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What is this thing in Star Wars for? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Some have no holes. Seems pretty inconvenient to use as a loom that way. Some were too small for knitting.

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[–] bluemellophone@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago

They could be manufacturing prototypes or examples for apprentices. It’s also replicas were made for trade to demonstrate the shape to others, or tokens of appreciation, or adapted into toys / primitive dice.

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