R1-type shopkeeping drone

R1-type shopkeeping drones were R1-series astromech droids modified by Jawas, a species native to the planet Tatooine, to assist with shopkeeping. Created from an older model of astromech droid manufactured by Industrial Automaton, they featured black plating, a red photoreceptor, and a grasping arm. Among the improvised equipment that could be found in his shop in Tatooine's port city of Mos Espa, the Toydarian junk dealer Watto owned an R1-type shopkeeping drone that handled most of the routine business operations of his parts dealership. The droid's dome was marked with a handprint, and it was pictured in a HoloNews advertisement for Watto's shop as an example of the droids available at the dealership.

The R1-type shopkeeping drone first appeared in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. It was first identified in Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I, a 2000 Star Wars Legends reference book written by Kristin Lund and illustrated by Richard Chasemore and Hans Jenssen. This name was confirmed to be canon by the 2015 reference book Ultimate Star Wars.