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Ion trail

Legends Canon version → Linked from 4 articles

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

An ion trail was a detectable byproduct created by starship sublight drives or ion drives. It could be tracked by sensors to determine the direction a ship had traveled. Ships that were equipped with a cloaking device were able to mask this trail, either by dissipating it or storing engine emissions to be released at a later point.

Text and facts from the “Ion trail/Legends” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Appearances

24 works, in story order
  1. Tales of the Jedi – The Sith War 4
  2. Darth Bane: Rule of Two
  3. Heart of Darkness
  4. Rogue Planet
  5. The Approaching Storm
  6. The Approaching Storm abridged audiobook
  7. Labyrinth of Evil
  8. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith novelization
  9. The Paradise Snare
  10. Tatooine Ghost
  11. The Last Command
  12. Darksaber
  13. Before the Storm
  14. The New Jedi Order: Star by Star
  15. The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant
  16. The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy
  17. The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force
  18. Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
  19. Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
  20. Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
  21. Legacy of the Force: Tempest
  22. Legacy of the Force: Exile
  23. Legacy of the Force: Inferno
  24. Legacy of the Force: Invincible

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