Droids in "Star Wars," essentially (6)

I believe the answer is:

robots

(Other definitions for robots that I've seen before include "Automatons, machines or sci-fi creatures" , "Mechanisms that can move automatically" , "Mechanical men" , "Machines that look and act like humans" , "Automata" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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