However, over time droids may develop sentience on their own as they accumulate experience. According to background material, most droids lack true sentience and are given processing abilities sufficient only to carry out their assigned function. The franchise, which began with the 1977 film Star Wars, features a variety of droids designed to perform specific functions. The name 'Omnidroid' was used with permission of Lucasfilm for the 2004 Pixar movie, The Incredibles. The term was also used for the Lucasfilm projects EditDroid, a non-linear editing system, and SoundDroid, an early digital audio workstation. This line of phone has been expanded to include other Android-based phones released under Verizon, including the HTC Droid Eris, the HTC Droid Incredible, Motorola Droid X, Motorola Droid 2, and Motorola Droid Pro. Motorola's late-2009 Google Android-based cell phone is called the Droid. The term 'Droid' has been used by Verizon Wireless under licence from Lucasfilm, for their line of smartphones based on the Android operating system. Lucasfilm registered 'droid' as a trademark in 1977. Droids are performed using a variety of methods, including robotics, actors inside costumes (in one case, on stilts), and computer animation.

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