- "This is the original blueprint for a Baleen-class heavy freighter. Those things are monsters."
- ―Norra Wexley
The Baleen-class heavy freighter was a bulk freighter model used to move huge amounts of cargo.
Description
Baleen-class freighters were about 400 meters long and were quite clumsy, but were capable of moving large amounts of cargo across the galaxy every day, and consequently, were essential to commerce. Their forward compartment could be opened in transit and used to salvage items found drifting in space, even entire starships. Built in orbital shipyards, ships of the class were designed to never enter a planet's atmosphere, instead they were docked at space stations and transfer yards to load and unload cargo.[2]
The giant ship's front bay could also be used as a docking bay, and was used for cargo that needed to be specifically handled. Everything else was attached to the transport grid between the engines and the bow section. This setup created a labyrinth of cargo and goods.[6]
History
One such freighter was the Eravana, Han Solo and Chewbacca's ship after the loss of the Millennium Falcon.[2] The original blueprint for the Baleen-class was kept at the Corellian Command Base in Coronet City.[5]
They successfully escaped the gangs and jumped into hyperspace in the Falcon,[7] leaving the Eravana in the hands of the Guavians.[3] Immediately, Bala-Tik ordered his men to inform the First Order that Solo and the droid had escaped from the ship.[7]
In 35 ABY,[8] at least twenty-five Baleen-class heavy freighters were part of a fleet assembled by Lando Calrissian to assist the Resistance during the battle against the Sith Eternal forces over the planet Exegol.[4]
Appearances
- Life Day 1
- Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Graphic Novel Adaptation
- The Force Awakens Adaptation 2
- The Force Awakens Adaptation 3
- Resistance Reborn (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Adventures: Flight of the Falcon
- Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
- The Last Order (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Non-canon appearances
LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises — "The Trouble with Rathtars"- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars Adventures: Flight of the Falcon
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Resistance Reborn
- ↑ Star Wars Complete Vehicles, New Edition
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary dates the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker to one year after the events of Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of The Force Awakens to 34 ABY, the events of The Rise of Skywalker must occur in 35 ABY.