Datacard/Legends



The datacard was used to transfer and store large amounts of information. A group of datacards was referred to as a datapack. Alternative data storage and retrieval devices were known as datadiscs or data plaques. Two large datadisc manufacturers were Corellia Digital and the Bay-Suwe Combine.

History


Large libraries of datacards existed around the galaxy, holding enormous quantities of data. The largest was at Obroa-skai, before the Yuuzhan Vong destroyed the library.

Data cards were one of the primary methods of information storage in the Jedi Temple Archives, and could be accessed with data terminals.

During the Clone Wars, a group of clones were sent to Christophsis to retrieve a number of datapacks, containing vital information, before the Separatist forces, which had overrun the planet, could get their hands on them.

R2-D2 carried a datacard containing the plans to the first Death Star that was given to him by Princess Leia during the First Battle of Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War, shortly before her capture by Darth Vader and the 501st Legion.

During the Galactic Civil War, various spacers who sought out treasure also found some datadisks that contained maps to various treasures, of which at least 9 existed.

Behind the scenes
Datacards store and transfer data to and from datapads in the same way floppy disks and USB flash drives are used with computers. They can be used in the way a PDA reads secure digital (SD) cards. This was shown on-screen with fictional technology decades before the real world devices.

Appearances
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 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived {{Mo}}
 * Darth Bane: Rule of Two
 * Darth Maul: Saboteur
 * Episode I Adventures 1: Search for the Lost Jedi
 * Episode I Adventures 2: The Bartokk Assassins {{Mo}}
 * Episode I Adventures 3: The Fury of Darth Maul
 * Outbound Flight
 * {{InsiderCite|65|The Clone Wars: The Pengalan Tradeoff}}
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Live Fire
 * {{TCW|Death Trap}}
 * The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo
 * {{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/dodcampaign|text=A Wretched Hive|int=A Wretched Hive}}
 * Kessel Run {{Flash}}
 * Interlude at Darkknell
 * Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire
 * Shinbone Showdown
 * {{Journal|6|Ringers}}
 * R2-D2's Mission: A Little Hero's Journey
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope {{1st}}
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel
 * Star Wars: Yoda Stories {{Am}}
 * {{Journal|8|A Certain Point of View}}
 * Rebel Force: Target
 * {{WEG|Instant Adventures}}
 * Allegiance
 * Choices of One
 * Galaxy of Fear: Planet Plague
 * Galaxy of Fear: The Nightmare Machine
 * Galaxy of Fear: Clones
 * Galaxy of Fear: The Hunger
 * {{SWG|An Empire Divided}}
 * {{SWGTCG|The Price of Victory}} {{C|Double Trouble promotional scenario}}
 * Side Trip
 * Murder on the Executor
 * {{WEG|Imperial Double-Cross}}
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * {{Journal|6|Finder's Fee}}
 * {{Journal|8|Firepower}}
 * {{Journal|10|Desperate Measures (short story)|Desperate Measures}}
 * Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand 1
 * {{GamerCite|2|A Credit for Your Thoughts}}
 * {{GamerCite|10|Handoff}}
 * {{Journal|2|Whispers in the Dark}}
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * X-wing: The Krytos Trap
 * X-wing: The Bacta War
 * X-wing: Wraith Squadron
 * X-wing: Iron Fist
 * {{Journal|5|One of a Kind (story)|One of a Kind}}
 * {{Journal|6|Kella Rand, Reporting...}}
 * {{Journal|3|Mission to Zila}}
 * {{InsiderCite|67|The Trouble with Squibs}}
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge
 * {{Journal|7|Retreat From Coruscant}}
 * I, Jedi
 * Shades of Gray
 * Simple Tricks
 * Before the Storm
 * Shield of Lies
 * Tyrant's Test
 * Ambush at Corellia {{C|as datapack}}
 * Specter of the Past
 * Vision of the Future
 * Fool's Bargain
 * Survivor's Quest
 * Vector Prime
 * Balance Point
 * Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
 * Star by Star
 * Dark Journey
 * Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
 * Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
 * Destiny's Way {{C|as disk}}
 * Betrayal
 * Tempest
 * Exile
 * Fury
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Outcast
 * Omen
 * Backlash
 * Conviction
 * X-Wing: Mercy Kill

Non-canon appearances
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 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy