This is a list of Star Wars equivalents to real-world objects. Real-world objects are listed on the left, and their in-universe equivalents are on the right.[1]
Clothing
| Real-world object | In-universe equivalent |
|---|---|
| Anklet | Anklet |
| Bathing suit | Aquawear, Bathing togs, Sith swimsuit, Swimsuit |
| Cast | Plasto-Cast, Plexi-cast |
| Diving suit | Aquasuit (Canon, Legends), Slicksuit |
| Earmuffs | Sonic dampening helmet |
| Earphone | Earbud comlink (Canon, Legends) |
| Earplug | Sonic dampener |
| Eyeglasses | Glasses, Spectacles |
| Faux fur | Synth-fur, Synthfur |
| Flight suit | Flight suit (Canon, Legends), High-g suit |
| Handcuffs | Binders, Stuncuffs |
| Hazmat suit | Adverse environment gear, Cleansuit |
| Hourglass | Hourglass[2] |
| Jumpsuit | Body glove (Canon, Legends), Jumpsuit (Canon, Legends) |
| Oxygen mask | Breath mask (Canon, Legends) |
| Smartwatch | Wrist comm, Wrist link |
| Spacesuit | Environment suit (Canon, Legends) |
| Sunglasses | Glareshades |
| Tool belt | Tool harness |
| Underwear | Loincloth, Synth-briefs, Thinskin |
| Watch, Wristwatch | Chronometer (Canon, Legends), Watch |
| Wedding ring | Promise ring |
| Wetsuit | Contour wetsuit, Deepsuit, Net suit, Wetsuit |
Food and beverages
| Real-world object | In-universe equivalent |
|---|---|
| Beer | Beer, Lum (Canon, Legends) |
| Chewing gum | Chewstim |
| Cigarette, Cigar | Cigarra (Canon, Legends), Cigarette |
| Coffee | Caf (Canon, Legends), Coffee, Coffeine, Stimcaf |
| Cookie | Cookie (Canon, Legends), Wookiee Cookie, Wookiee-Ookiee (Canon, Legends) |
| Doughnut | Doughnut (Canon, Legends), Sweet roll |
| French fries | Flash-fried zuchii, Fritzle fries, Hubba chips |
| Hamburger | Nerfburger (Canon, Legends) |
| Hot chocolate | Hot chocolate (Canon, Legends), Hoth chocolate |
| Hot dog | Nerf sausage |
| Ice cream | Frosty treat, Ice-on-a-stick, Ice cream (Canon, Legends) |
| Meatloaf | Nerfloaf |
| Milk | Blue milk (Canon, Legends), Milk (Canon, Legends), Nerf-milk (Canon, Legends), other variants |
| Mocha | Mocoa |
| Pancakes | Flatcake (Canon,Legends), Trandoshani flatcake |
| Peppermint stick | Sparklemint stick |
| Soy milk | Synthmilk (Canon, Legends) |
| Steak | Kod'yok steak, Nerf steak (Canon, Legends) |
| Sushi | Seaweed roll, Sushi (Canon, Legends) |
| Taquito | Fried crispic |
| Tea | Tea (Canon, Legends) (and other variations listed therein) |
| Tobacco | Tabac, T'bac, Tobacco (Canon, Legends) |
| Tofu | Soypro |
| Water | Water (Canon, Legends) |
Appliances
| Real-world object | In-universe equivalent |
|---|---|
| Air conditioner | Air cooler, Cooling unit |
| Ashtray | Vacuum tray |
| Bath | Bath (Canon, Legends), Jet-tub, Sonic bath |
| Bathroom, Lavatory, Restroom, Toilet | Refresher (Canon, Legends) |
| Blender, Food processor | Food Synthesizer, Matter catalyst, Turbo-blender |
| Boombox | Audiobulb, Music box (Canon, Legends), Music player |
| Broom | Broom (Non-Canon, Legends), Repulsorbroom, Sonic Broom |
| Clock | Chronometer (Canon, Legends), Chrono |
| Clothing iron, Steam press | Sonismoother |
| Coffee machine | Automatic brewer, Caf distiller, Coffee machine (Canon, Legends) |
| Dehydrator, Freeze-dryer | Compression/desiccation chamber |
