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A T3 web comber[2] was a device that was silver in color and consisted of a conical body with a long tube coming out of the tip. Anakin Skywalker, an enslaved child who lived in the city of Mos Espa on the planet Tatooine, kept a T3 web comber on the workbench in his bedroom. Skywalker used the workbench for building the protocol droid C-3PO, and the comber sat next to the droid when Skywalker showed his creation off to Queen Padmé Amidala and the astromech droid R2-D2[1] in 32 BBY.[3] When Skywalker later left Tatooine to join the Jedi Order, the T3 web comber was not amongst the possessions he packed to take with him.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
A T3 web comber first appeared in the 1999 prequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[1] The device was first named in the new Star Wars canon in the 2016 reference book Star Wars: Complete Locations.[2] The name originated in the 2000 Star Wars Legends reference book Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I, which which was written by Kristin Lund.[4]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
- The Phantom Menace French junior novelization
- The Phantom Menace Read-Along Storybook and CD
- The Skywalker Saga
- Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Graphic Novel Adaptation
- Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy – A Graphic Novel
- "The Path of a Podracer" — The Prequel Trilogy Stories (and audiobook)
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "Jedi vs. Sith - The Skywalker Saga"- Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "Star Wars Droids"
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Droid Factory (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations (First identified as T3 web comber)
- "R2-D2" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Picture only)
- "C-3PO" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations, New Edition
- C-3PO (See-Threepio) in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
