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The Eta-class shuttle,[1] also known as the Jedi ambassador shuttle or Republic ambassadorial shuttle,[7] was a model of shuttle manufactured by Cygnus Spaceworks and used by the Galactic Senate[1] and the Republic Ambassadorial Corps[3] for diplomatic missions, and was later utilized by the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars.[1] The Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious used the Republic executive shuttle, a variant of the Eta-class, as his personal shuttle.[2]
Characteristics[]
Introduced before the outbreak of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems, Cygnus Spaceworks' Eta-class shuttle was study in stylish utility. A relatively small shuttlecraft[3] at 14.2 meters in length,[1] the Eta-class was initially designed for the Republic Ambassadorial Corps and the Galactic Senate as a VIP transport, and cost 100,000 credits. However, with the outbreak of the war on Geonosis, the shuttle were pressed into service by both the Grand Army of the Republic and the Jedi Order. Some were outfitted with three hidden triple light laser cannons and stealth systems for use as black ops ships.[3]
Eta-class shuttles could carry ten passengers in comfort, along with their baggage of up to 100 metric tons for capacity and two months worth of consumables. In addition to their cargo, the Eta-class was sold with a pair of on-board folding Undicur-class jumpspeeders. The shuttle was also equipped with short-range sensors and a navigation computer, as well as a Class 2 hyperdrive generator with a Class 12 backup generator,[3] while also boasting a maximum atmospheric speed of 750 kilometers per hour.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The Eta-class shuttle was actually an early concept sketch for the Imperial shuttles first seen in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, though ultimately another design was used. Its first canon appearance was in "Grievous Intrigue,"[8] the ninth episode of the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars' second season, which originally aired on January 1, 2010.[9] The shuttle was later first identified in the 2018 reference book Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles, written by Landry Q. Walker and published by Dorling Kindersley.[1]
Appearances[]
Sources[]
"Grievous Intrigue" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (First identified as Jedi ambassador shuttle) (First identified as Republic ambassadorial shuttle)- "Hunt for Ziro" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "The Lawless" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 21 (Starship Fact File: Incom T-16 Skyhopper)
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 64 (Starship Fact File: Cygnus Spaceworks Eta-class Shuttle) (First identified as Eta-class shuttle)
- Endless Vigil
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- Rise of the Separatists
- Star Wars Complete Vehicles, New Edition
- SWCA 2022: 6 Things We Learned From the Lucasfilm Publishing Fiction Panel on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
- Adi Gallia in the Databank (backup link)
- Eta-class shuttle 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 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
"The Lawless" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Rise of the Separatists
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 64 (Starship Fact File: Cygnus Spaceworks Eta-class Shuttle)
- ↑ Ahsoka — "Part One: Master and Apprentice"
- ↑ Ahsoka — "Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord"
- ↑ "Grievous Intrigue" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Grievous Intrigue"
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Grievous Intrigue on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
