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The tractor beam targeting array of the Devastator
The tractor beam targeting array was a feature of Imperial I-class Star Destroyers. It was responsible for tracking the targets of the ship's tractor beams at long range. Located on top of the command tower, it sat between two deflector shield projector globes.[1] Imperial II-class Star Destroyers[2] replaced the array with a communications tower,[3] as did upgraded[4] Imperial I-class Star Destroyers[5] such as Conquest,[6] Devastator,[4] and Harbinger.[7] However, an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer with a tractor beam targeting array participated in the Battle of Endor.[8]
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Sources[]
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Star Destroyer - Star Wars Rebels: Blueprints)- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- Star Wars: On the Front Lines (Picture only)
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition (Picture only)
- "Republic, Rebel, and Resistance Starfighters" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- Tales of the Empire | Official Trailer on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Star Destroyer - Star Wars Rebels: Blueprints)
- ↑ Shattered Empire 3
- ↑ Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Star Destroyer - Blueprints)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
"Blade Squadron" — Star Wars Insider 149–150
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Star Destroyer - Star Wars Rebels: Blueprints) identified the tractor beam targeting array the Conquest was seen to have in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. This was replaced by the communications array as seen in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back on the Conquest, so the Conquest must have been upgraded.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rebel Files depicts the Harbinger with a targeting array, which Starships and Speeders identifies as being a feature of an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer. Star Wars (2015) 22 then subsequently depicts it as a communications tower. Therefore, the Harbinger must have been upgraded to include the tower.
- ↑ Star Wars: On the Front Lines