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Thermal distorter

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A thermal distorter was a simple device that could trick a droid's sensors into ignoring an organic life-form's thermal signature. Chewbacca, Han Solo, and Finn once used such a device to avoid detection by a patrol droid of the First Order.

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  1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization (first appearance)

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