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The Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike was a Separatist ground craft resembling a giant wheel, with four clawed legs hanging from the sides.
Characteristics[]
Originally created as all-terrain military reconnaissance vehicle and later adopted by civilians for racing, it could roll on the ground at great speed, crushing enemy soldiers in its path. The legs were engaged whenever the craft needed to climb steep cliffs, especially useful on the sinkhole-filled planet of Utapau.
History[]
Grievous's Tsmeu-6 in walking configuration
At least three wheel bikes were stored in the tenth level of Utapau by the separatist forces. General Grievous modified his bike by replacing the passenger seat with a nd-53 double laser cannon. He used his bike while being pursued by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi—who had been sent on a specific mission to either capture or kill the General—on a varactyl named Boga.
After a long chase through several tunnels, Obi-Wan got close and jumped onto Grievous's wheel bike. This made Grievous lose control and the wheel bike went into a spin. Both Kenobi and the General were thrown off, and the wheel bike rampaged over the edge of a platform, falling to its destruction.
The young miner Jann Tosh used a 48 Roller wheel bike, which was a later model of this vehicle that was created near the end of the Clone Wars.
Behind the scenes[]
The real-life counterpart to the wheel bike is the Monowheel.
For Episode III, the wheel bike started off as a variety of fearsome vehicular concepts befitting the nasty droid general, such as included tank-like chariots. One idea was that the vehicle itself was an intelligent droid, mirroring Obi-Wan's faithful Boga as a "living" mount for General Grievous.[5]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith video game
- † Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith junior novelization (First appearance)
- Obi-Wan's Foe
- Star Wars: Grievous Getaway (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections
- The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
LEGO Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (Set: 7255 General Grievous Chase)- "Starships and Vehicles of Revenge of the Sith" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- "The Vehicles of Episode III" — Star Wars Insider 83
- Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
- The Story of General Grievous: Lord of War on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
- "Classic Moment" — Star Wars Insider 105
- The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
- Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 27
- Friday Feature – Rolling Around a Planet Near You! on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Wheel bike in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: Sith Wars
- LEGO Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (Set: 75040 General Grievous' Wheel Bike)
- Boga in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Keeping the Peace
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
"Starships and Vehicles of Revenge of the Sith" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
- ↑ Keeping the Peace
- ↑
Wheel bike in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
