Mindscan droids served as tools for GeNode cloning experts, enabling them to scan the mental landscape of a prime clone by attaching the device to the top of their head. Subsequently, the template's recollections were rapidly transferred, or flash-pumped, into the minds of the newly created clones towards the end of their development. The deranged genetic terrorist and cloning authority Zeta Magnus utilized these droids to produce GeNode duplicates of himself, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as Halagad Ventor.