| Dishrag | Ion-charged dishrag |
| Dishwasher | Sonic dishwasher |
| Duster | Electromagnetic duster, Feather duster |
| Floor cleaner machine | Sanibuff |
| Freezer, Ice box | Conservator |
| Gas oven | Gasser, Hypersonic oven |
| Hair dryer | Thermal blower |
| Hairbrush, Hair comb | Groomer, Vibrobrush |
| Heater | Heating unit |
| Hot plate | Thermapad |
| Hot tub, Jacuzzi | Hot tub, Vortex pool |
| Jukebox | Autojuke, Jukebox (Canon, Legends), Music machine, Musicomp unit |
| Kitchen stove, Range | Nanowave stove |
| Lightbulb | Glowbulb, Glow panel (Canon, Legends) |
| Microwave oven | Nanowave stove |
| Mini-fridge | Cooling supply unit |
| Monitor, Television set, Video display | Flatscreen, Viewcreen (Canon, Legends) |
| Mop | Floor sweeper, Vibromop |
| Portable heater | Heat stick |
| Pressure cooker | Pressurized steamer |
| Projector | Holotable (Canon, Legends), Projector console |
| Refrigerator | Cooling chamber |
| Roomba, Robotic vacuum cleaner | MSE-series (Canon, Legends) |
| Shower | Sanisteam (Canon, Legends), Shower (Canon, Legends), Sonic shower (Canon, Legends), Turboshower (Canon, Legends), Ultrasonic shower |
| Soda fountain | Vending machine |
| Thermos | Thermajug (Canon, Legends) |
| Toaster | Therma-slice |
| Toothbrush | Toothbrush, Ultrasound cleaner |
| Treadmill | Gravity treadmill |
| Umbrella | Umbrella (Canon, Legends), Umbrella wand |
| UV sanitizer | Irradiator |
| Vacuum cleaner | Sandstat, Vacuum cleaner |
| Vending machine | Automixer |
| Video game console | Hologame table (Canon, Legends) |
| Washer-dryer combo | Laundering unit |
| Weights | Powered weights |
| White noise machine | Auditory dampener, Gray noise generator |
Technology and devices
| Real-world object | In-universe equivalent |
|---|---|
| Active noise-cancellation | Sonic damper, Sonic nullifiers, Sound baffler, Sound dampener (Canon, Legends) |
| Air scrubber | Air scrubber (Canon, Legends), Atmospheric dampener |
| Anechoic chamber | Privacy field, Sonic damper field, Sonic neutralizer, Sound-dampening field, Sound screen |
| Atmospheric water generator | Moisture vaporator (Canon, Legends) |
| Automatic door | Pneumatic door |
| Batteries | Energy cell (Canon, Legends), Power cell, Power pack |
| Binoculars | Electrobinoculars (Canon, Legends), Macrobinoculars (Canon, Legends) |
| Biometric scanner | Palm reader |
| Bug (surveillance) | Audio telescope, Eavesdropper, Electrobug, Holobug, Listening device (Canon, Legends), Microdroid (Canon, Legends), Snoop-cam |
| Camera | Camera (Canon, Legends), Holocamera (Canon, Legends), Imager, Instant camera, Security camera (Canon, Legends), Surveillance camera, Vidcam |
| Cable | Comm cable, Duracable, Tri-cable |
| Decryption key | Authorization chip |
| Disk | Data-tape (Canon, Legends) |
| Electric fence | Electriwire fence, Power fence (Canon, Legends), Shock fence, Shock field (Canon, Legends) |
| Electrical outlet | Power socket (Canon, Legends) |
| Emergency shutoff switch | Incident power switch-off |
| Fiber-optic cable | Light-cable, Photonic cable |
| Firewall | Pyrowall |
| Flash drive | Data rod (Canon, Legends) |
| Floodlight | Floodlight (Canon, Legends), Illumination bank |
| GPS | Navicomputer (Canon, Legends), Global positioning system, GPS |
| I/O port | Computer terminal, Dataport, Wall socket |
| Internet | HoloNet (Canon, Legends) |
| Laptop, Smartphone, Tablet computer | Datapad (Canon, Legends) |
| Lightning rod | Lightning spire |
| Map SD card (car stereo) | Nava card |
| Megaphone | Loudhailer (Canon, Legends), Voice amplifier |
| Mobile phone, Telephone, Walkie-talkie | Comlink (Canon, Legends) |
| Personal digital assistant | Pocket Secretary |
| Phone number, Radio privacy code | Com code |
| Portable toilet | Refresher Booth |
| Power adapter | Power adaptor, Power converter (Canon, Legends) |
| Power line | Power coupling (Canon, Legends) |
| Robot | Droid (Canon, Legends), (pre-Republic) Robot |
| SD card | Datacard (Canon, Legends), Datachip (Canon, Legends) |
| Seatbelt | Acceleration strap |
| Street light | Lightpole |
| Substation | Power relay (Canon, Legends) |
| Synthetic skin | Synthflesh (Canon, Legends), Synthskin (Canon, Legends) |
| Traffic camera | Traffic-monitoring scanner |
| USB plug | Scomp link (Scomp link, Legends) |
| Voice recognition | Audio controller, Identi-voice, Vocal analyzer, Voicecoder, Voiceprint analyzer |
| Webpage | Infocache (Canon, Legends) |
| Wiretap | Signal interceptor, Signal tapper |
| X-ray machine | Holoscanner |
Weapons
| Real-world object | In-universe equivalent |
|---|---|
| Axe | Axe (Canon, Legends), Vibro-ax (Canon, Legends) |
| Bullet | Slug (Canon, Legends) |
| Cannon | Laser cannon (Canon, Legends), Quad laser cannon (Canon, Legends), Turbolaser (Canon, Legends) |
| Crosshairs/Rifle scope | Computerized interface scope, Rangefinder (Canon, Legends), Scope (Canon, Legends), Targeting scope |
| Firearm, Gun | Blaster (Canon, Legends), Railgun (Canon, Legends), Slugthrower (Canon, Legends) |
| Machine gun | Chaingun (Canon, Legends), Repeating blaster (Canon, Legends) |
| Needle gun | Flechette launcher (Canon, Legends), Needler (Canon, Legends) |
| Pocket pistol, Subcompact pistol | Hold-out blaster (Canon, Legends), Micro-jolt |
| Shotgun | Scatter gun (Canon, Legends), Shotgun (Canon, Legends) |
| Spear | Ion pike, Spear (Canon, Legends), Vibro-pike (Canon, Legends) |
| Stun baton | Electric prod, Electroprod (Canon, Legends), Electro-prod staff, Electrostaff (Canon, Legends), Energy lance (Canon, Legends), Force pike (Canon, Legends) |
| Stun gun | Stunner (Canon, Legends) |
| Tactical knife | Vibroblade (Canon, Legends) |
| Taser | Stingbeam (Canon, Legends), Stun (Canon, Legends), Stun blaster (Canon, Legends), Stunsafe |
Tools
Vehicles and transportation
| Real-world object | In-universe equivalent |
|---|---|
| Aircraft | Airspeeder |
| Bus | Airbus |
| Car | Airflow car, Grav-car, Groundcar, Hauler car, Hover car, Landspeeder, Trundle car |
| Combine harvester | Agricombine, Combine-reaper |
| Crop duster | Jet-wing |
| Elevator | Elevator, Life tube, Turbolift, Turbovator, Vacuum-lift, Vacuum tube |
| Escalator | Slideramp |
| Fighter jet | Atmospheric fighter, Starfighter |
| Forklift | Load lifter |
| Helicopter | Chopter, Rotorcraft |
| Jet pack | Hoverpack |
| Minecart | Railcar, Turbocart |
