An E-B loader droid is shown during the Imperial Era.
Loader droids, also known as loadlifters or hauler droids, represented a specific category of industrial droids. Their primary function was to hoist and offload substantial loads.
The Imperial mining moon called Cynda utilized a number of loader droids. Count Denetrius Vidian implemented alterations to the programming of these droids to enhance their operational effectiveness.
One particular loader droid model was the E-B load lifter. A hauler droid named TRK-R operated within a community located on the ocean planet known as Serelia. He employed a landspeeder to transport goods from the docking area. Despite once failing to deliver a fish catch from the local Verla to the marketplace before it spoiled, it proclaimed itself the settlement's premier hauler droid.
The Plazir-15's government obtained a significant quantity of B2-series super battle droids and repurposed them for civilian tasks, many of which involved functioning as loader droids.
The concept of loader droids was initially introduced in both the novel A New Dawn and its audiobook version, both of which saw release on September 2, 2014. The visual debut of loader droids occurred in the third episode of the television series Obi-Wan Kenobi, which premiered on June 1, 2022.