GX-8 water vaporator
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GX-8 water vaporator
Production information
Manufacturer
Usage and history
Purpose
Description[]
The GX-8moisture vaporator was a device manufactured byPretormin Environmental Corporation[1] to condense and filterwater vapor from theair. The device then turned this moisture into liquid water, which made the vaporators essential inplanets where natural-occurring water was undrinkable[4] or absent. When optimally positioned at 250meters from one another, each device could collect 1.5liters (1.5 quarts) of water from the air perday, even when the relative humidity was only 1.5 percent.[2] They could further be combined with a storage hopper where the chemicals were condensed even further to fill other farming needs.[4]
History[]
The GX-8 was commonly used on thedesertplanet ofTatooine,[2] where many units were joined together over a vast area to create amoisture farm.[5] GX-8 condensers were also used byGalen Erso and hisfamily during their self-imposed exile onLah'mu to collect drinkable water, as the planet's mineral content affected its hydrosphere and made groundwater unpleasant to drink.[4]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode IThe Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Episode IIAttack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Episode IIIRevenge of the Sith
- Kanan 4
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I"- Obi-Wan Kenobi 1
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part V"
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part VI"- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Graphic Novel Adaptation
- Rogue One Adaptation 1
- Star Wars: Episode IVA New Hope(First appearance)
- Star Wars (2015) 3
- Darth Vader (2015) 7
- Star Wars (2015) 26(Cover only)
- Star Wars: Hunters
- Star Wars Adventures Ashcan(Cover only)
Sources[]
- Ultimate Star Wars(First identified as GX-8 water vaporator)
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 27Guide to the Galaxy: Tatooine Moisture Farms(First identified as GX-8 moisture vaporator)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- Star Wars Day-at-a-Time Calendar 2021
- "Imperial Troops" —Star Wars Encyclopedia(Picture only)
- "Tatooine" —Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "This is Obi-Wan" —Star Wars: Meet the Galactic Heroes
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
GX-8 Condenser Unit in theDatabank(backup link)
Moisture Vaporator in theDatabank(backup link)







