Garbage compactor

Facts

Purpose

Waste disposal

Connections

Found on

DS-1 Orbital Battle Station, Starkiller Base, Gaze Electric, Nakadia, Stormbringer

Appearances

77 Star Wars works, first in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (1977).

• Novels 21
• Reference books 15
• Comics 11
• Short stories 9
• TV episodes 5
• Comic stories 5
• Games 5
• Films 2
• Activity books 2
• Comic series 1
• Audio 1

Films

• Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (1977)
• Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015)

TV episodes

• Warhead (episode) (2017)
• Secrets and Holograms (2018)
• Princess Leia – The Rescue (2019)
• R2-D2 and C3PO – Trash Compactor Rescue (2019)
• The Prince and the Pirate (2024)

Comics

• Darth Vader (2015) 12 (2015)
• The Force Awakens Adaptation 5 (2016)
• Doctor Aphra (2016) 1 (2016)
• Star Wars (2015) 31 (2017)
• Captain Phasma 1 (2017)
• Star Wars (2015) 36 (2017)
• Captain Phasma 2 (2017)
• Doctor Aphra (2016) 20 (2018)
• Doctor Aphra (2016) 27 (2018)
• Vader - Dark Visions 3 (2019)
• Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle 2 (2021)

Comic stories

• Destroyer Down (2017)
• The Trouble at Tibrin, Part II (2017)
• Mind Your Manners (2018)
• Rabbit Hunt (2020)
• The Creature from the Trash Compactor (2023)

Comic series

• Star Wars (LINE Webtoon) (2015)

Novels

• A New Dawn (novel) (2014)
• Aftermath (novel) (2015)
• A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (2015)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novelization) (2015)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel (2015)
• Bloodline (novel) (2016)
• Aftermath: Life Debt (2016)
• The Force Awakens: Finn's Story (2016)
• Trapped in the Death Star! (2016)
• Aftermath: Empire's End (2017)
• Star Wars: A New Hope (paperback novel) (2017)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel (2018)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (2018)
• Star Wars: Search Your Feelings (2018)
• Alphabet Squadron (novel) (2019)
• Resistance Reborn (2019)
• Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (2021)
• The High Republic: The Rising Storm (2021)
• Queen's Hope (2022)
• The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness (2023)
• The Living Force (2024)

Short stories

• The Rescue of Princess Leia (2015)
• All Creatures Great and Small (2015)
• The Baptist (2017)
• Rules of the Game (2017)
• The Ride (2017)
• Rendezvous Point (short story) (2020)
• An Old Hope (2021)
• The Key to Remembering (2023)
• Trooper Trouble (2023)

Games

• Star Wars: Card Trader (2015)
• Star Wars: Heroes Path (2015)
• Star Wars: Uprising (2015)
• Star Wars Rebels: Chopper Chase (2016)
• Star Wars Battlefront II (2017)

Audio

• A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD (2015)

Activity books

• Bounty Hunt (2016)
• Star Wars Maker Lab (2018)

Reference books

• IncrediBuilds: Star Wars: R2-D2 (2016)
• Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 13 (2017)
• IncrediBuilds: Star Wars: Rogue One: Death Star (2017)
• Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles (2018)
• The Art of Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
• Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 62 (2019)
• Star Wars: Meet the Heroes: R2-D2 (2019)
• Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills (2019)
• Star Wars: Book of Lists (2020)
• C-3PO (reference book) (2021)
• The Star Wars Book of Monsters, Ooze and Slime (2021)
• General Equipment (1) (2021)
• Star Wars: Timelines (2023)
• Star Wars: Darth Vader 27 (magazine) (2025)
• Star Wars: Complete Locations, New Edition (2025)

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