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Retrorocket

Legends Canon version → Linked from 30 articles

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

A retrorocket, also known as a braking jet or braking thruster, was a type of braking rocket or retrothruster used to counteract motion and decelerate or stop a space vessel or other craft.

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

Appearances

16 works, in story order
  1. The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance
  2. Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter
  3. Knight Errant
  4. Han Solo at Stars' End
  5. Star Wars (1977) 8 (first mentioned)
  6. Star Wars (1977) 13
  7. The Grand Prize
  8. Star Wars (1977) 16 (mentioned only)
  9. Star Wars (1977) 18
  10. Star Wars (1977) 37
  11. Introductory Adventure Game
  12. Imperial Double-Cross
  13. Splinter of the Mind's Eye (first appearance)
  14. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back novelization
  15. Star Wars (1977) 41 (mentioned only)
  16. Hard Merchandise

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