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- "I built a racer. It's the fastest ever."
- ―Anakin Skywalker
Anakin Skywalker's Podracer was a custom-built podracer built by a young Anakin Skywalker as a slave on Tatooine, and used to secure his freedom and the replacement hyperdrive components for Queen Amidala's ship during the Boonta Eve Classic.[3]
Characteristics
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The blue and silver Podracer built by Anakin Skywalker was a custom specification pair 620C racing engine made by Radon-Ulzer Repulsorlift. Skywalker's racer followed the basic design of the pod race machine,[5] cockpit total length 3.15 meters. The engines were 7 meters in length and[6] was smaller and slimmer than other podracers. The two high-power engines are linked by Energy binder and are structured to train the cockpit (pod) at the rear by control cable made of Steelton. The engine used by Skywalker was a waste item that Watto discarded, but developed a new type fuel spraying device and a system that efficiently fed fuel to the fuel chamber. By doing so, the thrust was greatly improved.[5] The maximum speed of this racer reached speed 947 kilometers and was able to rise to an altitude 105 meter by Repulsor Lift.[4]
Behind the scenesEdit
In LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales, this podracer is given the non-canonical name Destiny's Favorite.[7]
AppearancesEdit
- "Tales from Wild Space: Podracer's Rescue"—Star Wars Adventures 6
- Queen's Peril
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
- The Phantom Menace Read-Along Storybook and CD
- Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Lawless" (Nose art only)
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 25 (Vision to Darth Vader)
- Force Collector (Vision to Karr Nuq Sin)
- "The Lost Stories, Part 3"—Star Wars Adventures 32 (Appears through imagination)
Non-canon appearancesEdit
- Disney Infinity 3.0
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Exit from Endor" (Appears in flashback(s))
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales Episodes I-III (Appears in flashback(s))
SourcesEdit
- "The Lawless" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Anakin Skywalker's Podracer in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Boonta Eve Classic Podracer Pilots in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: Star Pilot
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Darth Vader: Sith Lord
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 17 (Helmets: Anakin Skywalker Podracer; Helmets: In Pictures; Highlights of the Saga: The Boonta Eve Classic; Weapons & Uniforms: Sebulba and Rival Pilots)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 4 (Droid Directory: 3PO-series Protocol Droids, Part 2) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Set: 75258 Anakin's Podracer - 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Anakin Skywalker in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Anakin Skywalker's Podracer in the Databank (backup link)
- C-3PO Biography Gallery in the Databank (backup link); image #2 (of 16)
- The Force in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- ↑ Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ Anakin Skywalker's Podracer in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Exit from Endor"
