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this was the name used to describe the small, black patrol droids produced by Arakyd Industries some years before the Clone Wars. Officially designated the DRK-1, this droid had "eyes" consisting of a pair of camera lenses, a sophisticated communications package, and moved about via a compact repulsor drive. Weaponry could be mounted in a number of configurations. In many respects, the DRK-1 Dark Eye was a predecessor to the Imperial probe droid used during the Galactic Civil War. In addition to the basic probe droid package, the dark eye was plated with energy-absorbing stealth armor, which allowed it evade most sensor scans. These droids were armed with a laser cannon, a stun blaster, and a dart gun. Among the most notable utilization of the Dark Eye droid was that of the Sith apprentice Darth Maul, who sent three of them to scout the primary settlements on the planet Tatooine for any sign of Queen Amidala of Naboo, just prior to the Battle of Naboo.