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'''Gravity well projectors''' are [[tractor beam]] like devices used to pull [[starship]]s out of [[hyperspace]].
'''Gravity well projectors''' are devices similar to [[tractor beam]]s that interfere with [[hyperdrive]] operation by simulating the presence of a massive object like a planet; they appear only in [[EU]] materials.  They can be used to pull [[starship]]s out of [[hyperspace]] or prevent them from entering. While associated mainly with [[Interdictor-class|''Interdictor''-class]] [[Star Destroyer]]s of the [[Galactic Empire]], the technology has existed for thousands of years.


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Latest revision as of 18:27, 16 November 2009

Gravity well projectors are devices similar to tractor beams that interfere with hyperdrive operation by simulating the presence of a massive object like a planet; they appear only in EU materials. They can be used to pull starships out of hyperspace or prevent them from entering. While associated mainly with Interdictor-class Star Destroyers of the Galactic Empire, the technology has existed for thousands of years.