A sensor globe allowed shipboard sensor systems to operate. A sensor dish could perform the same tasks, although it had a different exterior appearance.
Characteristics
Sensor globes used on top of Star Destroyers and Super Star Destroyers contained hyperwave transceiver coils and long-range scanners, part of the com-scan system of the ship.[2] The scanners could feed targeting information to the ship's weapons systems, which made them viable targets once the main shields went down in a battle.[2]
The sensor globes also contained projector vanes for an auxiliary shielding system that had a local-area effect only.[2] The vanes were positioned in a crown-like formation around the sensor globes, forming the ISD-72x deflector shield generator dome system.[1][2]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (and unabridged audiobook)
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Star Wars: X-Wing
- Star Wars: Rebel Assault
- Star Wars: Force Commander
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
- The Star Wars Holiday Special
- Star Wars: TIE Fighter
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars (1977) 42 (recolorized in Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 3: Resurrection of Evil and Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back)
Ewoks — "Battle for the Sunstar"- Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
- Tatooine Ghost
- Darksaber
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Sources
- Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
- Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition
- Star Wars: Incredible Cross-Sections
- Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide