A Launch Pod docks with the Halcyon
- "Arrive at the terminal, enter a Launch Pod, jump to hyperspace and rendezvous with the Halcyon starcruiser."
- ―Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser website
Launch Pods were small spacecraft used to board starships. Unlike an escape pod, its purpose was not escaping, but boarding another vessel.
The pods included viewports for passengers to look out of, and an astromech was situated on top of the vehicle.[2] The MPO-1400 Purgill-class star cruiser Halcyon was known to be boarded by passengers from ground terminals through Launch Pods,[1] which docked at the ship's Deck 6 Launch Pod Dock.[3]
Appearances
- The Princess and the Scoundrel (and audiobook)
- Halcyon Legacy 1 (First appearance)
- Halcyon Legacy 2 (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
- Halcyon Legacy 4
- Halcyon Legacy 5
- Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
Sources
Interior of a Launch pod
John Williams Creating New Music, Attraction Names Revealed for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on StarWars.com (backup link)- The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge (as Shuttlecraft)
- "You Are Truly On Board a Ship": Inside Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
- Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Launches in 2022 at Walt Disney World Resort on the Disney Parks Blog (backup link)
- Star Wars: Datapad (Galactic Starcruiser)
- Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser on Disney's official website (backup link) (First identified as Launch Pod)
- Ships of the Galaxy: The Halcyon Starcruiser on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- Star Wars: Timelines
