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The Star Wars movies are a vehicle for entertainment and their primary aim is to deliver drama, not scientific knowledge. Many of the on-screen technologies created or borrowed for the Star Wars universe were used mainly as plot devices, and not as elements of the story in their own right.

The iconic status that Star Wars has gained in popular culture allows it to be used as an accessible introduction to real scientific concepts. Many of the technologies used in the Star Wars universe are impossible, according to current theory. However, the process of understanding why they are considered impossible can educate people while simultaneously entertaining them.

1 Star Wars technology

Individual technology is discussed in separate articles:

1.1 Technology WeaponsThe fictional Star Wars universe features an intricate array of different weapons whose uses and powers range from interpersonal combat to destroying entire space stations or even planets and solar systems in single sweeps. Some of them resemble stereotyp DroidAlternative meanings: Droids (cartoon A droid is a robot, specifically the intelligent robots in the fictional Star Wars universe. Famous droids include R2-D2 and C-3PO. Less famous droids in the Star Wars saga include: 2-1B medic, EV-9D9, Federation batts HolographyTraditionally, a holograph is a document written entirely in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears. That is not what this article is about; this is about the more modern concept, not introduced until the 20th century. This article is also Inertial Compensators Shields Standard Units Tractor beamA tractor beam is a hypothetical device with the ability to attract one object to another from a distance. Tractor beams are frequently used in science-fiction books and movies. Tractor beams can be compared to the gravitational attraction between two mas Ion drive CloakingIn the fictional Star Trek and Star Wars universes, a cloaking device is an advanced stealth system which causes a spaceship to be invisible and extremely difficult to detect with normal sensors. However, the idea of a cloaking device could be extended to Communications Power supply

1.2 Vessels Death StarThe Death Star is a moon-sized planetoid military space station in the fictional Star Wars universe. Description The Galactic Empire's ultimate terror weapon, the Death Stars were battle stations several hundred kilometers in diameter and mounting a direcs Imperial military walkers AT-AT AT-ST Lambda-class Shuttle s Warships of the Empire Super Star Destroyer Star Destroyer TIE Fighter TIE Interceptor TIE Bomber TIE Advanced Star Forge Warships of the Rebel Alliance Nebulon-B Frigate Corellian Corvette Mon Calamari Cruiser X-wing Y-wing A-wing B-wing Millennium Falcon

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