Skiffs are a common mode of transport on many Star Wars worlds as per in-universe sources, utilizing repulsorlift technology to move cargo and passengers on the cheap. An 81-centimeter miniature was also built, and it was "crewed" by poseable puppets. A full-size skiff was built alongside the sail barge in Yuma. It was modified to be a nautical-type vehicle, and then transitioned to become more utilitarian. The skiff was originally conceived as a flying animal carrying strapped-on passenger modules.
Desert SkiffĪ pair of skiffs travel with Jabba's sail barge in Return of the Jedi. While normally the port-side pod houses the pilot and starboard-side houses the gunner, both pods contain all the equipment necessary to fulfill either role in the event one is damaged. Each pod is armed with a light blaster cannon and protected with armor plating and an armored canopy. It can achieve low orbit and attain speeds of 1,500 km/h (930 mph) thanks to a combination of repulsorlift drive and ion engine. The unusual vehicles consist of two separate pods connected together, one for a pilot and the other for a gunner. Within the Star Wars universe, these cloud cars (formally identified as Storm IV Twin-Pod models) were built by Bespin Motors specifically as atmospheric patrol craft. Cloud cars inserted into the films' Special Edition releases were computer-generated. The scale models originally created for the movies were made of plastic parts using the then-new method of vacuum forming. Like the rest of Cloud City, cloud cars were designed to reflect a more refined art deco style. It was often a red-orange color with each cockpit arranged in a "shoe-shape" with the glass being on the "tongue" of the cockpit. Cloud cars were designed to have two cockpits that were interconnected with a small compartment block. Compositing the cloud cars into the original releases required multiple motion control passes to prevent the vehicles from standing out too distinctly from their cloudy background. Shortly before the film's climax, an AT-ST is commandeered by BB-8.Ĭloud cars fly around Bespin's Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. An updated model of the AT-ST is used by the First Order in The Last Jedi. A modified AT-ST later appears in The Mandalorian under the possession of a group of raiders, as the Empire has ceased to exist by the time of the series. This name was used for the official toy instead of the AT-ST name.Īn AT-ST also appears briefly in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, patrolling Jedha City following an attack by Saw Gerrera's forces. The name Scout Walker is also used to refer to an AT-ST. Due to their design and movement, they are often dubbed as a " chicken walker". These vehicles were designed to screen and protect the flanks of slower moving AT-ATs and the larger tanks used by the Empire. The All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) is a two-legged mech walker introduced briefly in The Empire Strikes Back and featured extensively in Return of the Jedi. Main article: Walker (Star Wars) § All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) Modified forms appear in The Last Jedi (used by the First Order to attack Resistance forces in a former Rebel base). The AT-AT also appears in a destroyed form in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, explained in the video game Star Wars Battlefront (2015) to be a residue of the Battle of Jakku, which was the Empire's last defeat and resulted in its dissolution. A.T.') was first introduced in The Empire Strikes Back (as the Galactic Empire's main units against Rebel Alliance infantry during the Battle of Hoth) and also appears in Return of the Jedi (as the vehicle used to transport Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader to their shuttle on the forest moon of Endor) and in Rogue One (in the AT-ACT variant, used to respond to the attacks of Rebel infantrymen of the Rogue One unit during the Battle of Scarif, although later defeated by the arriving Rebel Red Squadron of starfighers). The AT-AT (pronounced either casually as 'at at', or using only the letters ' A.T. Standing over 20 metres (66 ft) tall with blast-impervious armor plating, these massive constructs are used as much for psychological effect as they are for tactical advantage. The All Terrain Armored Transport, or AT-AT walker, is a quadruped mechanized infantry combat vehicle used by the Imperial ground forces. Main article: Walker (Star Wars) § All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT)
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