Garbage Compactor 3263827 was a garbage compactor on the first Death Star where Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Princess Leia Organa were temporarily stranded after freeing Organa from Detention Block AA-23 in 0 BBY. "3263827" was a hatch number.

The magnetically sealed facility was infested by a dianoga creature, which was placed there to exterminate vermin. The dianoga grabbed Skywalker's legs and pulled him down under the liquid. The Rebels were soon released from the garbage compactor when R2-D2 disabled all garbage compactors on the detention level of the Death Star, on orders by Luke Skywalker.

It was a compactor of recyclable waste. It was destroyed when the Alliance attack on the battle station succeeded.

Behind the scenes[]

At the time of filming, 326-3827 was Mark Hamill's real phone number, and he decided to improvise the line to sneak the number into the film so it would be forever preserved. This caused some contention between Hamill and Harrison Ford as Ford kept repeating his own phone number, which annoyed Hamill as the reference had been his idea. Finally Ford read out the number and retorted "Happy now you big baby?", causing Hamill to laugh.^[2]

In the revised fourth draft of A New Hope, the film's novelization and Star Wars (1977) 4, this garbage compactor's number is 366117891. In the 1981 Star Wars radio drama, its number is 326827.

A garbage compactor similar to this appears in the multiplayer map "Death Star" in Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. A garbage compactor is also in the "Death Star" map in Star Wars: Battlefront II.

Appearances[]

• Star Wars: Battlefront II
• Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice
• Star Wars: A New Hope novelization (and unabridged audiobook) (First appearance in book)
• Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
• Star Wars: A Storybook
• Droids (1986) 7
• Star Wars radio drama — "The Luke Skywalker Initiative"
• Star Wars (1977) 4
• Star Wars radio drama — "The Jedi Nexus"
• Super Star Wars (Cut)
• ° Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (comic series) (Indirect mention only)
• Dark Force Rising (and unabridged audiobook) (Indirect mention only)
• The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory I: Conquest (Indirect mention only)
• The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand (Indirect mention only)
• Fate of the Jedi: Vortex (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Fate of the Jedi: Conviction (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)

Non-canon appearances[]

• Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (Multiplayer only)
• LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
• Club Penguin Star Wars Takeover

Sources[]

• Star Wars (Pack: Death Star Space Station) (backup link)
• Star Wars: The National Public Radio Dramatization
•  Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Premiere Limited (Card: Death Star: Trash Compactor) (backup link)
• 1996 Topps Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Card: Leia and Chewie Go Underground) (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Limited Collector's Edition (Indirect mention only)
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 57 (DEA 3-4: Death Star – Trash Compactor)
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide (Picture only)
• Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
• Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 5
• Star Wars: The Adventures of C-3PO (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook (Picture only)
• Keeping the Peace (Indirect mention only)

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