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Count Dooku's unique Gree Enclave solar sail fitted to a Punworcca 116-class interstellar sloop
Solar sailers were a method of propulsion used by some starships. Although called "solar" sailers, they were more commonly propelled by tachyon streams and ultraviolet lasers rather than the photons and "solar wind" (high-energy plasma which escaped a star's gravity) of sunlight. Gathered on a sufficiently large surface (solar sails would unfurl to colossal diameters, rivaling the surface area of moons), the absorbed momentum would then accelerate the spacecraft. Once optimal velocity had been reached, the hyperdrive motivator would kick in and allow the craft to enter hyperspace.[1]
Count Dooku had a one-of-a-kind solar sail procured from the Gree Enclave fitted to his Punworcca 116-class interstellar sloop, which he used as his personal transport prior to and during the Clone Wars. Very small for a sailer, with a sail of exotic matter powered by mysterious undetectable energies, Dooku's interstellar sloop was one of the most unique craft in the galaxy.[1]
List of known solar sailers[]
- Ginivex-class starfighter
- Jemlaat-class in-system sail yacht
- Koros-Strohna worldships
- Punworcca-116 interstellar sloops
- Starbreaker 12
- Sun jammer
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Sources[]
- Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised (as Corellian solar sails)
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded (as Corellian solar sails)
- Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
- The Art of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Incredible Cross-Sections
- The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (as solar sail)
Geonosian solar sailer in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
