Distress signal

A distress signal,^[1] also known as a distress call,^[2] or as a distress message,^[3] was a type of signal that could be sent in emergency situations.^[4]

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Appearances

This in-universe list is incomplete. You can help Wookieepedia by expanding it. The High Republic: Quest for the Hidden City (and audiobook) The High Republic: Path of Deceit (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) The High Republic: Cataclysm (and audiobook) The High Republic: Into the Dark (and audiobook) The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) The High Republic: The Great Jedi Rescue (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only) "Starlight: Go Together" — Star Wars Insider 199–200 (Mentioned only) The High Republic: A Test of Courage (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) The High Republic Adventures (2021) 4 The High Republic Adventures (2021) 5 (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) "Starlight: First Duty" — Star Wars Insider 201–202 (Mentioned only) The High Republic (2021) 2 (Mentioned only) The High Republic (2021) 5 (Mentioned only) The High Republic: The Rising Storm (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) The High Republic (2021) 7 The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower (and audiobook) The High Republic: Showdown at the Fair (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 2 (Mentioned only) The High Republic: Out of the Shadows (and audiobook) The High Republic: Tempest Runner (In flashback(s)) The High Republic: Tempest Runner script (In flashback(s)) The High Republic (2021) 9 The High Republic Adventures: Galactic Bake-Off Spectacular (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) The High Republic: Mission to Disaster (and audiobook) The High Republic Adventures (2021) 12 The High Republic: The Battle for Starlight (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) The High Republic: The Fallen Star (and audiobook) The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror 1 (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror 2 (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror 3 (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness (and audiobook) "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: No Big Deal" — Star Wars Insider 222 (Mentioned only) "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Survivors" — Star Wars Insider 224 The High Republic: Temptation of the Force (and audiobook) The High Republic (2023) 4 (Mentioned only) The High Republic: Beware the Nameless (and audiobook) The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 2 The High Republic: Seeds of Starlight (Mentioned only) The High Republic: Haunted Starlight (Indirect mention only) The High Republic Adventures (2023) 11 The High Republic Adventures (2023) 12 The High Republic Adventures – Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone 4 (Mentioned only) The High Republic: Into the Light (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 1 The High Republic: A Valiant Vow (and audiobook) Star Wars: The Acolyte — "Teach / Corrupt" Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — "Choices" (Mentioned only) Padawan (and audiobook) Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon (Mentioned only) Jedi Knights 3 (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Jedi Knights 8 (In flashback(s)) The Living Force (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Star Wars Battlefront II Obi-Wan and Anakin 1 (Mentioned only) Obi-Wan and Anakin 2 (Mentioned only) Obi-Wan and Anakin 3 (Mentioned only) Obi-Wan and Anakin 4 Obi-Wan and Anakin 5 (Mentioned only) Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 8" (In flashback(s)) Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales 5 (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Brain Invaders" (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Deserter" (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Death Trap" (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Overlords" (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Altar of Mortis" (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Wookiee Hunt" Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Lost One" Dark Disciple (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "On the Wings of Keeradaks" Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance) Master of Evil Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "War-Mantle" (Mentioned only) Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Tipping Point" (First identified as distress message) Thrawn (and audiobook) Thrawn 5 (Mentioned only) Solo: A Star Wars Story (Mentioned only) Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 2 (Mentioned only) Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure (and audiobook) Star Wars Rebels: Chopper Chase on Disney's official website (backup link) (original link is obsolete) "Becoming Hunted" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 10 "Senate Perspective" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 9 "Ocean Rescue" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 12 Star Wars Rebels — "Brothers of the Broken Horn" Star Wars Rebels — "Stealth Strike" Star Wars Rebels — "The Honorable Ones" Star Wars Rebels — "Twilight of the Apprentice" Star Wars Rebels — "The Last Battle" Star Wars Rebels — "Iron Squadron" "Fifth and Final" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 37 Star Wars Rebels — "Rebel Assault" Obi-Wan 2 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First mentioned) Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization (Mentioned only) "The Bridge" — Age of Resistance Special 1 (Mentioned only) Choose Your Destiny: A Luke & Leia Adventure (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Star Wars (2015) 9 Star Wars (2015) 11 (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Star Wars (2015) 12 (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Star Wars (2015) 41 "Squad Goals, Part 2" — Star Wars Adventures (2020) 12 (Mentioned only) "A Matter Of Perception" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 22 (Mentioned only) Yoda 3 (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Bounty Hunters 10 (Mentioned only) Doctor Aphra (2020) 36 "Hare-Brained Heist" — Star Wars Adventures Annual 2019 (Mentioned only) Alphabet Squadron (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Star Wars: Squadrons Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Star Wars (2025) 1 Star Wars (2025) 3 Star Wars (2025) 4 The Mandalorian Junior Novel (and audiobook) Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 6: The Prisoner" The Mandalorian 6 The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 11: The Heiress" (Mentioned only) The Mandalorian Season 2 3 (Mentioned only) Poe Dameron: Free Fall (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Before the Awakening (and audiobook) Poe and the Missing Ship (reprinted in Galactic Adventures Storybook Collection) Poe Dameron Annual 1 (Mentioned only) Hyperspace Stories—Codebreaker 3 Hyperspace Stories—Codebreaker 4 (Mentioned only) Star Wars Resistance — "Signal from Sector Six" "Sector 7-E" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 17 (Mentioned only) Phasma (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Star Wars Resistance — "The Core Problem" (Mentioned only) Star Wars Resistance — "No Escape: Part 2" (Mentioned only) Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) The Last Jedi Adaptation 1 (Mentioned only) The Last Jedi Adaptation 5 (Mentioned only) Star Wars Resistance — "The Engineer" Poe Dameron 28 (Mentioned only) Poe Dameron 30 (In flashback(s)) Resistance Reborn (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Star Wars Resistance — "The Missing Agent" Star Wars Resistance — "Breakout" (Mentioned only) Choose Your Destiny: A Finn & Poe Adventure (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Spark of the Resistance (and audiobook) Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge (Mentioned only) Halcyon Legacy 1 (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) "Tales from Wild Space: Alone in the Dark" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 26 (In flashback(s)) Tales From the Nightlands 3 (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) The Last Order

Non-canon appearances

• "Rescue Sabine!" — LEGO Star Wars 14
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Lost Crystals of Qalydon"

Sources

• escape pod in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
• Star Wars: The Rebel Files
• Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
• "The Prisoner" Episode Guide | The Mandalorian on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Anakin Skywalker" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: Timelines
• Star Wars: The High Republic: The Lightsaber Collection
• Clone Commander Wolffe in the Databank (backup link)
• Jarek Yeager in the Databank (backup link)
• Kazuda "Kaz" Xiono in the Databank (backup link)
• Oba Diah's Moon in the Databank (backup link)
• Tarfful in the Databank (backup link)

Notes and references