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Distress beacon

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Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.

An emergency beacon, also known as a distress beacon or a rescue beacon, was a type of homing beacon that was designed for use in emergency situations to summon or locate aid. Alliance operatives used them when they were in trouble, signaling other members of the Alliance during times of distress. Sometime before the Battle of Endor, when Princess Leia Organa was preparing for a diplomatic mission to the planet of Yinchorr, Luke Skywalker forced Leia Organa to take an emergency beacon with her. The gesture proved to be life-saving, as Organa was attacked and captured by Imperials led by Governor Marcellin Wessel. Due to the emergency beacon, Organa was able to be rescued with the Millennium Falcon.

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Appearances

23 works, in story order
  1. Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice
  2. Star Wars: The Old Republic
  3. Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel
  4. Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne
  5. Below the Belt: Philosophy
  6. Wookiee Hunt
  7. Coby and the Starhunters
  8. A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale
  9. When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale
  10. Star Wars Missions 4: Destroy the Liquidator
  11. Raid on Brentaal
  12. 7.12 (mentioned only)
  13. Star Wars (1977) 38 (first appearance)
  14. Star Wars (1977) 50
  15. Star Wars (1977) 86
  16. Black Curs Blues
  17. The Kathol Rift
  18. Dark Force Rising
  19. The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee
  20. Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
  21. Dark Nest III: The Swarm War (mentioned only)
  22. Fate of the Jedi: Conviction
  23. X-Wing: Mercy Kill

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