Docking Bay 327
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- "Clear Bay 327. We are opening the magnetic field."
- ―Imperial controller, preparing the docking bay for the Millennium Falcon[src]
As one of many docking bays on the Death Star I, Bay 327 (also known as the Main Forward Bay or Main Hangar) served as an empty hangar to check ships which had been "sucked in" by a tractor beam.
Outside access to the docking bay was granted via the tractor beam. A nearby ship would be caught in the beam and dragged into the Docking Bay. If a ship tried to depart with the tractor beams active, the beam would again drag it back into the Docking Bay.
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[edit] Encounters
Docking Bay 327 was the location that the Millennium Falcon docked with the first Death Star. After Imperial troops searched the ship finding no one inside, a scanning crew was sent in. The scanning crew never completed their search of the ship for they were stunned, along with two stormtroopers, by the Millennium Falcon's crew.
From this Docking Bay, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, the Wookiee Chewbacca, and Obi-Wan Kenobi departed to rescue Princess Leia Organa and disable the Death Star's tractor beam.
It was in this place where Skywalker witnessed Kenobi's death. From this Docking Bay (after Kenobi disabled the tractor beam) Skywalker, Solo, Chewbacca, and Princess Organa left to Yavin 4. Before the Millennium Falcon's departure, however, a tracking device was secured aboard their ship, eventually leading the Death Star to the Rebel base on Yavin 4.
[edit] Behind the scenes
The set of Bay 327 was originally Docking Bay 94 as the set of the Millennium Falcon did not fit out the stage doors.
In SW: ICS, it is incorrectly referred to as "Docking Bay 3207". In Death Star, it is incorrectly referred to as "Docking Bay 2037".
The number 327 also appears in The Empire Strikes Back as the number of the platform at which the Millennium Falcon lands on at Cloud City; and in The Phantom Menace, Queen Amidala's ship is a "J-Type 327 Nubian."
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith video game (Episode IV bonus mission)
- Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel
- Star Wars 3: Death Star
- Star Wars 4: In Battle with Darth Vader
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (Appears in flashback(s))
- Star Wars Rebellion: Vector (Appears in flashback(s))
- The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Appears in flashback(s))
- The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader (Appears in flashback(s))
[edit] Non-canon appearances
- Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope
- Tag & Bink Are Dead
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
[edit] Sources
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Premiere Limited (Card: Death Star Docking Bay 327)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 53 (Death Star - Docking Bay 327)
