Class-6 escape pod

Class-6 escape pod

"Are you sure this thing is safe?"

- C-3PO to R2-D2

The Class-6 escape pod was a standard emergency craft created by Corellian Engineering Corporation and used on many of their designs, such as the CR90 corvette.

Characteristics


The Class-6 escape pod was equipped with four escape thrusters, and several maneuvering thrusters positioned around the pod.

Each pod could carry up to six individuals and was fitted with a viewscreen connected to externally mounted holocameras.

The escape pod was designed to accomodate only living passengers.

History
During the first battle of Tatooine in the Galactic Civil War, the Corellian corvette Tantive IV was captured and boarded by the Imperials. Meanwhile, R2-D2 &mdash; the astromech droid onboard, who carried the stolen plans of the first Death Star &mdash; overrode a Class-6 escape pod's computer to allow mechanicals to enter. R2-D2 and C-3PO, his protocol droid companion escaped the beleagered Tantive IV in the pod and crash landed on Tatooine with it.

Behind the scenes
The escape pod model constructed for A New Hope was built by Industrial Light & Magic in one week. It was a rush job that consisted of two one-gallon paper paint buckets stuck on top of each other. The top one was truncated, but the bottom one was left whole. Lorne Peterson was one of the modelmakers involved with this project.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars: Empire: Darklighter
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novel
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel
 * Star Wars 1

Non-canonical appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader

Notes and references
Class-6 Escape Pod