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The Corona-class armed frigate, also known as the pirate saucer mothership, was a large saucer-shaped combat frigate model used by the Ohnaka Gang of Florrum, led by pirate leader Hondo Ohnaka.
Characteristics[]
The Corona-class armed frigate was heavily armed with offensive weaponry such as missiles and laser cannons, as well the ability to capture and board smaller ships using tractor beams and grappling harpoons. It was also able to stow and deploy smaller Flarestar-class attack shuttles for transportation purposes.[2]
History[]
During the Clone Wars, Weequay pirate leader Hondo Ohnaka and his pirate gang led an assault on the Crucible in an attempt to acquire valuable Kyber crystals. Their plan was thwarted by Ahsoka Tano and a group of younglings, with the help of their lightsaber-instructing droid professor, Huyang.[4]
Years later, during the height of the Galactic Civil War and the Hunt for Han Solo, the bounty hunters Dengar and Beilert Valance came into possession of one frigate, but it was heavily damaged by fellow bounty hunter Zuckuss and his starfighter the Mist Hunter. The pair abandoned the damaged frigate on Nar Shaddaa due to concerns that it was being watched for their return, and made their way to Canto Bight on a commercial transport.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
The Corona-class armed frigate was derived from 1950s-era film concepts of flying saucers (UFOs), such as those in the 1956 film Earth vs. The Flying Saucers. The commentary of "Dooku Captured" revealed that the production crew had planned on using a flying-saucer type spacecraft in the prequel trilogy era since the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, either as Alderaanian vessels or Trade Federation spacecraft, but it wasn't until the production of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series that they got the chance to implement the idea.[6]
Appearances[]
- Darth Maul (2017) 2
- Darth Maul (2017) 4
- Darth Maul (2017) 5
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Dooku Captured" (First appearance)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Gungan General"
- "Dooku Captured" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bounty Hunters"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Test of Strength"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Revival"
- Thrawn: Alliances (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2019 (In flashback(s))
- Bounty Hunters 8
- Bounty Hunters 9
- Bounty Hunters 10
- Bounty Hunters 11
- Bounty Hunters 12
- Bounty Hunters 14 (Indirect mention only)
- Bounty Hunters 15 (Indirect mention only)
Sources[]
"Dooku Captured" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
"A Test of Strength" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
Pirate Saucer Mothership in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know (First identified as Corona-class armed frigate)
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 72 Starship Fact File: The Acushnet
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
Hondo Ohnaka in the Databank (backup link)
Pirate Saucer Mothership in the Databank (backup link)
Weequay Pirates in the Databank (backup link)
Weequay Saucer Ship in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
Pirate Saucer Mothership in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3
Pirate Saucer Mothership in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Test of Strength"
- ↑ Bounty Hunters 12
- ↑
The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Dooku Captured on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)