From experience the Arakyd BT series perimeter droid is typically used, particularly the six-legged BT-16.Īfter Jabba the Hutt was killed the monks were largely able to reclaim their monastey.

Occasionally a monk will have need of slightly more mobility and his brain jar will be attached to a large, spider-like droid. At this point the monk's brain is placed in a jar filled with a nutrient solution and is safely stored away where he can while away the millenia in contemplation. The body being viewed as merely a distraction. Eventually a monk will be determined by his fellows to have become ' enlightened' and at that point the lesser monks will aid him in having his brain removed from his body. They practiced a form of strict asceticism and spent nearly all of their time in meditation on the mysteries of the universe and what they referred to as the 'ultimate truth'. There they built a monastery on the edge of the dune sea that would eventually become Jabba's Palace. The B'Omarr monks originally moved to Tatooine at some time in the distant past, centuries before the timeline of the films.

Not bad for a second of screen-time at the edge of the frame. Despite this the expanded universe has gone on to establish a rich background for them. Their first appearance was during a minor glimpse in Return of the Jedi when C-3PO enters Jabba's Palace. The B'Omarr Monks are an ascetic religious order in the Star Wars universe combining elements of transhumanism and Gnosticism.

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