Garbage compactor/Legends



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

- Han Solo

A garbage compactor (or trash compactor) was a chamber used to store and compress refuse. The walls would come together and compress and crush the garbage. The doors to the compactors were usually magsealed.

The garbage compactor that Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Princess Leia fell into aboard the Death Star I, Garbage Compactor 3263827, was under the category of recyclable waste.

They were attacked by a dianoga, which were known to live in garbage compactors. Luke was almost killed when the dianoga took him underwater.

Behind the scenes
In George Lucas in Love fanfilm, the waste bin in future Star Wars director's room has trash compactor writing on it.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Days of Fear
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel
 * Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventure: A New Hope
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * Shadows of the Empire comic
 * Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars: Dark Forces
 * X-wing: Wraith Squadron
 * Dark Force Rising
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
 * Edge of Victory I: Conquest
 * Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
 * The Unifying Force
 * Outcast
 * Abyss