CR70 corvette

Production information

Manufacturer

Corellian Engineering Corporation^[1]

Line

CR series

Model

CR70 corvette^[1]

Class

Corvette

Cost

2.9 million (new)^[1]
1 million (used)^[1]

Technical specifications

Length

≈120 meters^[2]

Width

≈49 meters^[2]

Maximum atmospheric speed

950 km/h^[1]

Hyperdrive rating

Class 2.0^[1]

Hyperdrive system

Equipped

Shielding

Equipped

Sensor systems

Primary dorsal sensor unit

Navigation system

Navicomputer^[1]

Armament

None (stock)^[3]

Escape craft

High-capacity escape pods mimicking cannon turrets (2)

Crew

18 to 150^[1]

Passengers

Up to 600 (depending on configuration)^[1]

Cargo capacity

5,000 tons^[1]

Consumables

1 year^[1]

Other systems

Ventral docking ring and boarding ramp

Usage

Availability

Licensed^[1]

Role(s)

Corvette
Transport

Affiliation

The CR70 corvette was a predecessor of the CR90 corvette, produced by the Corellian Engineering Corporation.^[4]

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

The *Sundered Heart*, one of Bail Organa's personal vessels during the Clone Wars

The Vanguard c20 retrofit suite was offered to older model corvettes like the CR70 in order to bring them in line with the CR90 model.^[4] Judging from the use of CR90 corvettes in the years leading up to the Clone Wars,it was heavily used by the Galactic Republic. The CR70 Model was a much older design and likely less heavily armed than its future cousin.^[5]The Rebel Alliance had several CR70's in usage.

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

The CR70 corvette was created as a way to explain the differences between the Tantive IV as it appeared in Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith as opposed to Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope and other previous appearances. However, the Tantive IVs appearance in Revenge of the Sith was later retconned in the 2010 Star Wars Blueprints: Rebel Edition to be the Sundered Heart. Leland Chee confirmed this as a retcon, citing the difficulty of explaining the differences in appearance between the films.