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A docking tube,[2] also known by other names such as boarding tube,[3] transport tube,[4] or umbilical tube,[5] was a temporary gangway used to connect two starships together in space for transfer between them.[6] These tubes could be extended to create a tunnel between the ships,[4] and retracted when no longer in use.[7] Some boarding tubes were transparent.[6]
At times, the port area on either side of the tube needed to be repressurized before opening a port door to access the tunnel. If beings were inside when one side was disconnected, they could experience explosive decompression.[4] These connections could be exploited to transfer an explosion within the tube to both conjoined ships.[5]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- The High Republic: Into the Dark
- The High Republic: Into the Dark audiobook
- The High Republic 2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Cloak of Darkness"- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Jedi Crash" (First identified as gangway)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Children of the Force"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Brain Invaders"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Grievous Intrigue"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Deserter" (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Death Trap"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "A Test of Strength"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Bound for Rescue" (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Eminence"
- Tarkin (First identified as transfer tube)
- Tarkin audiobook
- Rebel Rising (First identified as transport tube)
- Rebel Rising audio book
- The Rebellion Begins (First identified as boarding tube)
- Star Wars Rebels – "Blood Sisters"
- Star Wars Rebels – "Secret Cargo"
- Thrawn: Treason (First identified as umbilical tube)
- Thrawn: Treason audiobook
- Battlefront II: Inferno Squad
- Battlefront II: Inferno Squad audiobook
- The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure
- Choose Your Destiny: A Luke & Leia Adventure
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
Sources[edit | edit source]
- The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Jedi Crash on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Grievous Intrigue on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (First identified as docking tube)
- "Jedi Crash" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Grievous Intrigue" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "A Test of Strength" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (First identified as boarding chute)
- The Siege of Lothal Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Blood Sisters Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link) (First identified as cofferdam)
- A Princess on Lothal Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- The Jedi prepare for a new mission in Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark – Exclusive excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)
- GX1 Short Hauler in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Mandalorian Gauntlet starfighter in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
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