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- "Are the speeders ready?"
"Not yet. We're having some trouble adapting them to the cold." - ―Han Solo and Tigran Jamiro
The T-47 airspeeder, also known as the T-47 light airspeeder, was a craft manufactured by Incom Corporation. They were modified by the Rebel Alliance into snowspeeders.
Characteristics[]
- "No, no, not the T-47! I can fly anything, but that doesn't mean I want to. Piloting the T-47 is like steering a block of wood."
- ―Poe Dameron
The T-47 airspeeder, also known as the T-47 light airspeeder,[11] was a model of low-altitude vehicle manufactured by Incom Corporation.[1] When the Alliance to Restore the Republic was stationed on the icy planet of Hoth, a contingent of T-47 airspeeders were modified to become ground attack, low-altitude fighters called snowspeeders. Hoth's extreme cold temperatures were too severe for these craft; the power generators would lock up since they ran hot, requiring a large bank of heat radiator fins for essential cooling. Rebel technicians modified the T-47 airspeeder by insulating each radiator fin with side panels to decrease the heat exchange in order to better suit the new environment.
History[]
- "Yeah, well, we're not soldiers. Those speeders are for hauling sewage."
- ―Sully Stark
Luke salvaging equipment from his crashed snowspeeder on Hoth.
A small, wedge-shaped vehicle, the Alliance snowspeeder was a two-person craft, with a pilot and a rear-facing tailgunner with a speed of 1,100 kph. It had two forward-facing heavy laser cannons and a harpoon cannon placed ahead of the tailgunner.
In 9 BBY[12], The Path used T-47s to haul sewage. When Obi-Wan Kenobi and Tala Durith rescued Leia Organa, Sully Stark and Wade Resselian helped them escape from Fortress Inquisitorius by strafing the landing platform in their T-47s.[8]
During the Battle of Hoth, these snowspeeders used tow cables to disable All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) walkers by firing the tow cable and chasing it out around the walker's legs, stopping its locomotion and immobilizing the walker.[2]
Sometime after the commencement of the Galactic Civil War, the Partisans had access to T-47s during their insurgency on Jedha.[9]
Behind the scenes[]
The T-47s first appeared in the Star Wars saga film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
- Disney Infinity 3.0
LEGO STAR WARS: Celebrate the Season – "Reindeer Walker"- LEGO STAR WARS: Celebrate the Season – "New Year's Hothin' Eve"
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "Showdown on Hoth"
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "Return to the Wheel" (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Flight of the Falcon" (In flashback(s))
- LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars – "The Power at Jakku"
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
- The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9
Snowspeeder in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Battlefront II
- ↑ Starships and Speeders
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Obi-Wan Kenobi – "Part IV"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars (2015) 38
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars Battlefront
- ↑ Star Wars: On the Front Lines
- ↑ Future Lucasfilm Projects Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link) states that Obi-Wan Kenobi is set ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 19 BBY. Therefore, Obi-Wan Kenobi must be set in 9 BBY.
