In a scene lasting about 15 seconds, while traveling from Tatooine to Alderaan aboard Han Solo's light Corellian space freighter the Millennium Falcon, the Wookiee Chewbacca plays the game against the droid R2-D2.
[5][6][7][8] Dejarik is a popular holographic game in the world of Star Wars, installed, for example, on the decks of starships in order to provide entertainment during long flights through hyperspace.
A typical game station consists of a hologram generator, usually placed in the cylindrical base of the set, on which there is a board made of three circles filled with alternating white and black fields.
In Solo, a prequel to the 1977 Star Wars, Chewbacca damages the dejarik projector on the Millennium Falcon, providing an in-universe explanation as to why there are only eight figures on the screen.
[8][25] Dejarik has been the subject of scientific research in the field of human–computer interaction[26] and has been identified as one of the classic, early examples of holograms[27][28] and AR (augmented reality) in fiction.
[29][30][31] Dejarik has also inspired a number of inventors to create physical devices that would imitate the holographic effects seen in the film,[32][33] from older products such as the 1983 Archon computer game[clarification needed] to more recent ones such as those designed by Voxiebox.