Datalog

"The coordinates will be hidden in the Captain's datalog."

―SM-33, about Tak Rennod's datalog^[1]

Tak Rennod's recorded in his datalog — Tak Rennod's hologram recorded in his datalog

Datalogs,^[1] also known as logs,^[2] were a kind of data storage device utilized by pirate captains.

A figure well-known in pirate lore, Captain Tak Rennod, kept his own datalog, in which he hid the coordinates to the legendary planet At Attin,^[1] a Jewel of the Old Republic yielding massive supplies of Old Republic credits.^[3] Before his death, Rennod had left the datalog in his lair on Lanupa.^[1] Around 9 ABY,^[4] the lair was penetrated by former pirate Captain Silvo and four younglings from^[1] the Skeleton Crew,^[5] who hailed from At Attin. With the droid SM-33's help, Silvo accessed Rennod's datalog and obtained the coordinates to the planet.^[1]

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Behind the scenes

The datalog made its canonical debut in "You Have a Lot to Learn About Pirates," the fifth episode of the live-action television series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,^[1] which was released on December 24, 2024.^[6]

Before Skeleton Crew, datalogs were presented in the non-canon game LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga as a form of physical media that could hold a written message. The astromech droid R2-R9 was tasked with delivering a datalog to a spatula-wielding Gungan in the city of Otoh Gunga on the planet Naboo. R2-R9 discovered that the many slopes of the city did not agree with its treads and asked another individual to deliver the message, which was from the spatula's original owner and asked for its return so that they could cook fish. The message was delivered, and the Gungan agreed to return the spatula, which he had been using as a slug-beetle swatter.^[7]