Retrorocket/Legends
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- "Whoa! Put on your retro-rockets!"
- ―Han Solo
A retrorocket,[2] also known as a braking jet or braking thruster, was a type of braking rocket[3] or retrothruster[4] used to counteract motion and decelerate or stop a space vessel or other craft.
Appearances
- The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance
- The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance audiobook
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter
- Knight Errant
- Han Solo at Stars' End
- Star Wars (1977) 8 (First mentioned)
- Star Wars (1977) 13
- Star Wars (1977) 16 (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars (1977) 18
- Star Wars (1977) 37
- Splinter of the Mind's Eye (First appearance)
- Imperial Double-Cross (as braking jet)
"The Grand Prize" – The Far Orbit Project (as braking thruster)- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization
- Star Wars (1977) 41 (Mentioned only)
- Hard Merchandise
Sources
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
- The Star Wars Rules Companion
- The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook (as braking thruster)
- Star Wars Technical Journal of the Rebel Forces
- The DarkStryder Campaign (as braking jet)
- Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi, Second Edition (as braking thruster)
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook (as braking jet)
- Introductory Adventure Game (as braking thruster)
Notes and references
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