Wanted to explore the Star Wars universe and lore a bit. I was drawn to the mouse droid because of how simple and iconic it is. I wanted to challenge myself to use its primitive form language but still subvert expectations
Narrative Context:
As Rebaxan Columni was going bankrupt, it began negotiations with the Galactic Empire to
sell all of its stock of MSE-6 “Mouse Droids”. In an attempt to make the sale more desirable, they quickly developed the “Mop Rats”.
Rebaxan hoped to capitalize on a specific need of the empire: clean and presentable armor at all times.
Thus, the MSE-7 was designed to wax and polish armor for troopers across the galaxy.
In order to stay on budget, they removed many of the Mouse Droids functions and made the Mop Rat rather utilitarian.
The lack of flexibility made it unpopular, so few were made.
The ones that still exist are often owned my vain bounty hunters or nobles on Coruscant.