Artifact ID: a ‘triple threat’

Visual Dictionary Disclaimer: it’s unknown what percentage of props in these books actually appeared on-screen, or were made from scratch to pad out the book. It’s entirely possible that someone with eagle eyes and a Blu-Ray might spot these items slung over the shoulder of some anonymous background extra on Coruscant, and I would normally say to take them with a grain of salt. However, I am inclined to view them as legitimate sources purely for their supreme usefulness in helping flesh out the in-universe material culture of the GFFA.
With that out of the way…

While leafing through my copy of DK’s Episode II Visual Dictionary, I noticed something vaguely similar about a few of the props.

Can you see it? All three feature an encircling strap, and two of the three have the exact same shape. Hypothesis: these props are built on the same base item!

Now, what exactly is that base? The ‘water pod’(in reprints, it’s a ‘traveller’s water pod’) and the ‘fog scope’ both reveal what’s hiding under the ribbed top section of the ‘tramper’s bag’—some sort of spout, which—after close inspection of the ‘water pod’—appears to be coarsely threaded. What’s more, the ‘knob’ on top of the fog scope appears to have the same ridges as are visible on that of the ‘water pod’. Additionally, the vertical ribbing peeking out from under the textured plate of both the water pod and the tramper’s bag is fully visible on the fog scope. Therefore, the fog scope gives us the best view of the unadulterated base item.

[Bonus greeble ID: the ridged yellow square below the ‘fog scope’s ‘zoom dial’ is clearly part of a computer heatsink.]

Now, as someone who has built a large part of my ‘hard kit’ out of repurposed milsurp items, I’ve spent a fair amount of time in surplus stores. Looking at the ‘fog scope, it immediately leapt out at me as a modernish military canteen…but which one? To the Google!

Five minutes’ browsing through an image search for ‘rectangle military canteen’ quickly pulled up several hits.

While I haven’t been able to find detailed info on this model except that they’re American and made by the Hayes Corp, they are super cheap, and I had been searching for a container that feels more GFFA-appropriate than my WW2 enamel canteen…so I snagged up two black ones for $5 each. (review and utilization forthcoming).

Post script: As a neat after-the-fact recognition, while reaching into the freezer one day, I saw a familiar shape!:
This ice pack screws into the lid of a lunchbox and turns it into a mini cooler:
Pretty cool, huh? ;P