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Power coupling

Legends Canon version → Linked from 92 articles

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

Power couplings were important parts of starships, vehicles, and other smaller devices.

Power couplings in starfighters enable the craft's power cells to share and balance energy output.

The term also referred to devices used to power objects on planets, such as the power coupling Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi flew through in their pursuit of Zam Wesell on Coruscant. Power couplings were used to hold podracer engines together and transfer power between them. Power couplings were also used as part of a melee weapon called the San-Ni staff which held together three metal rods that could be whipped around the wielder's body in combat.

Kel-Mar, Modog and Dekk were prime manufacturers of power couplings. Dekk created the Dekk-6 power coupling line.

"Hooking up a power coupling", while perhaps not consistent with the actual assembly of the device, was regardless used by several companions of the Jedi Exile to describe intimate relationships and presumed sexual intercourse.

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

Facts

Purpose
Transfers and balances energy reserves and output from power cells

Appearances

42 works, in story order
  1. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (mentioned only)
  2. Star Wars: The Old Republic (mentioned only)
  3. Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter (mentioned only)
  4. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  5. Star Wars: Episode I Racer
  6. Eye of the Sun: Revelation and Refutation (mentioned only)
  7. Star Wars: Racer Revenge
  8. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
  9. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones junior novelization
  10. The Gungan General
  11. Chain of Command (mentioned only)
  12. The Paradise Snare
  13. The Final Exit
  14. A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale
  15. Sandbound on Tatooine
  16. Scoundrel's Luck
  17. Allegiance
  18. Fair Prey
  19. Galaxy of Fear: City of the Dead
  20. Choices of One
  21. Better Than Nothing
  22. Imperial Double-Cross
  23. Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
  24. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back novelization (first mentioned)
  25. The Millennium Falcon Pursuit
  26. Star Wars (1977) 42
  27. Dark Forces: Jedi Knight
  28. X-Wing: Rogue Squadron
  29. X-Wing: The Bacta War (mentioned only)
  30. Conflict of Interest
  31. The Last Command
  32. X-Wing: Isard's Revenge
  33. Counterstrike
  34. Blaze of Glory
  35. Dark Empire 4 (first appearance)
  36. Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
  37. Assault at Selonia
  38. The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory I: Conquest
  39. The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
  40. The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant
  41. The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion
  42. The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy
Non-canon appearances: 2
  1. Star Wars: Yoda Stories
  2. Shadows in the Force (unidentified)

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