A code cylinder was a common security device used by military officers, corporate executives, and politicians. It acted as a sophisticated keycard for secure areas. Each cylinder contained its user's personal security clearance codes and data. It was not uncommon for high-ranking personnel to own multiple code cylinders, each with their own encrypted access codes. They were used extensively in the Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire, and New Republic, particularly to facilitate security measures. The devices, usually carried within a pocket or on one's belt, used the same interface as a droid's scomp link.

Code cylinders could be reprogrammed. In situations where it was impossible for a slicer to be physically present and hack a security door, they sometimes elected to reprogram the cylinder instead. Cylinders were programmed with countermeasures such that a failed reprogramming caused the data to become irretrievably corrupted.

During the Jedi Civil War, the Sith officer Commander Doel Scherp was entrusted with a code cylinder that contained the command codes for the sensor systems of Darth Revan's flagship. In approximately 3,957 BBY, a team of Republic agents stole the code cylinder from Scherp's Estate on the planet Sernpidal, and took the device to a rendezvous point with the Republic fleet, on the Republic's border with the Sith Empire. The Republic subsuquently used the information contained within the cylinder to attack the flagship, and capture Darth Revan.^[1]

In the city of Depatar, code cylinders were used to carry the permits citizens were required to have.^[2]

Contents 1 Behind the scenes 2 Appearances 3 Sources 4 Notes and references 4.1 In other languages

Behind the scenesEdit

In the movies the Code cylinders worn by Imperial officers were small pen-like radiation dosimeters.^[3]

AppearancesEdit

• The Betrayal of Darth Revan
• "Clouded Paths"
• Only the Force
• The Traitor's Gambit
• Sword of the Empire (Mentioned only)
• The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission
• The Last of the Jedi: Secret Weapon
•  A Reckoning of Wraiths on Wizards.com (original article link, backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• Gathering Shadows
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First appearance)
• Star Wars Galaxies
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
• Murder on the Executor
• Star Wars: Empire 38: The Wrong Side of the War, Part 3
•  Black Ice
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
• "Missed Chance"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 7
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Premiere Limited (Card: Imperial Code Cylinder)
• Star Wars: Behind the Magic
• Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook
• Coruscant and the Core Worlds
• Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
•  Kessel: Hell in Space on Wizards.com (original article link, backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• Hero's Guide
• Ultimate Adversaries
•  Bespin: Action Tidings on Wizards.com (original article link, backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• "Imperial Officers Field Guide"—Star Wars Insider 96
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 121 (IMP1-2, Imperial Code Cylinders)
• Threats of the Galaxy
• Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
• The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide
• Scum and Villainy
• Rebellion Era Campaign Guide
• Galaxy at War
• Galaxy of Intrigue
• Scavenger's Guide to Droids

Notes and referencesEdit