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A '''gravity well''' was the pull of [[gravity]] that a large body in [[Realspace|space]]&mdash;such as a [[planet]]&mdash; exerted.<ref name="RSG">''[[Rey's Survival Guide]]''</ref> Gravity wells could also be created artificially: thanks to a [[gravity well projector]],<ref name="Tarkin">''[[Tarkin (novel)|Tarkin]]''</ref> it was possible to generate an "[[interdiction field]]" capable of disabling a [[starship]]'s [[hyperspace]] maneuvers.<ref name="ICS">''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections]]''</ref>
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A '''gravity well''' was the pull of [[gravity]] that a large body in [[Realspace|space]]&mdash;such as a [[planet]]&mdash; exerted.<ref name="RSG">''[[Rey's Survival Guide]]''</ref> Gravity wells could also be created artificially: thanks to a [[gravity well projector]],<ref name="Tarkin">[[Tarkin (novel)|''Tarkin'']]</ref> it was possible to generate an "[[interdiction field]]" capable of disabling a [[starship]]'s [[hyperspace]] maneuvers.<ref name="ICS">''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections]]''</ref>
   
 
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[[Standard century|Centuries]] before the fall of the [[Galactic Republic]], the technologically advanced [[Predori]] constructed starships able to withstand the crushing force of a gravity well. One such vessel, a [[prison]] ship christened ''[[Ashmead's Lock]]'', managed to stay hidden within a gravity well until said well collapsed on itself.<ref name="Life Debt">''[[Aftermath: Life Debt]]'' </ref>
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[[Standard century|Centuries]] before the fall of the [[Galactic Republic]], the technologically advanced [[Predori]] constructed starships able to withstand the crushing force of a gravity well. One such vessel, a [[prison]] ship christened ''[[Ashmead's Lock]]'', managed to stay hidden within a gravity well until said well collapsed on itself.<ref name="Life Debt">''[[Aftermath: Life Debt]]''</ref>
   
 
Due to bad hyperspace calculations, the [[Executor-class Star Dreadnought|''Executor''-class Star Dreadnought]] ''[[Arbitrator]]'' was sucked into a gravity well while attempting to evade capture by the [[New Republic]].<ref name="Life Debt" />
  
Due to bad hyperspace calculations, the [[Executor-class Star Dreadnought|''Executor''-class Star Dreadnought]] ''[[Arbitrator]]'' was sucked into a gravity well while attempting to evade capture by the [[New Republic]].<ref name="Life Debt" />
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"You can't pull a ship out of hyperspace because you never know exactly where it is. A tractor beam can't get a lock."
"That's 'cause this isn't a tractor beam. It's a gravity well."
―Hera Syndulla and Sabine Wren[src]

A gravity well was the pull of gravity that a large body in space—such as a planet— exerted.[1] Gravity wells could also be created artificially: thanks to a gravity well projector,[2] it was possible to generate an "interdiction field" capable of disabling a starship's hyperspace maneuvers.[3]

Incidents involving gravity wells

Centuries before the fall of the Galactic Republic, the technologically advanced Predori constructed starships able to withstand the crushing force of a gravity well. One such vessel, a prison ship christened Ashmead's Lock, managed to stay hidden within a gravity well until said well collapsed on itself.[4]

Due to bad hyperspace calculations, the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Arbitrator was sucked into a gravity well while attempting to evade capture by the New Republic.[4]

Rey surmised that, during the Battle of Jakku, the Imperial captains locked on to the nearby New Republic vessels with their warships' tractor beams and pulled them down into Jakku's gravity well, causing them to crash without visible battle damage.[1]

The Millennium Falcon, piloted by Han Solo through the Kessel Run after escaping Kessel, was pursued by a summa-verminoth and nearly pulled into a gravity well located in the Maw Cluster, but escaped with the help of coaxium.[5]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rey's Survival Guide
  2. ↑ Tarkin
  3. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Aftermath: Life Debt
  5. ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story

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