Tractor beam projector

A tractor beam projector or tractor beam generator was a device capable of generating a tractor beam.

One such projector was used in the pressurized hangar of the Sun Runner counterfeit ship fabricated in 23 BBY by Groodo the Hutt for his Jedi-foiled attempt to destroy the orbital Fondor Shipyards. The Phylon Transport projector's inescapable tractor beam drew in not only a Nallastian freighter and a Fondor Space Patrol ship, but also a Z-95 Headhunter piloted by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. The projector was destroyed by Kenobi's lightsaber-wielding Padawan Anakin Skywalker, enabling not only the three ships' escape through a hologram-concealed docking port exit, but also the Skywalker-initiated proton-grenade destruction of the false Sun Runner itself.

Appearances

• Knight Errant
• Star Wars Adventures 1: Hunt the Sun Runner
• Star Wars Adventures 2: The Cavern of Screaming Skulls
• Star Wars Adventures 3: The Hostage Princess
• Battle for the Golden Sun
• Starfall
• Scavenger Hunt
• Graveyard of Alderaan
•  "Graveyard of Alderaan"—Classic Adventures: Volume Two
• Mission to Lianna
• The Abduction
•  "The Abduction of Crying Dawn Singer"—Classic Adventures
•  "Heavy Lifting"—Instant Adventures
• Operation: Elrood
•  "Gone To Ground"—No Disintegrations
• "The Capture of Imperial Hazard"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 10
• "Galaxywide NewsNets"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 12
•  "Free Time"—The Politics of Contraband
•  "Free Time"—Classic Adventures
•  "Omens"—The DarkStryder Campaign
•  "Shintel Downtime"—The DarkStryder Campaign
•  "Little Empires"—The Kathol Outback
•  "The Masters of Exocron"—The Kathol Outback
•  "Galaxy's Edge"—The Kathol Outback
•  "Endgame"—Endgame
• "Relic"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 6

Sources

• Star Wars Blueprints (First identified as tractor beam generator)
• Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
• Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi
• The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook
• Death Star Technical Companion
• Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One
• Heir to the Empire Sourcebook
• Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition
• Wanted by Cracken
• Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley (as tractor beam dish)
• Galaxy Guide 8: Scouts
• Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim
• Dark Empire Sourcebook
• Planets of the Galaxy, Volume Three
• Star Wars Technical Journal of the Planet Tatooine
• The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook (as Tractor Beam Emplacement)
• Death Star Technical Companion, Second Edition
• Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook
• The Last Command Sourcebook
• The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, Second Edition
• Cracken's Rebel Operatives
• The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
• Imperial Sourcebook, Second Edition
• "The Pentastar Alignment"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 3
• Galaxy Guide 11: Criminal Organizations
• The Star Wars Planets Collection
• "Stand and Deliver"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 5
• Star Wars Technical Journal
• Galladinium's Fantastic Technology
• Flashpoint! Brak Sector
• "Scouts' Dispatch"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 6
• Alliance Intelligence Reports
• Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope, Second Edition
• Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi, Second Edition
• The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook
• The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
• "Toria Tell's Droid Journal"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 10
• Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
• The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
• Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition
• Tales of the Jedi Companion
• Live-Action Adventures
• Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
• Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide (as tractor beam emplacement)
• Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised
• Pirates & Privateers
• Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids
• The Black Sands of Socorro
• Cracken's Threat Dossier
• Lords of the Expanse
•  "The Pentastar Alignment"—Classic Adventures: Volume Four - The Best of the Journal
• Star Wars Fandex Deluxe Edition
•  Imperial Star Destroyer in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide
• Fly Casual