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A pair of Imperial Navy officers in front of a viewport on the Executor
- "People say when the Force closes a hatch, it opens a viewport. After you?"
- ―Anakin Skywalker to Palpatine
A viewport, or viewer, was an opening within a wall or bulkhead that allowed for a being to see through. Typically made from transparisteel, most viewports were usually, but not always, weaker than a wall of a starship, though could be as strong as that of a building. Viewports also came in many different styles, shapes and sizes, depending on the needs of the builder, the user and the expense for either one.
On worlds where high technology was still in its infancy, or if it was not economically-feasible to use transparisteel, then a form of glass made from silicate material (sand) was utilized as a substitute.
The viewport on Executor-class Star Dreadnoughts had a safety mechanism that, when broken, would reseal itself with a reinforced metal window to keep the ship pressurized. This metal window was stored under the viewport itself and would protract automatically upon breakage of the ship's outer transparisteel.[1]
There was a saying in the galaxy that "When the Force closes a hatch, it opens a viewport."[2]
Appearances
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- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
- Death Star Technical Companion
- Death Star Technical Companion, Second Edition
- "Stand and Deliver"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 5
- Galladinium's Fantastic Technology
- Flashpoint! Brak Sector
- "The Yard of Opportunity"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 8
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
- Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids
- Star Wars: The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt
- "A Traveler's Journals of Ralltiir" on Wizards.com (original article link, backup link)
- "Xim Week: The Despotica (Part III: Xim at Vondor)" on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual
- Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
- Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Daultay Dofine (★★★)) (Picture only)
