Jetpack/Legends

"A lot of the younger soldiers thought we oughta be zipping around the battlefield on jetpacks. But one direct hit, and you're grounded. Maybe forever."

- Bren Derlin

The jetpack was a personal transportation device in limited use across the galaxy. A jetpack offered a great degree of mobility in the air, though often at the personal risk of the user.



Jetpacks were often worn on the back, and controlled by a wrist-mounted device, or through verbal commands issued into a visor or helmet. To launch, a jetpack funneled both air and fuel through miniaturized turbines. In the device's intake system, the air-fuel mix was ignited, providing the thrust needed to propel the wearer through the air. The launch of most jetpacks was also accompanied by a cloud of exhaust - useful for quick getaways requiring a handy smoke screen.

In flight, directional exhaust nozzles controlled the user's flight path, while a gyrostabilizer counterbalanced the jetpack's velocity for descent. Jetpacks were considered impractical for public use: downsides to the jetpack's agility included the device's thirty-kilo weight, and the fact that most models could carry enough fuel for around twenty bursts of thrust. Often, rocket packs or repulsorlift packs provided more viable alternatives.

One of the more popular models of jetpack was the Mitrinomon Z-6, used by both Jango and Boba Fett. Ironically, both Jango and Boba were thwarted by their jetpacks: while fighting Obi-Wan Kenobi on Kamino, Jango's jetpack detached itself and flew out of control, exploding against a column. His other jetpack also failed him during the arena battle on Geonosis while combating the Jedi Mace Windu, leaving him without escape before his execution by the Jedi's lightsaber. Years later, while battling Luke Skywalker over the Pit of Carkoon, Boba Fett's jetpack was activated by Han Solo, launching him into the side of Jabba's sail barge and into the sarlacc.

The Z-6 was fitted with a top-mounted missile launcher. Jetpacks were also worn by Wookiee Berserkers, elite jet and blaze troopers during the Clone Wars, and by the dreaded bounty hunter Durge.

Notable Jetpack Models

 * Mitrinomon Z-6
 * Merr-Sonn JT-12

Appearances

 * Nomad
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * ''Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith video game
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Classic Star Wars: Devilworlds 1
 * Shadows of the Empire
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Galactic Battlegrounds
 * Boba Fett: A Practical Man