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from Millennium Falcon Haynes Manual which refers to the two projections on the bows of all YT-1300 Correlian Freighters as mandibles.
asked Feb 4, 2016 at 6:44
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20Chicks dig mandibles.– Django ReinhardtCommented Feb 4, 2016 at 11:45
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1I feel like I read somewhere about cargo lifting with them. Either I'm just imagining it or if I really read that it was most likely in the Han Solo Adventures trilogy - hardly canon.– Todd WilcoxCommented Feb 4, 2016 at 13:53
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Surely the Solo movie answers this and makes possibly both answers below incorrect, from a canon perspective?– DarrenCommented Jul 14, 2018 at 10:58
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@Darren, what's the proposed canon answer?– ThePopMachineCommented Jul 14, 2018 at 14:52
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1@Darren... So write an answer!– ThePopMachineCommented Jul 14, 2018 at 16:14
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According to the book "Incredible Cross-Sections of Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide to Star Wars Vehicles and Spacecraft", the mandibles hold various sensors and an anti-concussion field generator. Three is also the freight barge clamp so the YT-1300 can act like a barge or tugboat and push around large cargo. Also on the port mandible there is the shield generator and projector. On the inner side of the mandibles there is a freight loading arm. Click on the image to see a larger version.
Another purpose is for moving freight around, where the mandibles attach to cargo and push them around, as shown here:
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I think the freight loading arm makes sense as the key thing that justifies the shape and presence of the mandibles. Commented Feb 4, 2016 at 16:05
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and the "electromagnetic freight barge clamp" position i.sstatic.net/EA69H.jpg– MateoCommented Feb 4, 2016 at 19:08
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2That second image actually makes sense.... especially since the Falcon is supposed to be a freighter, but the cutaway shows there's almost no room for freight.– TimCommented Jan 15, 2017 at 19:21
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And it even explains why the cockpit is way over on the side. Commented Jun 5, 2017 at 17:44
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The Falcon, like other ships in its class can be used as a cargo pusher. The (canon) Star Wars: Rebel Files has an image of a newer YT-model freighter moving what appears to be a smaller ship.
