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8D8's Timeline
Key Events in 8D8's Star Wars Story
8D8
8D8 was a masculine-programmed 8D-series smelter droid manufactured by the Roche Hive, originally built for ore processing before being lobotomized and reprogrammed into a torture-chamber assistant. In that role he served EV-9D9, the chief of Cyborg Operations in Jabba Desilijic Tiure's palace on Tatooine, where he helped brand, mutilate and terrorize the droids pressed into the Hutt's service — a role in which he was glimpsed heating a branding iron over a droid strapped to a rack when C-3PO and R2-D2 were processed in 4 ABY. Deactivated along with the rest of the palace's droid pool after Jabba's death above the Great Pit of Carkoon, 8D8 was reactivated years later by Boba Fett, who took over the palace and installed the droid as his majordomo. In that capacity 8D8 announced visiting dignitaries and tribute-bearers, translated for Fett in negotiations with Mos Espa's crime families and Hutt rivals, coordinated the daimyo's day-to-day affairs, and stood with Fett's people through the war against the Pyke Syndicate. Long-suffering and dryly acerbic, he habitually urged Fett to rule through fear and intimidation rather than the reciprocal loyalty his master preferred, and he retained an open resentment of the more sophisticated protocol and astromech droids he had once tormented.
Date unknown - Manufacture on Roche
8D8 was built by the Roche Hive as an 8D-series smelter droid, a 1.83-meter industrial unit intended for ore processing. Canon gives no construction date.
Date unknown - Lobotomized and repurposed
At some point before Jabba the Hutt's death, 8D8 was lobotomized and reprogrammed to serve EV-9D9 in the droid torture chamber beneath Jabba's palace on Tatooine, terrorizing and mutilating the palace's droid pool.
4 ABY - Processing C-3PO and R2-D2
When Luke Skywalker's droids were delivered to Jabba's palace, 8D8 worked alongside EV-9D9 in the torture chamber, branding the feet of a screaming Power droid as the newcomers were assigned their duties.
4 ABY - Deactivation after Jabba's death
Following Jabba's death at the Great Pit of Carkoon and the collapse of his criminal empire, the palace droids — including 8D8 — were shut down and left dormant.
9 ABY - Reactivated by Boba Fett
After Boba Fett killed Bib Fortuna and claimed the palace and the title of daimyo of Mos Espa, 8D8 was reactivated and made Fett's majordomo, announcing visitors and presenting tribute alongside Fennec Shand.
9 ABY - Serving the daimyo
8D8 translated for Fett in dealings with the Hutt twins, the mayor of Mos Espa's majordomo and the heads of the city's crime families, and repeatedly counseled his master that a crime lord must rule through fear rather than respect.
9 ABY - The war for Mos Espa
8D8 remained at Fett's side through the escalating conflict with the Pyke Syndicate, coordinating the daimyo's household and forces as fighting broke out in the streets of Mos Espa.
After 9 ABY - Continued service
8D8 survives the events of the war; canon records no destruction or deactivation, and his fate beyond this point is unknown.
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