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- "Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data-tapes, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the Rebels' hidden fort—"
- ―Conan Antonio Motti[1]
Adata-tape, alsoinformation tape, was a recording device that could be read by aholoprojector, such as the one standard inR2 units, or acomputer terminal.
History[]
TheJedi Order training shipChu'unthor had many datatapes aboutJedi training. When it crashed in340 BBY,Jedi MasterYoda led a rescue team to the wreck. He left the datatapes and reader discs about theJedi, and prophesied a Jedi to defeat theNightsisters. In8 ABY,Luke Skywalker fulfilled the prophecy and took the records. In40 ABY, these were the majority in the collection of Jedi datatapes of theNew Jedi Order.[2]
Theplans for the firstDeath Star were recorded on datatapes, which were stolen by a rebel force and provided toPrincessLeia Organa and uploaded intoR2-D2. Later, the tapes came into the possession of theRebel Rebellion, and helped in theBattle of Yavin.
Behind the scenes[]
The use of the word "tapes" inA New Hope was in1977. In the 1970s, tapes were a modern way of recording audio, video, and computer data.
Appearances[]
Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO — "The Frozen Citadel"(Mentioned only)- Han Solo and the Lost Legacy
- Star Wars: Dark Forces
- Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster
- Jedi Dawn
- Star Wars: Episode IVA New Hope(Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: A New Hope novelization(andunabridged audiobook)(First mentioned, in book)
- Star Wars (1977) 1(recolorized inStar Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1: Doomworld andStar Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope)(First appearance)
- Droids (1986) 6(Mentioned only)
- Star Wars (1977) 16(recolorized inStar Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1: Doomworld)
- "A Rebel Agent" —Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
- Death in the Slave Pits of Lorrd: A Hyperspace Exclusive onHyperspace(article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- "Changing the Balance" —Star Wars Gamemaster Kit(reprinted inClassic Campaigns)
- Splinter of the Mind's Eye(Mentioned only)
- Battle for the Golden Sun
- Star Wars (1977) 74(recolorized inStar Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 5: Fool's Bounty)(Mentioned only)
- Star Wars (1977) 80(recolorized inStar Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 5: Fool's Bounty)
- "The Masters of Exocron" — The Kathol Outback (Reprinted and collected inThe DarkStryder Campaign, Deluxe)
- The Courtship of Princess Leia(andunabridged audiobook)
- Fate of the Jedi: Omen(andaudiobook)
Sources[]
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe(as data tape)
- Dark Forces Official Player's Guide
- Alliance Intelligence Reports(as data tape)
- Galladinium's Fantastic Technology
- The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook
- The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji onHyperspace(article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- Xim Week:The Despotica (Part IV:Evocar) onHyperspace(article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)