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The A-1 Deluxe Floater, also known simply as the A-1 landspeeder, was a cheap, basic landspeeder, that featured automated steering and fine Corellian leather. It was first produced by Mobquet Swoops and Speeders in the months prior to the Clone Wars.[1]
Characteristics[]

Another view of the A-1 Deluxe Floater
The Mobquet A-1 Deluxe floater was a capsule-shaped, yellow-hulled landspeeder with a pod-like cockpit seating a pilot and passenger in single file. The speeder's six external RS-J24 thruster engine modules propelled the A-1 at speeds of around 160 kilometers per hour. A series of inlet ports on the rounded nose drew in air to cool the engines, but the A-1 suffered from insulation problems, noise pollution and the risk of exterior odors filtering into the cockpit.
The 7.1-meter-long Deluxe floater was affordable at 6,500 credits, but lacked any kind of amenities and was considered to be a very basic speeder—though perfect for Outer Rim Territories worlds or the youthful speeder customization crowd in the Core.
History[]
More than one of these vehicles could be found in Mos Eisley in 0 BBY, including one parked outside the cantina while Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker first met Han Solo.[3] There was another for sale at Spaceport Speeders[4] when Skywalker sold his X-34 landspeeder there.[3]
Lady Valles Santhe used this model of landspeeder as her personal transport on Lianna.[5]
Behind the scenes[]

An A-1 (left) at Spaceport Speeders
This vehicle could first be partially seen briefly in the background of Mos Eisley in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.[3] Full blueprints for the prop, labeled "Mobquet Landspeeder," were published in Star Wars Blueprints in 1977.[6]
An all-new image of the speeder in Mos Eisley was featured in the A New Hope Limited set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game in 1996.[7] A more prominent digital version of the speeder, very similar to the card game version, was added to the Special Edition of the film in 1997.[3]
Appearances[]
No Frills, No Thrills: The Mobquet A-1 Deluxe — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #45 (original site is defunct)
A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- The Star Wars Storybook
- Tatooine Manhunt (reprinted in Classic Adventures: Volume Three)
- Mission to Lianna
- Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE)
- A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker (and audiobook)
Sources[]

An A-1 parked outside the cantina
- Star Wars Blueprints (as Mobquet Landspeeder)
- The Star Wars Sourcebook (as Mobquet Deluxe)
- Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
- The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition (as Mobquet Deluxe)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — A New Hope Limited Card: Mobquet A-1 Deluxe Floater) (backup link
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded (as Deluxe landspeeder)
"Pick a Card, Any Card: Making Movie Magic at Decipher, Inc." — Star Wars Insider 31
- Star Wars Chronicles
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Behind the Magic
- Arms & Equipment Guide
- The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film (Picture only)
Episode IV Visual Guide — Chapter 7: Land of the Jawas on StarWars.com (original site is defunct) (First identified as A-1 Deluxe Floater)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — The Nightsister's Revenge Card: A1 Deluxe Floater (backup link)
A-1 Deluxe Floater in the Databank (original site is defunct)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11
No Frills, No Thrills: The Mobquet A-1 Deluxe — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #45 (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Arms & Equipment Guide
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ Tatooine Manhunt
- ↑ Mission to Lianna
- ↑ Star Wars Blueprints
- ↑
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — A New Hope Limited Card: Mobquet A-1 Deluxe Floater) (backup link
External links[]
A1 Deluxe Floater on the SWG Wiki