Translating vocoder

The Gigoran Moroff wearing a vocoder mask

A translating vocoder, also known as a voice-translator box or vocoder speaker, was a type of electronic translator used by members of species that could not speak Galactic Basic. The vocoder translated words from their native language to Galactic Basic.

Translating vocoders were used during New Republic Senate hearings in order to make sure that senators could understand what other species were stating.

Some, like the Gigoran Moroff and many Anomids, wore vocoder masks on a daily basis. Ithorian translators, worn by Ithorians on their backs, were another example of such device.

Appearances

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Friends and Enemies" (First appearance)
• Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple 3
• Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple 5 (Appears in flashback(s))
• "Bottleneck"—The Rise of the Empire
•  "Eyes on the Prize"—Star Wars Rebels Magazine 6
• Star Wars Rebels – "Empire Day"
• Star Wars Rebels – "Idiot's Array"
• Servants of the Empire: The Secret Academy
• "Rebel Bluff"—Star Wars Insider 158
• Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal (Appears in hologram)
• Star Wars Rebels – "An Inside Man"
•  "A Youth Unpromising"—Star Wars Rebels Magazine
• Star Wars Rebels – "Secret Cargo"
• "Crossing the Line"—Star Wars Rebels Animation-Magazine 4
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization
• Rogue One Adaptation 3
• Aftermath: Empire's End
• Bloodline (First identified as translating vocoder)
• Join the Resistance: Escape from Vodran

Sources

• Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
• Art of Coloring: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (First identified as vocoder speaker)
•  Moroff in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)

Notes and references

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