Rectenna/Legends

- "Those rectennas are expensive!"
- ―Han Solo
A rectenna was a large dish-shaped sensor and communication array installed on a starship. Rectennas were commonly installed on Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ships, which featured primary, auxiliary and backup rectenna[1] and YT-1300 light freighters such as Millennium Falcon, which possessed an ANq-51 sensor array computer and rectenna made by the Fabritech corporation that included both active and passive sensors, powerful jammers, intership transmitters, and short-range target acquisition systems. The Falcon's rectenna snapped off during the Battle of Endor due to the increasing tight spaces of the Death Star II and had to be replaced shortly after with a identical one.
Appearances
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- Han Solo at Stars' End
"Breaking Free: The Adventures of Dannen Lifehold" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 1 (as sensor dish)
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
"The Great Herdship Heist" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 15 (as sensor dish)
"The Void Terror" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 3 (as sensor dish)
"The Void Terror" – The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4 (as sensor dish)
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
"Home"—The Kathol Rift (as sensor dish)
Sources
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- Star Wars Technical Journal of the Planet Tatooine (as radar dish)
- Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Star Wars Technical Journal (as radar dish)
- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition (as sensor dish)
- The DarkStryder Campaign (as sensor dish)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – A New Hope Limited
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
- Introductory Adventure Game (as sensor dish)
- Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
- Platt's Smugglers Guide (as comm dish)
- Stock Ships (as sensor dish)
- Hideouts & Strongholds (as sensor dish)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Incredible Cross-Sections
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide
- Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
- Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual
- The Essential Guide to Warfare
- Star Wars: Complete Vehicles