R-22 Spearhead

The R-22 Spearhead was a prototype starfighter developed by Kuat Systems Engineering as a replacement for the Republic's Aethersprite starfighter. The inital batch was sold to the planet Tammuz-an after the Galactic Empire rejected mass production of the craft. The starship would later fall into the hands of the Rebel Alliance, who stripped them down and created the R-22s more famous RZ-1 successor.

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The R-22 Spearhead originally appeared in the Star Wars Legends continuity, and was brought into canon in the 2017 reference book Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Incredible Cross-Sections. It was briefly mentioned on page 14, which detailed the RZ-2 A-wing starfighter.