Garbage compactor

"One thing's for sure. We're all gonna be a lot thinner!"

- Han Solo

A garbage masher was a metal chamber used to store and compress waste. The walls would come together and compress and crush the garbage. The doors to the compactors were usually magnetically sealed, preventing people from firing at it with a blaster. When Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Chewbacca went to rescue Leia Organa aboard the first Death Star, they were forced to blast their way into garbage masher 3263827. Once inside, they were attacked by a stalk-eyed creature that almost killed Skywalker when it took him underwater. When the creature released Skywalker, the walls began to rumble and edge toward each other, threatening to crush the companions trapped inside the masher.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope