- "Ah, you have another crystal! Well then, give it to me quickly and I will put it into a proper receptacle for viewing."
- ―Keemee to a droid
Optical Information Crystals were a type of data crystals that was designed by the Galactic Empire to hide important information from the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War.
Description
A crystal inside the Jawa Data Crystal Information Area
Those crystals could be activated by shining a powerful light beam onto them through the means of a laser light generator. Additionally, a large tilting mirror was needed to redirect the laser beam onto the crystal properly.[1]
History
The technology of the Optical Information Crystals was invented during the Galactic Civil War between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire. By 0 ABY, a number of Optical Information Crystals had fallen into the hands of the Nkik clan of Jawas, who kept them in a stronghold on Tatooine, under the watchful eye of Keemee.[1]