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DJ Battle Droid or DJ B1-Droid refers to a battle droid DJ wearing a white T-shirt (or ringer tee) with a red collar and sleeve cuffs that reads "Roger," as seen bent over a set of turntables on the artwork for the article Star Wars Rocks II: Jedi Boogaloo from Star Wars Insider magazine issue 47. In July 2025, the article's artwork was posted to X / Twitter and went viral, with many expressing an attraction to the droid, inspiring fan art and memes about the DJ droid. Some memes use the Star Wars slur for droids, "clanker," to refer to the droid and the lewd artwork of the droid.

Origin

On January 3rd, 2000, Star Wars Insider issue 47, a magazine about Star Wars, was published. One of the articles in the issue is titled Star Wars Rocks II: Jedi Boogaloo and showcases music inspired by the Star Wars franchise.^[1]

On July 3rd, 2025, X^[2] user @kedokinnie posted an illustration for the article, writing, "just really a great illustration from Star Wars Insider 47," garnering over 15,000 likes and 1,900 reposts in six days.

That day, X^[3] user @venomynora quoted the post with a cropped, zoomed-in shot of one of the battle droid DJs seen in the illustration, writing, "can I say something?" suggesting they are attracted to the droid. The post gained over 114,000 likes and 8,000 reposts in six days.

Spread

The post inspired fan art and memes over the following days, many of which depict the DJ droid in a sexualized manner. For example, on July 5th, 2025, X^[4] user @Capsicumannuum3 posted a drawing of the droid in a wet t-shirt, garnering over 16,000 likes in four days.

Later that day, X^[5] user @Guyinthesky_ posted a piece of art redrawing the DJ droid, writing, "How I'm tryina be," garnering over 42,000 likes and 4,000 reposts in four days.

On July 7th, X^[6] user @Aphelion_Host posted a drawing depicting the DJ droid as a cat-like robot, garnering over 12,000 likes in two days. They later posted a colored version of the art to X,^[7] garnering over 4,100 likes.

On July 8th, X^[8] user @casear_egion posted a reply to another piece of DJ droid art by X^[9] user @Guyinthesky_ showing the two DJ droids kissing, writing, "clanker slop on my timeline," garnering over 18,000 likes in a day.

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