Voltrons were droids armed with lightsabers and equipped with special crystals and special power cells, which allowed them to manipulate the Force like the members of the Jedi Order. Voltrons were programmed to promote justice, law, and order. They were first created on the planet Arus in 23,100 BBY by the local Human population, and they soon aided the Jedi order and the Galactic Republic in promoting peace and fighting crime.