Data-tape

Data-tape,Star Wars Rebels: The Rebellion Begins also spelled as datatape,Star Wars Rebels: Droids in Distress or data tape,Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization was a type of physical storage media for different kinds of data. The tape itself, a continuous narrow, flexible strip, was stored on reels inside a protective shell. Monomolecular-switching binary tapes like the ones used by the Galactic Empire on Scarif had a 512-million-exanode capacity.Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
==History==
The secret plans for the Galactic Empire's powerful planet-destroying Death Star weapon were stored on data-tapes. These tapes were stolen and later downloaded into a datacard by members of the Rebel Alliance and spirited to Princess Leia Organa, who copied the data from them into the memory banks of the droid R2-D2 in order to deliver them to Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi on Tatooine.
==Behind the scenes==
The plans for the Death Star were described as being recorded on data-tapes in the novelization of the original Star Wars film, released in 1976 before the release of the actual film, A New Hope, known at the time only as Star Wars. At the time, tapes were a modern means of storing information, though for data storage they later became largely obsolete.
==Appearances==
==Sources==
*Ultimate Star Wars
*Star Wars: Ships of the Galaxy
*Rey's Survival Guide
*Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
*Star Wars: On the Front Lines
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*Rise of the Separatists
*Rebel Starfighters Owners' Workshop Manual
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*Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
*Star Wars 100 Objects
*Star Wars: Timelines
==Notes and references==
Category:Data storage mediums