Camera/Legends
A camera was a type of device that captured light and processed it to produce a photograph, a two-dimensional representation of a specific event, which could be viewed electronically or in a hard copy format. Some cameras included a flash feature that helped add illumination to better view its subject. Small, handheld cameras were used by tourists to record their travels.
"Camera" was also used as a generic term for any device used to capture images, including holograms and video footage.
History
Approximately one year before the Battle of Yavin, a passenger of the Star Tours interstellar traveling agency carried a camera inside their luggage. It was eventually discovered by scanners used by the security check-in droid G2-9T, and mistaken for a type of alien weapon. The camera then activated, causing the droid to panic and then tell the scanner to destroy it. After learning that the device was a "camera," he was confused as to what it was as well as slightly irritated.[1]
In the pre-boarding video for the Star Tours' StarSpeeder 1000 around the same time, a Human child also used a camera with the flash option activated at a Mon Calamari and Wookiee passenger, disorienting them, resulting in his mother scolding him.[1] A similar incident years later was recorded in a safety video for Star Tours' StarSpeeder 3000s.[2]
Ree-Yees was known to use custom made three-eyed camera. He enjoyed visiting other planets via Star Tours and often used the camera to take pictures, despite flash photography not being allowed.[3][4]
Appearances
- Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
- Graveyard of Alderaan
"Graveyard of Alderaan" – Classic Adventures: Volume Two- The Jewel of Yavin
- File:FantasyFlightGamesLogo.png "Takeover at Whisper Base" – Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Beginner Game
- File:FantasyFlightGamesLogo.png "Perlemian Haul" – Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
- File:FantasyFlightGamesLogo.png "Dead in the Water" – Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Game Master's Kit
- File:SWG logo sm.png Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- File:FantasyFlightGamesLogo.png "Phantoms in the Dark" – Strongholds of Resistance
"Command Decision" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 11- "Conflict of Interest" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 13 (as sentry camera)
- Star Tours (First appearance)
"Harm's Way"—The Kathol Rift - "What They Called Me" — Star Wars Tales 5 (Non-canonical appearance)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (Non-canonical appearance)
Sources
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- TIE Fighter: The Official Strategy Guide
- Heroes & Rogues (as spy camera)
- The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
- TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM: The Official Strategy Guide
- Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear
- Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Live-Action Adventures (as mini-camera)
- "Shape-shifters" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 12
- Stock Ships
- Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: Prima Official Game Guide
Star Wars: Star Tours (Pack: Star Tours Boarding Party) (backup link not verified!)
So Uncivilized: Great Gunslingers in Star Wars, Part 1 on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)- Far Horizons
