Hyperspace/Legends



"Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy!"

- Han Solo

Hyperspace is the dimension through which a spaceship may travel at faster-than-light speeds, using a hyperdrive, they make this action possible by jumping between the dimensions of Realspace and hyperspace.

Ships in hyperspace can interact with normal space, and thus complicated calculations (usually performed by an astromech droid or a navigation computer) are necessary to avoid a disastrous impact.

Moving too close to a high gravity field known as a mass shadow can remove a ship from hyperspace. This can occur when faulty calculations move the ship too near a star or large planet. This mechanism is exploited by the Imperial Interdictor cruiser and the Old Republic Interdictor-class Cruiser, whose Gravity well projectors can be used to pull ships out of hyperspace for an ambush, or to prevent ships from fleeing the battlefield. It is also exploited by pirates, who have been known to haul large asteroids into a hyperspace shipping lane for the purpose of bringing a ship out of hyperspace in order to ambush and board it.

Going to hyperspace has also been a tactic for fleets of ships facing an opponent, as a jump to lightspeed would rip the opposing fleet apart, while leaving the traveling ships intact.1

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Expanded Universe (too many to list)
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II 1

External link

 * Star Wars Technical Commentaries - Hyperspace

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