The Droid Modification Team consisted of 2-1B surgical droids who were experts in the repair of droids and the replacement of their components. Functioning under the banner of the New Republic, this team received orders in 5 ABY to alter the appearances of the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO. This was done to prepare them for a clandestine mission that would take them to the planet of Kessel.
Initially, the Droid Modification Team worked on R2-D2's disguise. During this time, C-3PO and the Jedi Luke Skywalker waited in the Droid Repair Shop located on the moon of Yavin 4. After C-3PO voiced some objections, Skywalker used an inter-office communications device to signal the team. The droids then brought in the altered R2-D2, who now resembled a dark green Kessel mining droid. Subsequently, C-3PO reluctantly departed with the Droid Modification Team and underwent his own modifications, a process completed within a single hour, after which he went back to the Droid Repair Shop.
The Droid Modification Team was featured in The Glove of Darth Vader, a children's novel from 1992 authored by Paul and Hollace Davids.