And it comes to light that this is quite doable! Moreover, even though the machine has lost plenty of its marbles, some scraps of information are still there - for example, it can still quote subparagraph 16 of the Bondsman Guild protocol. In the third season, the lead character decides to reactivate his fallen comrade-in-arms. However, there’s one problem: poor implementation of this self-destruct mechanism. In theory, this is a good idea: it was designed not only to protect the information in the droid’s memory, but also to prevent turning the droid against the original owner.

Toward the end of Season 1, the rehabilitated assassin droid IG-11 - while surrounded by the Imperials - declared that, according to his manufacturer’s protocols, he should never be captured by the enemy, and so activated self-destruction. Still, at least now we know they can get any updates at all! Assassin droid IG-11 Truth be told, this doesn’t seem very safe: droids operate in almost every corner of the galaxy, while it’s the first time ever we see a bar for them. It turns out, they visit bars to get updated… through booze! (I guess that makes a good excuse when asked “why are you drunk again?”: “Just updating, darling!”) The bars serve the drink Nepenthe, which is a lubricant for protection against mechanical wear-and-tear mixed with subparticles delivering programming updates and new commands from the mainframe. Of the new things we learned from this season of The Mandalorian, we now know how droids get their software updates. Meanwhile, droids can have motives of their own, which don’t necessarily coincide with the whims and wishes of their owners. And even the “good” characters don’t regard this as much of a problem. and have emotions), while at the same time they’re owned by someone (or some thing). The thing is, they’re sentient (they think, feel.

The whole situation with droids in the Star Wars universe brings forth a certain… ethical-moral issue. Before you continue reading, please be warned that there may be spoilers in the text. And the more I watch this show, the more I get the impression that all the infosec problems of the galaxy far, far away have two roots - negligence and droids. Season 3 of The Mandalorian TV series gave us a look at the state of information security in the Star Wars universe nine years after the Battle of Yavin.

Wheres my droid