- "Artoo, get us off this autopilot! It's gonna get us both killed!"
- ―Anakin Skywalker during the Battle of Naboo
An autopilot (or auto-pilot) was an on board computer system on most starships which piloted the vessel on a predetermined trajectory that could be plotted by the pilot or imputed from a catalog of trajectories stored in the ship's computer.
For example, the N-1 starfighter had a on-board auto-pilot. The coordinates were send to the Snubfighter from the Theed Hangar's computers, just like in the Battle of Naboo. The coordinates were received in the central "rat-tail" of the fighter.
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- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi
- Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
- Dark Empire Sourcebook
- The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook
- The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- "The Yard of Opportunity" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 8
- Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi, Second Edition
- The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook
- The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
- Tales of the Jedi Companion
- Pirates & Privateers
- Suns of Fortune
- Naboo N-1 starfighter in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Fly Casual
- Strongholds of Resistance