Device
Magnetic paralyzing pincer lock
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A magnetic paralyzing pincer lock was a crane-mounted electromagnetic apparatus featured in the underside hangar of an Imperial-class Star Destroyer like the Devastator. It was used to secure a captured enemy vessel, preventing it from escaping the hangar, as exemplified by the capture of the Tantive IV in 1 BBY.
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Facts
- Purpose
- Hold a captured starship
- Affiliations
- Galactic Empire
Appearances
2 works, in story order
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (first appearance)
- Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization (first identified)
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