Retrorocket

Retrorockets, also known as retro thrusters, were a type of rocket on starships which could be used in atmosphere, and were found on ships such as the Tribunal,Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle! Millennium Falcon,Per the audio description for Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back available on Disney+. and Razor Crest.Per the audio description for "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" available on Disney+. In 19 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas the Venator-class Star Destroyer Tribunal, en route from Mandalore to Coruscant, was thrown into turmoil as a result of the execution of Order 66. During the fighting, the ship fell out of hyperspace when a former prisoner on board, the renegade Sith Lord Maul, destroyed its hyperdrive, sending the Star Destroyer onto a collision course with a nearby moon. As the stricken vessel entered the moon's atmosphere, a bridge officer called for the retrorockets to be fired, but was told that they had lost lateral control just before the bridge exploded.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic: The Rising Storm 
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*The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure 
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*Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
*Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure 
*Shadow Fall 
*Victory's Price 
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*The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel
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Category:Capital ship engines
Category:Engine types
Category:Freighter and transport engines
Category:General starship components
Category:Starfighter engines