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[[File:Laser_gates.png|thumb|275px|The duel between [[Qui-Gon Jinn/Legends|Qui-Gon Jinn]], [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]], and [[Darth Maul/Legends|Darth Maul]] is interrupted by laser barriers in the [[Plasma Refinery Complex]].]]

'''Laser gates''', also known as '''electron walls''', were designed to protect high-security or dangerous areas by sealing them off with a wall of energy.

Laser gates were installed in the [[Plasma Refinery Complex]] on [[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]]. The barriers were strong enough to easily block a [[Lightsaber/Legends|lightsaber]] strike and would vaporize any matter that touched them. However, the generators were unable to keep up the immense energy needed to power the gates, and so they would cycle on and off approximately every five minutes. Each gate remained open for only around ten seconds before cycling on again.

These gates were crucial to the death of [[Qui-Gon Jinn/Legends|Qui-Gon Jinn]] at the hands of [[Darth Maul/Legends|Darth Maul]] as the laser gates prevented Jinn's [[Padawan/Legends|Padawan]], [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]], from coming to his aid against the [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]].

==Appearances==
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''
*[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (novelization)|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'' novelization]] {{1st}}
*[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (unabridged audiobook)|''Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace'' unabridged audiobook]]
*[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (video game)|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'' video game]]
*{{Film|I}}
*[[Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' junior novel]]
*{{Shortstory|story=End Game|book=Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (novelization)|bformatted=''Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace'' novelization|manual=1}} {{C|[[2012]] edition}}
*''[[Jedi Quest: Path to Truth]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Wrath of Darth Maul]]'' {{Flash}}
*''[[The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo]]''
*[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' video game]]
*''[[Escape from the Death Star]]''
*''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game]]'' {{Nc}}

==Sources==
*{{CCG|set=A New Hope Limited|link=ANewHope-Dark/large/lasergate.gif|cardname=Laser Gate}}
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology]]''
*''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''
*[[Star Wars: Complete Locations (2005)|''Star Wars: Complete Locations'']]
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[Fly Casual]]''

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