Legends: 3B3-888) (Naboo plains)
Timestamp: 2:00:25
7824 (Naboo plains)
Timestamp: 2:00:24
3B3-10* (Theed Palace, Naboo)
Timestamp: 1:54:54
3B3-21 (Theed Palace, Naboo)
Timestamp: 1:52:53
SSA-306* (Theed Palace, Naboo)
Timestamp: 22:39
SSA-719* (Theed Palace, Naboo)
Timestamp: 2:00:47
6369 (Theed Palace, Naboo)
Timestamp: 1:58:30
*Legends designation
EG-9 (Legends)
Manufacturer: custom
Class: Labor droid
Degree: Class 5
Locations: Trade Federation flagship Saak'ak (cut scene), Mos Espa (Legends*)
Extra: Ancient droid cobbled together from at least three different droid models. Was cut from the film.
PK-series worker droids
Manufacturer: Cybot Galactica
Class: Labor droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: Trade Federation flagship Saak'ak
Timestamp: 19:07
Hangar deck scrubber droids
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton (Legends)
Class: Cleaning droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: Theed hangar, Naboo
Timestamp: 24:15
GZ-5 Energy Units
Manufacturer: Veril Line Systems
Class: Power droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: Theed hangar, Naboo
Timestamps: 24:18, 1:47:05
2163
Manufacturer: Baktoid Combat Automata/Baktoid Armor Workshop
Class: Battle droid
Degree: Class 4
Location: Theed hangar, Naboo
Timestamp: 24:34
R2-D2
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Locations: various
Timestamp: 25:23
R2-N3
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Queen's royal starship
Extra: Droid has green trim that can look black under certain lighting conditions.
Timestamp: 25:23
G8-R3
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R5 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Queen's royal starship
Extra: Some legends sources name this droid R5-A7.
Timestamp: 25:23
R2-B1
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Queen's royal starship
Timestamp: 25:48
R2-R9
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Queen's royal starship
Timestamp: 25:48
R2-M5
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Queen's royal starship
Extra: Was destroyed, along with other astromechs, when fixing an imbalance in the starboard engines of the Queen's starship.
Behind-The-Scenes: There is another similar droid later in the movie in the Theed hangar.
Timestamp: none (cut)
Nobot
Manufacturer: Cybot Galactica
Model: 3PO-series protocol droid
Class: Protocol droid
Degree: Class 3
Location: Mos Espa, Tatooine
Extra: In Legends, the droid was also known as "Ghost Droid". The droid became the subject of many tales.
Timestamp: 31:19
Talking magnetite cleaner
Manufacturer: unknown
Class: Cleaning droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: Watto's junkshop
Timestamp: unknown (cut?)
UX-53 Autopolisher MK.II
Manufacturer: unknown
Class: Cleaning droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: Tatooine?
Timestamp: unknown (cut?)
Watto's Astromech
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton?
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Watto's junkshop
Timestamps: 31:46, 45:36
R-1 type Shopkeeping drone
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: modified R1-series astromech droid
Class: Shopkeeping drone
Degree: Class 5?
Location: Watto's junkshop
Extra: Modified by Jawas.
Timestamp: 32:03
Welding droid
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton and Publictechnic
Model: WEL droid
Class: Welding droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: Watto's junkyard
Timestamp: 33:41
Unknown humanoid droids
Location: Watto's junkyard
Extra: Look similar to 2-1B droids.
Timestamp: 33:59
Mos Espa R2 unit
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Mos Espa
Extra: Low resolution CGI astromech.
Timestamp: 36:22 (background)
C-3PO
Manufacturer: Cybot Galactica
Model: 3PO-series protocol droid
Class: Protocol droid
Degree: Class 3
Locations: various
Timestamp: 38:43
R2-T0
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: outside Watto's junkshop, Mos Espa
Timestamp: 44:23
WEL-1708
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton and Publictechnic
Model: WEL droid
Class: Welding droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: outside Watto's junkshop, Mos Espa
Timestamp: 44:23
DRK-1 Dark Eye probe droids
Manufacturer: Arakyd Industries (Legends)
Class: Probe droid
Degree: Class 4
Location: Tatooine
Extra: Used by Darth Maul.
Timestamp: 51:55
Otoga-222 maint droids
Manufacturer: Veril Line Systems (Legends)
Class: Repair droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: Podracer hangar, Mos Espa, Tatooine
Timestamp: 52:16
Welding droid
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton and Publictechnic
Model: WEL droid
Class: Welding droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: Podracer hangar, Mos Espa, Tatooine
Timestamp: 52:16
Podrace hangar R2
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Podracer hangar, Mos Espa, Tatooine
Timestamp: 52:22
Hologlide J57 cam droids
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton (Legends)
Class: Cam droid
Degree: Class 3, Class 5*
Location: Mos Espa Grand Arena
Timestamp: 55:10
*Legends
DUM-4
Manufacturer: Serv-O-Droid, Inc.
Model: DUM-series pit droid
Class: Repair droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: Podracer arena, Mos Espa, Tatooine
Extra: Podracer Ody Mandrell's pit droid.
Timestamp: 56:30
R5-X2
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R5 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Mos Espa Grand Arena
Extra: Owned by Jabba the Hutt. Calculated betting odds at podraces.
Timestamp: 58:07
Pit area R2 unit
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Ody Mandrell's podracer pit area
Timestamp: 1:02:40
P-100 pick-up droids
Manufacturer: Serv-O-Droid, Inc. (Legends)
Class: Salvage droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: Podracer course, Mos Espa, Tatooine
Timestamp: none (deleted scene)
P-100 Salvage droids
Manufacturer: Serv-O-Droid, Inc. (Legends)
Class: Salvage droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: Podracer course, Mos Espa, Tatooine
Timestamp: none (deleted scene)
Pit area R2 unit 2
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Pit area, Mos Espa Grand Arena
Timestamp: 1:08:46
Rolo droids
Manufacturer: Cybot Galactica (Legends)
Class: Survelliance droid
Degree: Class 3?
Location: Mos Espa, Tatooine
Extra: In Legends, the droid pictured was identified as R-PK-12 (Recon-PK series droid).
Timestamp: 1:14:48
Senate hovercam droids
Manufacturer: unknown
Class: Cam droid
Degree: Class 3
Location: Galactic Senate, Coruscant
Timestamp: 1:26:56
Image and name source: Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
TC-3
Manufacturer: Cybot Galactica
Model: TC-series protocol droid
Class: Protocol droid
Degree: Class 3
Location: Senate Chamber
Extra: Served Swokes Swokes senator Yeb Yeb Adem'thorn. Was cut from the film.
Unnamed TC droid
Manufacturer: Cybot Galactica
Model: TC-series protocol droid
Class: Protocol droid
Degree: Class 3
Location: Senate Chamber
Extra: Served Twi'lek senator Orn Free Taa. Was cut from the film.
Image and info source: Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
*The Legends Star Wars book, The Secret Life of Droids, incorrectly identifies TC-4 as senator Yeb Yeb Adem'thorn's droid. In the Legends book, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: The Expanded Visual Dictionary, the droid pictured above is incorrectly identified as TC-3.
TC-4
Manufacturer: Cybot Galactica
Model: TC-series protocol droid
Class: Protocol droid
Degree: Class 3
Location: Coruscant?
Extra: Served Senator Palpatine. Was cut from the film.
OOM-9
Manufacturer: Baktoid Combat Automata/Baktoid Armor Workshop
Class: Battle droid
Degree: Class 4
Location: Grass plains, Naboo
Extra: Was in command of the Trade Federation's droid army during their invasion of Naboo.
Timestamp: 1:46:09
Theed hangar R2
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Theed hangar, Naboo
Extra: This droid is not officially named in canon, and is not R2-M5 that was destroyed earlier in the film (off-screen).
Timestamp: 1:47:12
S-X VAC-u-Bots
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Class: Labor droid
Degree: Class 5
Location: Theed hangar, Naboo
Timestamp: 1:47:15
R2-C4
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Theed hangar, Naboo
Extra: Pilot Gavyn Sykes' droid.
Timestamp: 1:47:16
R2-A6
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: Theed hangar, Naboo
Extra: Pilot Ric Olié's droid.
Timestamp: 1:47:22
Naboo R2
Manufacturer: Industrial Automaton
Model: R2 series astromech droid
Class: Astromech droid
Degree: Class 2
Location: N-1 starfighter
Extra: Pilot Irya Kirsch's droid. Irya Kirsch was portrayed by ILM visual effects supervisor John Knoll.
Timestamp: 1:53:49
1138
Manufacturer: Baktoid Combat Automata/Baktoid Armor Workshop
Class: Battle droid
Degree: Class 4
Location: Grass plains, Naboo
Timestamp: 2:03:34
Group
GNK power droids, 3PO unit, Stretch droid*, scrubber droids, Pit droid
Location: Watto's junkshop
Timestamps: 31:44 and 32:24
Power droids from left to right (all): power droid w/red top stripe, power droid w/orange top stripe, power droid with yellow bottom stripe, and power droid w/green bottom stripe.
Images and info source: Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
RMS droid and Stretch droid
Location: Watto's junkshop
Timestamps: 31:46 and 31:47
Off-screen droids
Sources
Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels (Legends, 2005)
Star Wars Complete Vehicles, New Edition (2020)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Theed Palace Limited (Legends, 2001)
Star Wars: The Secret Life of Droids (Legends, 2012)
Star Wars: Complete Locations (2016)
Star Wars Screencaps.com (Images)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: The Expanded Visual Dictionary (Legends, 2012)
The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (Legends, 2008)
"What's The Story?" (Legends, 2005-2008)
Last modified: 4/2025 (additional minor info on TC-4 and a new entry, unnamed astromech droids added) 3/2025 (timestamps, Trade Federation Script numerals guide, two new entries, and minor info added to the Rolo droid entry)