Laser gates, also known as electron walls, were designed to protect high-security or dangerous areas by sealing them off with a wall of energy.

Laser gates were installed in the Plasma Refinery Complex on Naboo. The barriers were strong enough to easily block a lightsaber strike and would vaporize any matter that touched them. However, the generators were unable to keep up the immense energy needed to power the gates, and so they would cycle on and off approximately every five minutes. Each gate remained open for only around ten seconds before cycling on again.

These gates were crucial to the death of Qui-Gon Jinn at the hands of Darth Maul as the laser gates prevented Jinn's Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, from coming to his aid against the Sith Lord.

Appearances

• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace novel (First appearance)
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace video game
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace junior novel
• Star Wars: The Wrath of Darth Maul (Appears in flashback(s))
• The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game

Sources

• The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
• The New Essential Chronology
• Star Wars: Complete Locations