Camera

A camera was a type of device that captured light and processed it to produce a photograph, a two-dimensional representation of a specific event, which could be viewed electronically or in a hard copy format. Some cameras included a flash feature that helped add illumination to better view its subject. Small, handheld cameras were used by tourists to record their travels.

"Camera" was also used as a generic term for any device used to capture images, including holograms and video footage.

History

Approximately one year before the Battle of Yavin, a passenger of the Star Tours interstellar traveling agency carried a camera inside their luggage. It was eventually discovered by scanners used by the security check-in droid G2-9T, and mistaken for a type of alien weapon. The camera then activated, causing the droid to panic and then tell the scanner to destroy it. After learning that the device was a "camera," he was confused as to what it was as well as slightly irritated.^[1]

In the pre-boarding video for the Star Tours' StarSpeeder 1000 around the same time, a Human child also used a camera with the flash option activated at a Mon Calamari and Wookiee passenger, disorienting them, resulting in his mother scolding him.^[1] A similar incident years later was recorded in a safety video for Star Tours' StarSpeeder 3000s.^[2]

Ree-Yees was known to use custom made three-eyed camera. He enjoyed visiting other planets via Star Tours and often used the camera to take pictures, despite flash photography not being allowed.^[3][4]

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Appearances

• Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
• Jedi Dawn
• Graveyard of Alderaan (reprinted in Classic Adventures: Volume Two)
• "Takeover at Whisper Base" — Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Beginner Game
• "Perlemian Haul" — Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
• "Dead in the Water" — Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Game Master's Kit
• The Jewel of Yavin
• Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
• Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan
• The Bounty Hunter (Mentioned only)
• "Command Decision" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 11 (reprinted in Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club)
• Battle for the Golden Sun
• "Phantoms in the Dark" — Strongholds of Resistance
• X-Wing Rogue Squadron 6 (Mentioned only)
• X-Wing Rogue Squadron 7 (Mentioned only)
• X-Wing Rogue Squadron 8 (Mentioned only)
• Star Tours (First appearance)
• X-Wing Rogue Squadron 32
• "Conflict of Interest" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 13 (as sentry camera)
• "Harm's Way" — The Kathol Rift (Reprinted and collected in The DarkStryder Campaign, Deluxe)

Non-canon appearances

• "What They Called Me" — Star Wars Tales 5
• LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace

Sources

• The Star Wars Sourcebook
• The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
• TIE Fighter: The Official Strategy Guide
• Heroes & Rogues (as spy camera)
• The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (as optical camera)
• TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM: The Official Strategy Guide
• The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
• Live-Action Adventures (as mini-camera)
• "Shape-shifters" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 12
• Stock Ships
• Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: Prima Official Game Guide
• Star Wars: Star Tours toy line (Multipack: STAR TOURS Boarding Party) (backup link)
• So Uncivilized: Great Gunslingers in Star Wars Part 1 on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
• Far Horizons
• Desperate Allies

Notes and references