Star Wars Cloaking Devices On Film/TV

[Deepcrush]

I can try.

I could try to respect the french and care about the russians. Both of us would fail.

[Aaron]

"No ship that small has a cloaking device!" Also, Maul's ship had one too.

Eh?

He posted:

We've never observed cloaks in the Lucas canon before, so there's actually nothing to compare it to. The EU is a separate universe, so naturally its technology can be different. (If you wanna argue that, go start another thread.)

And I am disputing such a claim.

No, no. I'm asking about Maul's cloak.

[Captain Seafort]

It's mentioned in the Databank and, IIRC, the TPM ICS

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

And it cloaked itself onscreen, too.

[Captain Seafort]

It did? I don't remember that.

[Sionnach Glic]

It did?

[Aaron]

I don't recall that.

[DSG2k]

There is no proof I'm aware of in the films, novelizations, or scripts of the films regarding a cloaking device for Maul's little ship. That would also introduce a contradiction with the "no ship that small" line. Even in the case of "Cat and Mouse", Anakin notes that ships as small as the 135m prototype don't usually have one, and that's a lot bigger than Maul's wee vessel.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

I distinctly remember the ship cloaking while approaching a planet... but I will admit my mind is not the sharpest tack in the drawer. As I don't have time tonight, tomorrow I'll watch through TPM and see if his ship does, in fact, cloak. If it doesn't, than I apologize... and request a mental reboot.

[DSG2k]

I distinctly remember the ship cloaking while approaching a planet... but I will admit my mind is not the sharpest tack in the drawer. As I don't have time tonight, tomorrow I'll watch through TPM and see if his ship does, in fact, cloak. If it doesn't, than I apologize... and request a mental reboot.

Request granted, 'cause you won't find it. Sorry.

[Captain Seafort]

There is no proof I'm aware of in the films, novelizations, or scripts of the films regarding a cloaking device for Maul's little ship.

There is, however, proof that the ship had a cloak from the Databank article I posted.

That would also introduce a contradiction with the "no ship that small" line.

Which shows that Needa was evidently unaware of the device on Maul's ship.

Even in the case of "Cat and Mouse", Anakin notes that ships as small as the 135m prototype don't usually have one, and that's a lot bigger than Maul's wee vessel.

And thus the problem is solved - they're rare, and most cloaks are of the type seen in the Thrawn Trilogy and the Hand of Thrawn duology, which exhibit numerous differences to the one shown in this episode. So rare, in fact, that Needa wasn't even aware of the existence of such devices.

[stitch626]

I distinctly remember the ship cloaking while approaching a planet... but I will admit my mind is not the sharpest tack in the drawer. As I don't have time tonight, tomorrow I'll watch through TPM and see if his ship does, in fact, cloak. If it doesn't, than I apologize... and request a mental reboot.

Request granted, 'cause you won't find it. Sorry.

No need to be a jerk about it.

Besides, if you look it up, she does indeed have a cloak and does decloak in TPM.

[Aaron]

FFS, you'd think it would be easy to find a clip on Youtube, but it's all fan shite.

[Tsukiyumi]

FFS, you'd think it would be easy to find a clip on Youtube, but it's all fan shite.

I hate that.

[Captain Seafort]

Besides, if you look it up, she does indeed have a cloak and does decloak in TPM.

Not from what I can see, at least in the scene of the ship approaching and landing on Tatooine. 7:25 onwards

Evidently Maul didn't feel the need to use it then, although he probably did to get of Coruscant.