It’s just a portable generator. If someone told me I could have it move itself instead of me having to drag the shit around id definitely prefer it, especially on a desert/sand environment.
Powers out, Gonk
Camping, Gonk
Putting on a Concert, Gonk
Want to slay, Gonk
More like creating unintelligible alarms on your appliances so they just make noise at you without conveying any information unless you dedicate yourself to esoteric study of their language. Gonk droids are walking IV pump noises.
GONK
Critical error and about to explode? GONK. Just saying hello? GONK. In the real world we sometimes joke these appliances are just insecure and want attention sometimes but here it might be a real factor.
Look, if you have an aural processing issue I totally understand, but if you’re just being racist against droids as some kind of hold-over from the clone wars, GTFO.
There’s a massive difference between “GONK” and “GONK”. They sound nothing alike.
Next you’re going to tell me that ewoks could take on an imperial brigade…
GONK
So, in Star Wars, do robots have free will and consciousness or is it just an illusion?
Are droids slaves, or just tools?
As an aside, that’s just the lowest of low effort costumes I’ve ever seen. It’s almost literally a rectangular trash can, with “robot legs” made from metallic flexible ductwork you can buy at a hardware store. It would make for a bad home-made halloween costume, let alone a character in a Hollywood movie.
Fun fact: Gonks are not allowed on rooftop buildings in cities because they would walk over edges.
GRONDGONK
Hmm… does a Grond plus a Gonk make a Gronk?
Remember the IKEA Gönk?
spoiler
As more of a follower of the superior “Star Shows”, I gotta ask… is this actually real? It seems totally made up. I’ve seen all the movies, but I don’t recall this thing. If it is, then that’s awesome.
Yes. The GNK-series droids are the most famous among the power droids. Those are literally walking generators and power banks. There is a heavy version PLNK(plunk) series with four legs. Both of which have a flat top, so you can use it to put things on them.
They have been modified as weapons during some encounters. Where they would just walk straight ahead and explode when it collided with something.
There’s also rumours of a “Cult of the Power Droids”. Where a group of gonk robots would show up at night and ask for donations. And the best way to get rid of them, is to say “Gonk. Gonk. Gonk ko kyenga see”, which is apparently so rude it can’t legally be translated to basic(galactic basic standard, aka “english”).
Goddamn I have no idea if you’re making some kind of reference to cult of personality or if I’m just way out of my depth here.
I’m going back to the star trek instances now, where my life makes sense. Enjoy your walking batteries. Enjoy your walking batteries.
The Cult of the Power Droids was a religious sect solicited by rogue GNK power droids.
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Cult_of_the_Power_Droids
It’s not full canon, only legends. It is from a reference book written by Ben Burtt in 2001. But the first half is written as an in-universe book, so I consider it partly canon. (For reference, he is one of greatest sound designers of all time. He made the lightsaber sounds, Darth Vader’s breathing, etc. In addition he also worked on Indiana Jones, made the “voice” for E.T., WALL-E, R2-D2, etc. He’s the guy who popularized the Wilhelm scream easter egg)
This was shown in the fucking Original trilogy mate
is this actually real?
I know folks have already answered, but I want to let you share my delight that The Gonk Droid even has a Lego Minifigure.
Asking whether or not someone likes Gonk droids is a good vibe check, both for them and you.
Didn’t they also bounce you around in … Shadows of the Empire? Maybe Dark Forces II? It’s been a while, but one of those seems right to me. Actually, maybe it was Jedi Academy … No longer sure.
They also offered a pleasing sound effect, which isn’t really practical in real life, but which I personally still enjoyed.
They ping ponged around in Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy, I remember there was a way to eviscerate folks on an early Movie Battles map using a Gonk and force lightning.
Will they have their own power supply for movement, or will they sip at the battery they’re carrying?
That reminds me of a costume ball at school.
There’s no way an ambulatory batter is cheaper than one you lug around.
Depends on the opportunity cost. If you need to take time or effort away from your labor to lug a battery along, or your labor is so important or specialized that you would need an assistant just for lugging the battery, the ambulatory battery might be cheaper than trying to do it purely on manpower.
I also imagine they double as a converter. Different voltages, pulses, impedances etc
Plus they gonk.
The casing screams plastic.
If you can put aside the presence of Justin Roiland, here’s a relevant Joel Haver take:
