C0-Z1 (Demolition & Reconnaissance)

C0-Z1 (or “cozy” to his friends) is a second-class imperial demolition and reconnaissance droid. Original plans were developed by the Arakyd Industries late into the Clone Wars before falling into the hands of the Galactic Empire. Reconfigured with updated key elements proven successful by the MSE Series repair droids (mouse droid), C0-Z1 is designed to sort through captured Rebel Alliance bases and their main computers before destroying any remaining evidence. Serving with distinction at the successful imperial operation at Hoth, C0-Z1 would see use throughout the Galactic Civil War before eventually being decommissioned after the battle of Jakku with the rest of the imperial fleet.

I use Fusion for hobby projects and thought this would be an amazing chance to exercise and boost my skills. Inspiration for C0-Z1 came from a recent rewatch of the Original Trilogy and the ILM doc on Disney+. I’ve always loved the mouse droid getting in the way and wanted to mash that into a spider-like droid, akin to something from Attack of the Clones or Clone Wars/Bad Batch. I have a passion for mechanisms and wanted to highlight the actuators and what the movement of a set of spider legs might look like in the Star Wars universe. The mantra at ILM during the first Star Wars was to make things “boiler plate”. I hope I managed to do that and give a Fusion-twist to greebles. Looking forward to the next project and continuing to make cool things with Autodesk tools.