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Datapad
Production information
Physical and technical specifications
Size
Usage and history
Purpose
- "We just need someone with a datapad and binoculars."
- ―Leia Organa, toLuke Skywalker[3]
Adatapad,[1] also known as atablet,[4] was a small electronic device used for inputting, storing, and displaying information.[1]
Datapads have adatascreen[5] that displayed common data for its users, such as displaying acargo manifest for an inspection crew during a ship inspection.[6]
Additionally, some datapads came with a built-inlocator[7] and ascanner.[8] Atraining datapad was a type of datapad used for training by aspiringcadets of theImperialAcademy.[9] The datapads, such as those used by theAdvanced Science Division of theGalactic Empire also held access codes, and were used as keys to open locked doors inside secured facilities.[10]
Datapads could be used by a technically proficient user toslice and gain access to other secured devices[11]. They could also act as aHolodiary.[12] Some datapads also had a built-inholoprojector that could project holographic images, such as an identification hologram of abounty target.[13] In emergency situations, some include a built-indistress beacon that sends adistress signal,[14] or secure transceivers to transmit/receive secured information like encrypted coordinates[15]
At least some datapads had reflective screen surfaces.Merei Spanjaf once saw a dim reflection of herself when staring at her datapad in consternation.[16]
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Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
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LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "A New Home"
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Trouble on Tibalt"
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Storms of Taul"
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return to the Wheel"
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Escape from Coruscant"
Sources[]
![]() A datapad being used with theChip scanner.
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Notes and references[]
- ↑1.01.11.21.31.4
Datapad in theDatabank(backup link)
- ↑Gadgets and Gear
- ↑Hyperspace Stories 2
- ↑
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — "Choices"
- ↑Last Shot
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Voyage of Temptation"
- ↑Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice
- ↑
Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Reunion"
- ↑Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑
Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Shadows of Tantiss"
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Bad Batch"
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Hunt for Ziro"
- ↑
Star Wars Resistance — "The Children from Tehar"
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Star Wars Resistance — "The Missing Agent"
- ↑
Star Wars Resistance — "No Place Safe"
- ↑Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks