Life-form scanner

A life-form scanner,Heir to the Jedi also known as a life scanner, was a form of sensor device used to detect living beings from a distance. In its Sentinel Base facility, the Galactic Empire used such scanners of Idellian Arrays make. One such system was also included on the Secutor-class Star Destroyer Conquest. Darth Vader used the vessel's scanner to prove the corvette Carrion Spike was unmanned. There also existed small, handheld models, like the one used by C-3PO on K43.
==Behind the scenes==
The life-form scanner was first used in the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, but was not specifically mentioned by name in the film.
The life-form scanner was first mentioned by name in the 2014 novel Tarkin, which was written by James Luceno.
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*Tarkin 
*Heir to the Jedi 
*Star Wars (2015) 68
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==Notes and references==
Category:Sensor types