Device
Lava skimmer
Legends Canon version → Linked from 2 articles
Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.
The lava skimmer was a pole-mounted cauldron and used by the Mustafarians of Mustafar to collect lava from the planet's natural lava streams. These devices served as both crucible tongs and pouring shanks.
Lava skimmers consisted of a lava-proof metal shank tipped with a ratchet clamp with pressure-stop lock. This clamp could hold a lava-resistant ceramic cauldron, in which lava could be held. Southern Mustafarians had evolved powerful bodies, and were thus able to lift these heavy devices.
"Lava skimmer" was also a term used to describe those Mustafarians who employed these devices in their mining operations.
Text and facts from the “Lava skimmer/Legends” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.
Facts
- Owners
- Mustafarians
- Locations
- Mustafar
Appearances
1 work, in story order
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (first appearance)
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