| Motorcycle | Hover bike, Speeder bike, Swoop |
| Race car | Podracer |
| Snowmobile | Motor-sled, Surface-effect sled |
| Space shuttle, Spaceplane, Buran | Shuttle |
| Stretcher | Hovercot, Medical capsule |
| Taxicab | Air taxi, Droid taxi, Hover taxi, Space taxi, Taxi, Taxi speeder, Taxicart |
| Traffic lane | Skylane |
| Train | Bullet train, Construction crawler, Hovertrain, Magnatram, Railspeeder, Subtram, Train |
| Tricycle | Tri-wheeler |
| Wheelchair | Power chair, Repulsorlift chair, Wheelchair |
| Windshield | Windscreen |
Sports and entertainment
Other
| Real-world object | In-universe equivalent |
|---|---|
| Alphabet | Aurebesh |
| Bandaid | Bacta patch |
| Banknote, Dollar bill | Credit chip |
| Bar, Pub, Tavern | Cantina |
| Bath salts | Krayt egg salts |
| Bed | Sleeper |
| Bedroll, Sleeping bag | Conform-foam roll, Sleep sack, Sleeping pallet |
| Bedsheet | Syncloth sheet |
| Billboard | Lightboard |
| Birthday | Birthday, Naming day |
| Canteen, Flask | Hydropak, Jerikan, JugFilter |
| Child | Youngling |
| Coaster | Absorbmat |
| Coffee bar | Tapcafe |
| Cologne | Cologne |
| Concrete | Permacrete |
| Congress | Galactic Senate, New Republic Senate |
| Cot | Formcot, Puff-cot |
| Duct tape | Engine tape, Mesh tape, Space tape, Spacer's tape |
| Earthquake | Groundquake |
| English language | Galactic Basic Standard |
| Face powder | Ocher powder |
| Fire escape | Safety exit ladder |
| Firecracker | Luit pyrocracker |
| First aid kit | Medikit, Medpac, (larger and more advanced) Medkit |
| Forgery artist | Holo faker |
| Fuzzy dice | Arkudan gaming cubes |
| Glass | Clari-crystal, Clari-crystalline, Glass, Transparisteel |
| Godparents | Godparent, Hold-Parent |
| Graph | Data-holo |
| Hacker | Slicer |
| Hair dye | Chromomite, Hair dye |
| Head of State, President | Chief of State, Supreme Chancellor |
| Hospital | Medcenter |
| Inhaler | Aerosol inhaler |
| Magazine | Holozine |
| Newspaper | Holojournal |
| Packing material | Plastifoam |
| Paper | Durasheet, Flimsiplast |
| Paperwork | Datawork |
| Passport | Identikit |
| Pen | Stylus |
| Photograph | Flat-holo, Holograph |
| Picture frame | Holocube |
| Pilot's license | Captain's Accredited License |
| Poster/Lithograph | Slickplast poster |
| Reporter | Holojournalist |
| Sellotape | Slickplast |
| Shaving cream | Depil cream, Foamy gelclen |
| Skyscraper | Skyscraper |
| Syringe | Hypo-injector, Hypo-syringe, Medjector |
| Tent | DuraShelter, Plastent, Shelter |
| Therapist | Minder |
| Time capsule | Keepsake chest |
| Time magazine | Chrono (periodical) |
| Tissue | Napkin wipe |
| Toothpaste | Tooth gel |
| Travel visa | Core Worlds Visa, Starport visa, Transit visa |
| Vehicle registration | Ship's Operating License |
| Vinyl | Synthleather |
| Window | Window, Viewport |
Phrases
Notes and references
- ↑
Andor | Season 1, Episode 4 - Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link) (Slide 5)
- ↑
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "Zero Friends Again" (Audio description from Disney+)
External links
- Earth Words and Their Star Wars Equivalents - a helpful index for writers on the Jedi Council Forums' Fan Fiction Resource board (backup link)