É possível substituir remotamente os controles da cabine enquanto você tem outro navio preso em um raio trator. A tripulação da Estrela da Morte fez isso com o Millennium Falcon.
Da nova novela canônica do Episódio IV, intitulada Guerra nas Estrelas: Nova Esperança: A Princesa, o Canalha e o Garoto da Fazenda :
Nem este livro, nem a novelização de The Force Awakens, explicam como isso é feito.Luke let out a small gasp of surprise as the ship dropped sharply once and then again. The second drop rattled them around like dice in a cup. A deafening screech of metal against metal made Han wince. The ship had all but belly flopped onto the hangar floor. He hadn’t been able to deploy the landing gear without giving them away.
Finally, someone must have gotten control of the cockpit remotely, because the ship rose on its landing gear. The ship’s boarding ramp creaked as it was lowered.
- Star Wars: New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy: Being the Story of Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and the Rise of the Rebellion, Alexandra Bracken
“Someone’s locked onto us. All our controls are overridden. They’ve taken control of life support, too, for that matter. Easiest way to get us to cooperate.”
“Who’s taken control of us?” Tapping the scanner to remind him that it was useless, she could only shrug helplessly.
Nothing being visible through the front port, he left his seat and headed for the overhead observation dome.
“See anything?” she called back to him.
“Yeah.” There was no need for elaboration. She would see for herself all too soon. Oddly enough, the sight allowed him to relax finally. There is no point in overexerting oneself when all hope is gone.
The other ship was gigantic, an enormous bulky freighter. The cargo bay door was open, and against the open hangar that loomed above, their stolen vessel appeared no bigger than an escape capsule. Its instrumentation frozen, its engines powerless, and its weapons systems dead, the paralyzed ship was drawn inexorably upward into the cavernous opening.
- Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Alan Dean Foster