Gravity well projector

A gravity well projector was a powerful device affixed to an Interdictor vessel used to pull ships out of hyperspace. As a ship could not usually enter hyperspace when within a planet's gravitational pull, the gravity well projector mimicked the effect by creating a strong artificial gravity well known as an interdiction field. Gravity well projectors were first theorized by Chancey Yarrow, a student of theoretical hyperspace physics at the Academy of Carida during the High Republic Era, although she was expelled after the school discovered she had lied about using grant money in an attempt to build such a projector before she could earn her doctorate.The High Republic: Out of the Shadows Five years after the birth of the Galactic Empire, an untested Immobilizer 418 cruiser was used to trap Wilhuff Tarkin's stolen corvette, the Carrion Spike. However, at the time the gravity well projectors were not perfected, and the Immobilizer was returned for reassessment.
Ten years later, the experimental Imperial Interdictor utilized four gravity wells to trap a rebel patrol. It also succeeded in capturing Ezra Bridger and Commander Jun Sato aboard the corvette Phoenix Home, but subsequent actions led to the Interdictor-class heavy cruiser's destruction.
Imperial gunners generally operated these projectors.Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition The Watith species used a gravity well projector with a skeletal structure, it was made of metal ribs protecting a central object. The projector could be used inside a nyix-alloy freighter and could inform of an incoming vessel ninety seconds before its arrival.
==Behind the scenes==
Gravity well projectors first appeared in Scavenger Hunt, a 1989 Star Wars Legends roleplaying adventure written by Brad Freeman for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.Scavenger Hunt The technology was confirmed to be canon after it appeared in Tarkin, a 2014 novel written by James Luceno.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic: Out of the Shadows 
*The High Republic: Mission to Disaster 
*The High Republic: The Fallen Star 
*The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 2 
*The High Republic: Temptation of the Force 
*Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good 
*Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil 
*Tarkin 
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*Thrawn: Alliances 
*Thrawn: Treason 
*Heir to the Jedi 
*Hidden Empire 1
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*Choose Your Destiny: A Finn & Poe Adventure 
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Rebel Files
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*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
*Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
*TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
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*Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
*Star Wars: Timelines
*Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
*Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
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==Notes and references==
Category:Capital ship components
Category:Gravitational technology