- "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]
History[]
- "Yeah, well, we're not soldiers. Those speeders are for hauling sewage."
- ―Sully Stark
A small, wedge-shaped vehicle, the Alliance snowspeeder was a two-person craft crewed by a pilot and a rear-facing tailgunner, with a top speed of 1,100 kph. It had two forward-facing heavy laser cannons and a harpoon cannon placed in the rear and manned by the tailgunner.
In 9 BBY,[12] T-47s were used to haul sewage but saw use by the Hidden Path. When Obi-Wan Kenobi and Tala Durith rescued Leia Organa, Sully Stark, and Wade Resselian helped them escape from Fortress Inquisitorius by strafing the stronghold's landing platform in their T-47s.[8]
During the Galactic Civil War, the Partisans had access to T-47s during their insurgency on Jedha.[9] During the Battle of Hoth, Rebel Alliance 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] At some point, three T-47s attacked and crippled an AT-AT on Sullust.[13]
Behind the scenes[]
The T-47 airspeeder first appeared in the 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.[7]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
- "One Battle... Two Sides!" — LEGO Club Magazine, September/October 2014 issue
- Disney Infinity 3.0
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales — "Flight of the Falcon" (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Showdown on Hoth"
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return to the Wheel" (Mentioned only)
- "Attack of the Microfighters" — LEGO Star Wars 28
- LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars — "The Power at Jakku"
- "Snow Race" — LEGO Star Wars 55
- LEGO STAR WARS: Celebrate the Season — "Reindeer Walker"
- The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
- LEGO STAR WARS: Celebrate the Season — "New Year's Hothin' Eve"
- "Hide-and-snow-seek" — LEGO Star Wars 79
- "Bricks and Pieces" — LEGO Star Wars 82
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
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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 7.4 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.
- ↑ Legion Rules and organized play: 2024 Updated Player Cards on Atomic Mass Games' official website (backup link) (Archived PDF)