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- "Looks like they're launching fighters."
"They are not fighters, Commodore, more likely tugs." - ―Karyn Faro and Thrawn
Spacetugs, also known as tugboats, were utility spacecraft designed to assist in guiding larger vessels and their cargo in maneuvering through orbital transfer yards and transit corridors, by utilizing either tractor beams or magnetic clamps.[2]
During the Clone Wars, the Republic, as well as other agencies, employed at least two different models of specialized tugboats equipped with powerful tractor beams. They were used at both the Ord Cestus medical station[3] and space station Valor.[4] The warlike-species the Grysk utilized a tug.[1]
About thirty years after the Battle of Endor, Sublights Products Corporation manufactured the Quadrijet transfer spacetug, which used magnetic clamps to quickly move around cargo containers.[2] One of these was present at Niima Outpost on Jakku.[5]
Appearances
Non-canon appearances
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Star Wars: Puzzle Droids
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return to the Wheel"- LEGO Star Wars Battles
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Star Wars: Visions — "I Am Your Mother"
Sources
- Rey's Survival Guide
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections (First identified as spacetug)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
Star Wars Helmet Collection 56 Databank A-Z: Tractor Beams–Tri-Fighters (as tug boat)- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Scum and Villainy Conversion Kit (Card: Constable Zuvio — Qudrijet Transfer Spacetug) - Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Scum and Villainy Conversion Kit (Card: Jakku Gunrunner — Qudrijet Transfer Spacetug)
- Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Scum and Villainy Conversion Kit (Card: Sarco Plank — Qudrijet Transfer Spacetug)
- Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Scum and Villainy Conversion Kit (Card: Unkar Plutt — Qudrijet Transfer Spacetug)
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Connections"
"Imperial Troops" — Star Wars Encyclopedia- Star Wars 100 Objects
First Order AT-HH Walker in the Databank (backup link)- Quadjumper in the Databank (backup link)
- Republic Tugboat in the Databank (backup link) (First identified as tugboat)