The GX-8 water vaporator was the most common type of moisture vaporator used on the arid world of Tatooine. It was manufactured by Pretormin Environmental.[2]
Characteristics[]
The vaporator was a cylindrical piece of equipment that was three to five meters tall and used a low power ion field and cooling bars to cool the air near the two. When water condensed out of the chilled air, it collected on the chilling bars and was filtered and funneled into a collection unit in the heart of the unit. Then, the collected water was purified and sent to an underground storage unit. This vaporator utilized simple sensors and a basic computer to maintain peak performance. The GX-8 featured adjustable ion field intensity and cooling bar temperature. Like other vaporators, the GX-8 was fairly self-sufficient, requiring few power cells due to solar panels that recharged the energy cells. Components of the GX-8 included a humidity sensor, chiller bars, telemetry core, air density sensors, water pump unit, function monitors, and typically, a small ring of ground around the vaporator known as the "mushroom patch" where Tatooine mushrooms were known to grow.[2]
However, these vaporators were difficult to hide from vagrant scavengers, Tusken Raiders, and Jawas. They were also susceptible to damage from sand clogging the sensors, lubricants, and refrigeration elements. Also, their simple computer required a droid to translate its binary language.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- Podracing Tales
- Star Wars: Battlefront
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- "The Princess Leia Diaries" — Star Wars Tales 11
- Empire 8
- Empire 9 (Appears in hologram)
- Star Wars: A New Hope novelization (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- Star Wars (1977) 31
- Rebellion 1 (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- Luke Skywalker: Jedi Knight
- X-Wing: The Bacta War
- X-Wing: The Bacta War unabridged audiobook
- Tatooine Ghost
Non-canon appearances[]
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- "The Secret Tales of Luke's Hand!" — Star Wars Tales 8 (In flashback(s))
Sources[]
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Star Wars: Behind the Magic
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 8 (MOI1-2, Moisture Farming)
- Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
- The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- M-HYD droid in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: The Card Game — Edge of Darkness (Card: Dark Memories) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Card Game — Edge of Darkness (Card: Embers of Hope) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Card Game — Edge of Darkness (Card: Moisture Farmer) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Card Game — Join Us or Die (Card: Reserve Troopers) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Card Game — Join Us or Die (Card: Watchful Eyes) (Picture only)