Garbage compactor
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A garbage compactor (or trash compactor) was a chamber used to store and compress refuse. The walls would come together and compress and crush the garbage. The doors to the compactors were usually magsealed.
The garbage compactor that Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Princess Leia fell into aboard the Death Star I was under the category of recyclable waste.
They were attacked by a dianoga, which were known to have been kept in compactors by the Galactic Empire.
[edit] Behind the scenes
The number for the garbage compactor in Star Wars: Episode IV , is 3263827.
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Days of Fear (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (Mentioned only)
- Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
- Star Wars: Dark Forces
- Dark Force Rising
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (Multiplayer only)
- The Unifying Force (Mentioned only)
- Outcast (Mentioned only)
