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- "I built a racer. It's the fastest ever."
- ―Anakin Skywalker
Anakin Skywalker's Podracer was a Podracer custom-built by a young Anakin Skywalker as a slave on Tatooine. It was used to secure his freedom and the replacement hyperdrive components for Queen Amidala's ship during the Boonta Eve Classic.[3]
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Characteristics[edit | edit source]
The blue and silver Podracer, built by Anakin Skywalker, was equipped with a custom specification pair of 620C racing engines made by Radon-Ulzer Repulsorlift.[5] Skywalker's racer followed the basic design of other podracing machines, with two high-powered engines hauling a small cockpit behind them.[6] The engines were linked by an energy binder and connected to the cockpit with control cables manufactured by Steelton.[4] The vehicle was smaller and slimmer than other Podracers. The cockpit's total length was 3.15 meters and the engines were 7 meters in length.[6] While the engines were originally waste items discarded by Watto, Skywalker developed a new type of fuel spraying device and a system that efficiently fed fuel to the fuel chamber which greatly improved the thrust.[5] The Podracer reached a maximum speed of 947 kilometers per hour and was able to rise to an altitude of 105 meters with the help of repulsorlifts.[4]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
In LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales, this Podracer was given the non-canonical name Destiny's Favorite.[7]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
"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 appearances[edit | edit source]
- Disney Infinity 3.0
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Exit from Endor" (In flashback(s))
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales Episodes I-III (In flashback(s))
- The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Sources[edit | edit source]
- "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: Card Trader (Card: Sebulba - Tatooine Podracer - Base Series 1)
- 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; Weapons & Uniforms: Sebulba and Rival Pilots; Highlights of the Saga: The Boonta Eve Classic)
- 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 Search and Find Volume I
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (Set: 75258 Anakin's Podracer - 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga: The Official Collector's Edition (Picture only)
- Anakin Skywalker in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Anakin Skywalker's Podracer in the Databank (backup link)
- C-3PO (See-Threepio) in the Databank (backup link)
- The Force in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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 4.3 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 6.0 6.1
Anakin Skywalker's Podracer in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Exit from Endor"
