Hyperspace wake

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"We can't exactly run quiet with a hyperdrive that's barely holding together. If the Empire detected any trace of an abnormal hyperspace wake when we jumped to lightspeed, it won't take them long to use it to track us."
―An officer informs Raymus Antilles about hyperspace wake[1]

Hyperspace wake was a term describing residual energy signature that was used to track Tantive IV.[1]

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Behind the scenes

Hyperspace wake was first canonically mentioned in the short story "Raymus" from the anthology From a Certain Point of View.[1]

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Raymus" — From a Certain Point of View