Tool demagnitizer/Legends

A tool demagnitizer was a type of bronze-colored, disc-shaped rack for micro-tools mounted on a similarly colored circular base plate. Four copper-colored wire coils then extended up from the rack. The enslaved Human Anakin Skywalker used a tabletop tool demagnitizer that also doubled as a tool rack for small instruments, as he was required to do delicate work with precision tools when restoring machinery.Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: The Expanded Visual Dictionary The device sat in a wall alcove opposite the workstation of Skywalker's mother, Shmi Skywalker, in the Skywalker home on Slave Quarters Row in the city of Mos Espa on the planet Tatooine. It was left on the shelf when Anakin packed his belongings and said farewell to his mother before leaving Tatooine in 32 BBY.The New Essential Chronology dates the events of to 32 BBY.
==Behind the scenes==
An tool demagnitizer appeared in the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, which was released on May 19, 1999.Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition It was identified in the reference book Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary, which was written by David West Reynolds and released on May 26, 1999.
==Appearances==
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==Sources==
*Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary 
*Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: The Expanded Visual Dictionary
==Notes and references==
Category:Tools