Impulse detector unit

Impulse detector units were a type of impulse detector. A single unit included a flat base with a grill above it on the device's front with a triangular central surface in the center of the grill. A series of protrusions extended from the top of the device, which was dark gray, including a signal clarifier and a receiver antenna.^[1] Tubing ran from each side of the device back round to the rear.^[2]

An impulse detector unit was sat on the counter of the junk dealer Watto's junkshop^[2] in the city of Mos Espa^[1] on the planet Tatooine when aa group led by the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn entered the store in search of a T-14 hyperdrive generator^[2] in 32 BBY.^[3]

Behind the scenes

An impulse detector unit appeared in the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace,^[2] which was released on May 19, 1999.^[4] The device was first identified in the reference book Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary, written by West Reynolds^[1] and released on May 26, 1999.^[5]

Appearances

• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace

Sources

• Star Wars: Episode I: The Visual Dictionary (First identified as Impulse detector unit)

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