Garbage Compactor 3263827



"What an incredible smell you've discovered!"

- Han Solo

Garbage Compactor 3263827 was a garbage compactor on the first Death Star where Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Princess Leia were temporarily stranded after freeing Leia from Detention Block AA 23 in 0 BBY.

The magnetically sealed facility was infested by a dianoga creature, who grabbed Skywalker's legs and pulled him down under the liquid. The Rebels were soon released from the garbage compactor when R2-D2 disabled all garbage compactors on the detention level of the Death Star, on orders by Luke Skywalker.

It was a compacter of recyclable waste. The place was destroyed when the Alliance attack on the battlestation succeeded.

Behind the scenes

 * Scenes like this one is an example of one of George Lucas's ongoing themes in which the main characters go from one bad situation (shootut in detention area) to an even worse situation (stuck in closing garbage compactor).


 * A garbage compactor similar to this appears in the multiplayer map "Death Star" in Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II