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- "I have deactivated my olfactory sensors. So, as you say, can't relate."
- ―L3-37, to Lando Calrissian
Olfactory sensors,[2] also called smell receptors,[3] were a type of sensors that provided droids with an artificial sense of smell. Cybot Galactica's 3PO-series protocol droids were equipped with such sensors,[2] and so were the KX-series security droids built by Arakyd Industries.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
Olfactory sensors for droids were first mentioned in the reference book Star Wars: Droid Factory.[2] However, according to Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!, droids do not have the ability to smell, but can analyze the chemical composition of the air around them thanks to their chem-receptors.[5]
Appearances[]
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Escape (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- War of the Bounty Hunters 4 (Mentioned only)
- Bounty Hunters 38 (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
"Galactic Tales: Lost in the Woods" — Star Wars Insider 221 (Mentioned only)- Last Shot (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Droid Factory (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Rogue One: Rebel Dossier
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 2 (Droid Directory: 3PO-series Protocol Droids, Part 1)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 7 (Droid Directory: LOM-series Protocol Droids)
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- "C-3PO" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
