Glowrod

Techcanon

Also known as Glow rod · Flashlight

Facts

Purpose: Illumination

Appearances

118 Star Wars works, first in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

TV episodes 36
Novels 34
Comics 15
Reference books 10
Short stories 6
Films 5
Comic stories 5
Audio 4
Games 3

Films

Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi (2017)
Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

TV episodes

Comics

Star Wars (2015) 7 (2015)
Doctor Aphra (2016) 1 (2016)
Lando - Double or Nothing 4 (2018)
Age of Resistance - Finn 1 (2019)
Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 1 (2019)
Doctor Aphra (2020) 2 (2020)
Star Wars (2020) 5 (2020)
Doctor Aphra (2020) 3 (2020)
Doctor Aphra (2020) 4 (2020)
Star Wars (2020) 21 (2022)
Star Wars (2020) 30 (2023)
Doctor Aphra (2020) 35 (2023)
Doctor Aphra (2020) 36 (2023)
The Rise of Skywalker Adaptation 1 (2025)
Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch—Ghost Agents 4 (2025)

Comic stories

Secrets of Sienar (2015)
The Beast Within (2018)
The Lost Stories, Part 1 (2020)
In the Lair of the Dragon Slug (2022)
The Adventures of Churo the Hutt and the Heart of Eroudac (2025)

Novels

Ezra's Gamble (2014)
The Rebellion Begins (2014)
Tarkin (novel) (2014)
Ezra's Duel with Danger (2015)
Before the Awakening (2015)
Adventures in Wild Space: The Escape (2016)
Adventures in Wild Space: The Nest (2016)
Adventures in Wild Space: The Dark (2016)
Adventures in Wild Space: The Cold (2017)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (paperback novel) (2017)
Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (2017)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel (2018)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (2018)
Thrawn: Alliances (2018)
Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor (2018)
Alphabet Squadron (novel) (2019)
Thrawn: Treason (2019)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (2020)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (2020)
Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (2020)
The High Republic: Into the Dark (2021)
Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (2021)
The High Republic: The Rising Storm (2021)
Life Day Treasury (2021)
The High Republic: The Fallen Star (2022)
The High Republic: Path of Deceit (2022)
The High Republic: Quest for the Hidden City (2022)
The High Republic: Path of Vengeance (2023)
The High Republic: Escape from Valo (2024)
The High Republic: Beware the Nameless (2024)
Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel (2025)
The Last Order (2025)
Eyes Like Stars (2026)
Legacy (novel) (2026)

Short stories

Interlude at Darkknell (1999)
Rebel Bluff (2015)
Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing (2017)
The Leviathan (2020)
The Man Who Captured Luke Skywalker (2023)
Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Friend or Foe? (2023)

Games

Begun, The Clone Wars Have! (2019)
Hello There Squad Pack (2023)
Star Wars Outlaws (2024)

Audio

Dooku: Jedi Lost (2019)
Choose Your Destiny: A Smuggler Mission (2019)
The High Republic: Haunted Starlight (2025)
The Jaws of Jakku (2025)

Reference books

Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide (2016)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary (2017)
Fully Operational (sourcebook) (2018)
Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition (2018)
YT-1300 Millennium Falcon Owners' Workshop Manual (2018)
Gadgets and Gear (2019)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary (2019)
The Lothal Insurgency (1) (2022)
Star Wars: Complete Locations, New Edition (2025)
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Visual Guide (2026)

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