Hintaro grappling hook

A hintaro grappling hook was a type of grappling hook^[1] that consisted of a small leather wrapped box that houses a wire roll, a wire, and the metal hook. This mechanism allows a user to easily throw the hook quickly retract it as well suspend themselves in place when climbing vertically. The hook's grip was wrapping in burlap giving the user extra friction while throwing it.^[2] This type of grappling hook shared it's name with Hintaro, a dice game played in the Canto Casino on ^[3] the Outer Rim planet^[4] Cantonica.^[3] By 3 ABY,^[5] the thief Kay Vess carried a hintaro grappling hook with her on Cantonica.^[4]

Behind the scenes

Hintaro grappling hooks appeared for the 2024 video game Star Wars Outlaws which was developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft.^[4] Prior to the game's release, the grabbling appeared in a number of the game's trailers; first appearing in the game's "Official Gameplay Walkthrough" which was released on June 10, 2023.^[6] The grappling hook was first identified as a " Hintaro grappling hook" in the art book Star Wars Outlaws: A Visual Journey which was released along side the game's ultimate edition on August 27, 2024.^[1]

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