The 2-1C medical droid functioned as a battlefield medic for the Galactic Empire. Its design bore a strong resemblance to the FX-series medical assistant droid, but it was engineered to operate autonomously in combat zones. Equipped with a functional vocabulator, it possessed a cruel and cynical disposition, a sharp divergence from the enthusiastic and amiable IM-6 units utilized by the former Grand Army of the Republic.
The character 2-1C also appeared as a non-playable character in the Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace video game, with Harvey Jason providing the voice. Whether this particular 2-1C model was the same as the one seen in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds remains unconfirmed.
In Galactic Battlegrounds, the 2-1C, similarly to all Imperial medical droids, displayed a disturbing fondness for inflicting pain through surgery.
Ethan Phillips lent his voice to the 2-1C droids featured in Galactic Battlegrounds.