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- "I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters."
- ―Luke Skywalker
Luke Skywalker flies his Skyhopper into Beggar's Canyon.
T-16 Skyhoppers were personal repulsorlift airspeeders manufactured by Incom Corporation, recognizable by its distinctive tri-wing design. It was a popular, high-performance airspeeder due to its stable and reliable transportation on almost any world, and thus provided many youths with their first flight training.[1] Luke Skywalker owned one on Tatooine prior to the Battle of Yavin, and a small model that could be held in one's hands.[1] The controls were similar to Incom's T-65B X-wing starfighter, which greatly benefited Skywalker during the Battle of Yavin.[3]
Behind the scenes
T-16 Skyhoppers made an appearance in the semi-canon web-comic Star Wars: Story Before The Force Awakens, in which a young Luke Skywalker races his friends through Beggar's Canyon.[4]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars: Uprising
Sources
X-wing starfighter in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)- Star Wars in 100 Scenes (First identified as T-16 skyhopper)
- LEGO Classic Star Wars (Set: 75081 T-16 Skyhopper)
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- T-16 Skyhopper in the Databank (backup link)
