The Toys: CommTech
The figure line also introduced a new technology: CommTech. A small translucent device that came with every basic figure, the CommTech chip was designed to act as both a base for the figure and as an electronic element. Scanning the chip with a reader (sold separately) shaped like Qui-Gon Jinn’s commlink device from the film, the chip would activate sounds and recorded lines of dialogue based on whichever character it belonged to. CommTech made its way back into the toyline beyond Phantom Menace, letting fans hear dialogue from the Original Trilogy too.
