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Features include a fully functioning elevator, the moving walls of the trash compactor room and a retractable floor in the room where Luke and Leia make their escape.
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Alexander Cox, Space.com, 18 Nov. 2025
These rooms include the trash compactor, Princess Leia’s prison cell and the tractor beam control room from A New Hope, and Emperor Palpatine’s throne room as seen in Return of the Jedi.
—Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
The boyfriend said he was forced to discard some of the evidence, including the knife and cleaning supplies, into a trash compactor, deputies said.
—Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
The hiring signals continued faith in the project, which was announced to great fanfare almost two years ago at Star Wars Celebration in London, but has seen several high-profile writers fall into the trash compactor.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
Guidance Dover updated its guidance to reflect the divestiture of its garbage truck and trash compactor business.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
The kittens that were most recently rescued from the trash compactor will be available for adoption in a couple of months.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2024
Authorities arrived on scene to find the infant, believed to be between one and 30 days old, inside the bottom of the trash compactor, Gonzalez said.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
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Alexander Cox, Space.com, 18 Nov. 2025
These rooms include the trash compactor, Princess Leia’s prison cell and the tractor beam control room from A New Hope, and Emperor Palpatine’s throne room as seen in Return of the Jedi.
—Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
The boyfriend said he was forced to discard some of the evidence, including the knife and cleaning supplies, into a trash compactor, deputies said.
—Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
The hiring signals continued faith in the project, which was announced to great fanfare almost two years ago at Star Wars Celebration in London, but has seen several high-profile writers fall into the trash compactor.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
Guidance Dover updated its guidance to reflect the divestiture of its garbage truck and trash compactor business.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
The kittens that were most recently rescued from the trash compactor will be available for adoption in a couple of months.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2024
Authorities arrived on scene to find the infant, believed to be between one and 30 days old, inside the bottom of the trash compactor, Gonzalez said.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Trash compactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash%20compactor. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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