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. Two large datadisc manufacturers were Corellia Digital and the Bay-Suwe Combine.

History


R2-D2 carried a datacard containing the plans to the first Death Star that was given to him by Princess Leia.

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.

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.

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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 * 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
 * Kessel Run {{Flash}}
 * Interlude at Darkknell
 * Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire
 * {{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
 * {{Journal|8|A Certain Point of View}}
 * {{WEG|Instant Adventures}}
 * Allegiance
 * Galaxy of Fear: Planet Plague
 * Galaxy of Fear: The Nightmare Machine
 * Galaxy of Fear: Clones
 * Galaxy of Fear: The Hunger
 * Star Wars Galaxies
 * Murder on the Executor
 * {{WEG|Imperial Double-Cross}}
 * {{Journal|8|Firepower}}
 * Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand
 * {{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
 * Specter of the Past
 * Vision of the Future
 * Survivor's Quest
 * Balance Point
 * Star by Star
 * Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
 * Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand

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