Editing Droid (Star Wars) (section)

===Protocol droid===
A [[protocol (diplomacy)|protocol]] droid specializes in [[translation]], [[etiquette]] and [[convention (norm)|cultural customs]], and is typically humanoid in appearance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/protocol-droid |title=Databank: Protocol Droids |publisher=[[StarWars.com]] |access-date=February 19, 2016 |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719074419/https://www.starwars.com/databank/protocol-droid |url-status=live }}</ref>  Protocol droids are used to aid in communications during diplomatic or business negotiations and often function as personal assistants to their owners.  Protocol droids are also used for military service, whether as administrators, couriers or spies.  However, they do have a tendency to be eccentric and fussy.<ref>Barr, et al. (2017), p. 140-141</ref><ref name="Luceno195">Luceno, et al. (2018), p. 194-195</ref><ref name="Barr266">{{cite book|last1=Barr|first1=Patricia|last2=Bray|first2=Adam|last3=Jones|first3=Matt|last4=Horton|first4=Cole|last5=Wallace|first5=Daniel|last6=Windham|first6=Ryder|title=Ultimate Star Wars New Edition|publisher=DK Publishing|date=2019|pages=266|location=United States|isbn=978-1-4654-7900-6}}</ref>

The most notable example is [[C-3PO]], introduced in ''Star Wars'' and featured in all sequels and prequels.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/c-3po |title=Databank: C-3PO |publisher=StarWars.com |access-date=February 19, 2016 |archive-date=July 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708043655/https://www.starwars.com/databank/c-3po/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[4-LOM]] is a protocol droid turned bounty hunter who responds to [[Darth Vader]]'s call to capture the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/4-lom |title=Databank: 4-LOM |publisher=StarWars.com |access-date=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023174856/http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/fourlom/ |archive-date=October 23, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/4-LOM|title=Databank: 4-LOM (Archived) |publisher=StarWars.com |access-date=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023174856/http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/fourlom/ |archive-date=October 23, 2008 }}</ref> TC-14 is a droid with feminine programming that appears in ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/tc-14 |title=Databank: TC-14 |publisher=StarWars.com |access-date=February 19, 2016 |archive-date=July 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720195105/https://www.starwars.com/databank/tc-14 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[ME-8D9]] is an "ancient protocol droid of unknown manufacture" that resides and works as a translator at [[Maz Kanata]]'s castle on [[Takodana]] in ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' (2015).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/me-8d9 |title=Databank: ME-8D9 |publisher=StarWars.com |access-date=February 19, 2016 |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719074419/https://www.starwars.com/databank/me-8d9 |url-status=live }}</ref>