Heavy Droideka

The Heavy Droideka was a combat droid created by the Trade Federation during the Clone Wars.

Information
The Heavy Droideka was a small production run combat droid built with twin heavy repeating blasters, and was so powerful that it could knock out speeders and light walkers with relative ease. The concept was similar to the standard Droideka, except that the droid could fold into a small globe to move at speed instead of a wheel. They were tough and heavily armored, but not terribly smart or good at dodging, therefore their ability to withstand enemy fire and hand out a lot of firepower in return was needed to compensate for the fact that they made obvious targets and made common tactical flaws. Heavy Droidekas are rare on even the black market and are snapped up quickly due to their obvious ferocity in combat. Restrictions on combat droids and heavy weaponry mean that ownership of such a droid is extremely illegal and carries high sentencing throughout the majority of the galaxy.

Trivia

 * The Heavy Droideka is based on concept art by Doug Chiang for Star Wars the Phantom Menace.