Question: Do magnetically-sealed rooms serve any purpose other than repelling blasters?
kayelbe
4th Dec 2019
Star Wars (1977)
Answer: It could be a security measure to keep anyone/anything from opening the doors, or it could be a way of preventing anything from escaping the room (clearly live things get in there).
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Answer: Outside the convenience as a plot device, it could also be explained as a way of preventing inadvertent damage caused by compacting something explosive. Remember, it's not just the door that was magnetically sealed, but the entire compactor.
kayelbe