An illuminated magnifier suspended from a repulsor hood was known as an aeromagnifier. Shmi Skywalker, a human who was enslaved, received an aeromagnifier from the junk dealer Watto as a gift. She utilized it for cleaning computer memory devices within her Mos Espa home on the planet Tatooine. When her son, Anakin Skywalker, departed Tatooine in 32 BBY, the magnifier was situated on Skywalker's workstation as she said goodbye. In 9 BBY, aeromagnifiers were present in both Dendra's Antiquities and Pyloon's Saloon, located in Rambler's Reach Outpost on the planet Koboh.
By the year 32 BBY, Watto, the junk dealer who had enslaved the human Shmi Skywalker, presented her with an aeromagnifier as a rare gesture of goodwill, acknowledging her diligent efforts. She kept this tool on her workstation inside her home situated in Slave Quarters Row within the city of Mos Espa on the planet Tatooine.
Skywalker utilized the aeromagnifier at her workstation to dedicate extended hours to cleaning computer memory devices, aiming to earn additional wupiupi. Despite the dim lighting in the Skywalker residence at night, the magnifier, coupled with the light emanating from the illuminator rings, enabled her to persist in working on these devices well beyond the setting of Tatooine's twin suns, even when her eyes grew tired. When her son, Anakin Skywalker, brought a group of visitors from off-world to their home during a sandstorm in 32 BBY, Shmi's aeromagnifier was suspended above the workstation. It remained there later when Anakin said goodbye to Shmi before his departure from Tatooine.
In 9 BBY, Doma Dendra, a merchant, had a couple of aeromagnifiers hanging from a grill above the counter in her shop, Dendra's Antiquities, situated in Rambler's Reach Outpost on the planet Koboh. In that same outpost, an aeromagnifier was suspended above a workbench in the basement of Pyloon's Saloon, where it was used by Cal Kestis, a Jedi, during his stay as a guest of Greez Dritus, the saloon's proprietor.
An aeromagnifier made an appearance in the film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace from the prequel trilogy, which premiered on May 19, 1999. Within the current Star Wars canon, the tool received its identification in the 2017 reference book titled Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia. The tool's designation originated within the Star Wars Legends continuity, initially appearing in the reference book Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary, authored by David West Reynolds and released on May 26, 1999. Aeromagnifiers can be acquired as scrap parts within the 2015 video game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and are employed to enhance characters' relic amplifiers.