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Padmé Amidala conceals a hologram disc from Rush Clovis
- "I seek knowledge. Bring me holodiscs, and I will trade with you."
- ―Dazur Dar
Hologram discs,[2] also known simply as holodiscs,[1] holodisks,[3] or holotape[4] were a type of storage device onto which holograms could be recorded. During the Clone Wars, Senator Padmé Amidala went on a mission to Cato Neimoidia where she downloaded the tactical coordinates of a new Separatist droid foundry that was being bankrolled by the InterGalactic Banking Clan onto a hologram disc, proving that Senator Rush Clovis, representative of the Banking Clan in the Galactic Senate, was conspiring with the Separatists.[2]
By the time of the late Galactic Civil War, holodiscs were the preferred data storage system in the Anoat sector, and they could be used as a type of currency.[1] The sector's Data Seekers would trade secrets recorded on such discs.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
Hologram discs were first mentioned in Han Solo at Stars' End, a 1979 Star Wars Legends novel written by Brian Daley as the first entry in the The Han Solo Adventures trilogy.[6] They became canon when one appeared in "Senate Spy," the fourth episode of the canon animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars' second season.[2]
Appearances[]
- The Vow of Silver Dawn
- Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (and audiobook) (as holotape)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Senate Spy" (First appearance) (as hologram disc)- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Duchess of Mandalore"
- Rebel Rising (and audiobook)
- A New Dawn (and audiobook)
Star Wars Rebels — "Empire Day"- Star Wars Rebels — "Gathering Forces"
- Star Wars Rebels — "The Wynkahthu Job" (Mentioned in Aurebesh in manifest only)[7]
- "Wolf Trap" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (and audiobook) (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: Uprising (as holodisc)
- A Crash of Fate (and audiobook)
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "Rey and Friends vs. The First Order"- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (and audiobook)
Sources[]
"Senate Spy" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (as hologram disc)- "Gathering Forces" Episode Guide | Star Wars Rebels on StarWars.com (backup link) (as holodisk)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Collapse of the Republic
Rush Clovis in the Databank (backup link) (as hologram disc)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Uprising
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Senate Spy"
- ↑ A Crash of Fate
- ↑ Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade
- ↑ Introducing the Data Broker on Star Wars: Uprising Official Forums (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- ↑ Han Solo at Stars' End
- ↑ The Aurebesh manifest in "The Wynkahthu Job" is too grainy to decipher, except for the odd letter here and there. However, if you go frame by frame when Azmorigan turns off the hologram, a portion of the manifest can be read in a mirror-inverted close-up from behind. It includes the word "HOLODISC".