Electromagnet

Electromagnets were a type of magnet. Bantha-II cargo skiffs were equipped with electromagnets on extendable trunks on their undersides. In 4 ABY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, which includes the appearance of the electromagnets, to 4 ABY. the Rebel allies of the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO used two electromagnets on the underside of a Bantha-II cargo skiff to pull the two droids out of the sand near the Great Pit of Carkoon on the planet Tatooine, where the duo had become partially buried after jumping from the side of the sail barge Khetanna shortly before its destruction.
==Appearances==
*Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original
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*Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization 
==Sources==
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*Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
==Notes and references==
Category:Magnetic technology