T-6 shuttle/Legends

T-6 shuttle The T-6 shuttle, also known as the Jedi ambassador shuttle, was a semicircular shuttle manufactured by Slayn & Korpil and in use by the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars. Adorned with a Galactic Roundel and painted in the red-and-white color scheme of the Grand Army of the Republic, T-6 shuttles featured rotating cockpits and engine blocks and were hyperdrive–equipped. Several craft of this model were utilized by Jedi throughout the Clone Wars on a variety of missions.

Characteristics
Manufactured by the Verpine hives of Slayn & Korpil, the unarmed, semicircular T-6 shuttle featured a rotating engine block and cockpit that oriented with the rest of the ship when landed or in flight, a trait made possible by shock-resistant gimbals, one of many technological advancements included in the shuttle by its Verpine designers. In its landing configuration, the ship sat horizontally, supported by a trio of landing gear. The cockpit, somewhat conical in shape, remained aligned with the body of the craft, with the three engines likewise horizontally aligned with the body of the shuttle. When entering flight mode, the cockpit and the engine block rotated ninety degrees, giving the ship a similar appearance to the Diamond-class cruisers in use by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The craft had one loading ramp, located on the port side of the engine block, used for boarding when the shuttle was landed. During the Clone Wars, Republic T-6 shuttles were adorned with a Galactic Roundel and painted in the red-and-white color scheme of the Grand Army of the Republic. Shuttles of this class featured ejector seats that, when launched, enclosed the being in a flexible, cushioned survival capsule.

History
Crafted by the Verpine shipbuilders of the Roche system, T-6 shuttles were designed for the Jedi Order, which employed the craft from before the beginning of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY. Their use by the Jedi earned them the nickname "Jedi ambassador shuttles," although elite citizens of the Republic capital planet Coruscant used the craft as well. A Jedi T-6 was aboard the Venator-class Star Destroyer Resolute after a battle on Devaron in around 21 BBY. Following the capture of the Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane, the T-6 shuttle was used to transport Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi, Bane, and Clone Commander CC-2224 to Bane's hideout in the asteroid-strewn Rogue Antar system to retrieve a stolen holocron. However, the space station proved to be a trap&mdash;Bane eluded his captors and activated the hideout's self-destruct sequence before departing in an escape pod. Windu, Kenobi, and the clones left in their shuttle with the recovered holocron before the station exploded.

Following the destruction of the Felucia Medical Center, Jedi Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ahsoka Tano took a T-6 shuttle to Felucia to investigate the medical center's disappearance. Upon their arrival, the shuttle was attacked by Vulture droids launched from a deployment pod. The droid starfighters shot and disabled the unarmed shuttle, but the trio of Jedi escaped using their ejector seats before the shuttle collided with a mountain on the planet's surface.

Jedi Plo Koon and Ahsoka Tano used a T-6 shuttle to travel to Florrum in search of the bounty hunters Boba Fett, Aurra Sing, and Bossk, who had taken hostages from the crew of the Star Destroyer Endurance. The Jedi confronted the renegades on the planet and rescued two of the hostages, capturing Fett and Bossk in the process. The T-6 shuttle was then used to transport the Republic forces and their captives to a prison on Coruscant. Another T-6 shuttle was used by Padawan Tano and Pantoran Senator Riyo Chuchi to travel to a Trade Federation battleship above Pantora during their search for the kidnapped daughters of Pantoran Chairman N. Papanoida. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker later used a shuttle to journey to Dathomir to uncover the origins of a dark side warrior, Savage Opress, who was responsible for the deaths of Jedi. After learning that Opress was on Toydaria, the duo took the craft to the Toydarian homeworld to confront the acolyte. The shuttle was destroyed by Opress as he made his escape.

A T-6 shuttle was utilized by Jedi Jyl Somtay to retrieve Skywalker and Kenobi following their successful sabotage of a Separatist munitions factory's force field during the war. A subsequent Republic attack on the factory was thwarted, however, when the Separatist warship Starcrusher destroyed the three Venator-class Star Destroyers attacking the facility. Somtay managed to avoid the Starcrusher tractor beam and escape into hyperspace with the two passengers aboard, but she later piloted the T-6 during a Jedi mission to destroy the Separatist warship. Ahsoka Tano, one of the Jedi aboard the T-6, reprogrammed the shuttle to fly toward the Starcrusher once the Jedi strike team had successfully boarded a Separatist refueling ship. The empty T-6 shuttle was then destroyed by the Starcrusher batteries as cover for the team's infiltration.

Behind the scenes
"[&hellip;] I really like this T-6 shuttle. We started to use it quite extensively; I mean, it really has replaced the Twilight, you know, in my eyes."

- Dave Filoni

The T-6 shuttle was first seen in a piece of concept art published in The Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The ship first appeared in "Children of the Force," the third episode in Season Two of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series, which aired on October 9, 2009. The craft went unnamed in the episode but was given the designation "T-6 shuttle" in the accompanying episode guide, which was published on StarWars.com later the same day. T-6 shuttles would later appear in several additional episodes of the series. The craft also made appearances in two LEGO stories, both of which are non-canon&mdash;the online comic Jedi Journal Entry  and the animated feature The Padawan Menace. Series Director Dave Filoni considers the shuttle, with its Millennium Falcon–like cockpit canopy, to be "one of [his] favorite" ships from The Clone Wars, eclipsing the boxy G9 Rigger freighter Twilight in his opinion.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Children of the Force
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Starcrusher Trap
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Starcrusher Trap
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Starcrusher Trap
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Starcrusher Trap
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Starcrusher Trap
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Starcrusher Trap

Non-canon appearances

 * Jedi Journal Entry 
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace