Ionizer

An ionizer was a type of metallic-gray tool that consisted of a central pillar-like body of varying widths with thin protrusions ending in small spheres extending in three different layers from the body. The base of the body was wider, with a narrower spiked end being at the top of the device, above a cap placed atop the highest layer of protrusions.
The junk dealer Watto owned an ionizer, and in 32 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of to 32 BBY. it sat on a pedestal by the backdoor of his junkshop in the city of Mos Espa on the planet Tatooine when the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn led a group searching for a T-14 hyperdrive generator into the store.
==Behind the scenes==
An ionizer 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 In the current Star Wars canon, the tool was identified in the 2017 reference book Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia. The name for the unit originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first used in the reference book Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary, written by David West ReynoldsStar Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary and released on May 26, 1999.
==Appearances==
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==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia 
==Notes and references==
Category:Tools