The AA-9 Coruscant freighter, also known as the Botajef Freighter-Liner, was a massive freighter model used to transport large groups of people to and from Coruscant.
Characteristics[]
AA-9 freighters were built at the Botajef Shipyards. They employed Type Dyne-2577 sublight drives. As a result of the dislocation of populations by the Separatist Crisis, the Refugee Relief Movement converted a number of these freighters into makeshift passenger transports, with the middle deck modified to carry 30,000 people.
History[]
One ship, the Jendirian Valley, transported Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala to Naboo after a failed assassin attempt on Amidala's life. Another one, the Star of Iskin, was destroyed in order to assassinate former Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum, killing everyone aboard.
During the Clone Wars, ships of this kind were used as cargo transports for the Grand Army of the Republic and were often gathered into convoys, with added protection given by dedicated Republic warships. They were also used as troop transports by the clone army itself. The civilian version was in use at least 20 years later, during the Galactic Civil War. The Bando Gora used such craft for transportation of slaves and death sticks.
Variations[]
Gunship Transport[]
The Gunship Transport was a non-combat unit used by the Galactic Republic to ferry troops and equipment around the battlefield. The transport was capable of spatial and atmospheric flight and was unarmed.
Appearances[]
- The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
- Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
- † Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones junior novelization
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns (as Gunship Transport)
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- Republic 61
- † Star Wars: General Grievous
- † Star Wars: Republic: Trackdown (Vision to Quinlan Vos)
- † Star Wars: Republic: Into the Unknown
- Republic 78
- † Star Wars: Dark Times: The Path to Nowhere
- Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
- Empire 9
- Rebellion 3
- Star Wars: 1313
Non-canon appearances[]
Sources[]
- Star Wars Trading Card Game — Attack of the Clones (Card: Coruscant Freighter AA-9)
- Star Wars Insider 60
- Star Wars Insider 61
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 45 (Coruscant Freighter)
- Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- starfreighter in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)