Moisture vaporator/Legends



A moisture vaporator was a relatively simple device used to harvest excess atmospheric humidity. The device was comprised of any number of tall slender refrigerated pipes (usually one). When hot, moist air came into contact with one of the frigid tubes, the humidity immediately condensed into droplets of pure water that ran down the tubes and into underground storage tanks. A properly maintained moisture vaporator could usually collect enough water to sustain three average Humans, even on hot desert planets like Tatooine, and Geonosis. Because of the delicate nature of the machines, regular maintenance was usually required.

One moisture farm, the Lars homestead, had 63 separate GX-8 water vaporators on property.

The Republic Army deployed them during the Clone Wars to help reduce the amount of potable water that had to be shipped on transports.

The Tatooine Moisture Farm Collective existed to protect the planet's water supply. Together with the Bestine Chamber of Commerce, they sometimes employed hunters to kill the wild creatures that damaged the vaporators.

Behind the scenes
After filming A New Hope, the vaporators outside the Lars homestead were left there, and are still visited by tourists to the Tunisian desert.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Nomad
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Jedi Trial
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Old Wounds
 * The Last One Standing
 * Adventure in Beggar's Canyon
 * Star Wars Empire: Darklighter
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Skywalkers
 * Star Wars: Galaxies
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * Tatooine Ghost
 * Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest
 * Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest

Notes and references
Vaporator