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| − | The '''WLO-5 speeder tank''', also known as the '''Ubrikkian tank''' or '''Pirate tank''', was a [[Hovertank|repulsortank]] with heavy armor and weaponry used by a [[Weequay/Legends|Weequay]] [[Ohnaka Gang/Legends|pirate gang]] operating out of the backwater [[Planet/Legends|planet]] of [[Florrum/Legends|Florrum]]. |
+ | The '''WLO-5 speeder tank''', also known as the '''Ubrikkian tank''' or '''Pirate tank''', was a [[Hovertank/Legends|repulsortank]] with heavy armor and weaponry used by a [[Weequay/Legends|Weequay]] [[Ohnaka Gang/Legends|pirate gang]] operating out of the backwater [[Planet/Legends|planet]] of [[Florrum/Legends|Florrum]]. |
==Description== |
==Description== |
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| − | [[File:WLO-5 speeder tank.jpg|thumb|180px|left|A WLO-5 tank being refueled]] |
+ | [[File:WLO-5 speeder tank.jpg|thumb|180px|left|A WLO-5 tank being refueled.]] |
| − | The WLO-5 [[Speeder/Legends|speeder]] [[Tank (vehicle)/Legends|tank]] was flanked on each side with one large turbine [[Engine/Legends|engine]]. It was armed with one |
+ | The WLO-5 [[Speeder/Legends|speeder]] [[Tank (vehicle)/Legends|tank]] was flanked on each side with one large [[turbine]] [[Engine/Legends|engine]]. It was armed with one [[Heavy laser cannon/Legends|heavy laser cannon]] [[Turret/Legends|turret]], which could turn 360 degrees and was located on the top of the tank.<ref name="GAW" /> The tank was also armed with anti-personnel [[Blaster/Legends|blasters]] located on the bow.<ref name="SWE entry" /> The turret [[Gunner/Legends|gunner]] sat in the open, behind the [[Laser cannon/Legends|laser cannon]], protected only by the gun's side-armor.<ref name="TGG" /> Two additional crewmen [[Pilot/Legends|piloted]] the craft from inside the vehicle, protected by its [[Armor/Legends|armor]]. The additional crew had access to [[Sensor/Legends|sensors]] and [[Computer/Legends|computer]]-based targeting software.<ref name="GAW" /> |
| − | The craft could also function as a troop transport, with [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] capable of jumping out from the middle section of the tank.<ref name="EG:TGG" /> It was favored by pirates because of its ease of use, repair, and modification. [[Hondo Ohnaka/Legends|Hondo Ohnaka]] was known to operate several of these vehicles in his [[Ohnaka Gang/Legends| |
+ | The craft could also function as a [[Troop transport/Legends|troop transport]], with [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] capable of jumping out from the middle section of the tank.<ref name="EG:TGG" /> It was favored by pirates because of its ease of use, repair, and modification. [[Hondo Ohnaka/Legends|Hondo Ohnaka]] was known to operate several of these vehicles in his "[[Ohnaka Gang/Legends|empire]]."<ref name="GAW" /> They were considered to be an operational equivalent to the [[Armored Assault Tank/Legends|AAT]] used by the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]], with the tanks being more maneuverable but less powerful.<ref name="SWE entry" /> |
==History== |
==History== |
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{{Quote|Kill him! Kill him! He's no representative! He's a plague!|A [[Weequay/Legends|Weequay]] tank gunner after Jar Jar drove his tank against another tank|audio=He'sAPlague-TGG.ogg|The Gungan General}} |
{{Quote|Kill him! Kill him! He's no representative! He's a plague!|A [[Weequay/Legends|Weequay]] tank gunner after Jar Jar drove his tank against another tank|audio=He'sAPlague-TGG.ogg|The Gungan General}} |
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| − | <div style="float:right">[[File:Hondo tank.png|left|thumb|220px|Hondo Ohnaka standing on a WLO-5 tank on Felucia]]</div> |
+ | <div style="float:right">[[File:Hondo tank.png|left|thumb|220px|Hondo Ohnaka standing on a WLO-5 tank on Felucia.]]</div> |
| − | Around [[22 BBY]],<ref name="Time">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]'' places events prior to the episode in [[22 BBY]].</ref> amidst the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], [[Turk Falso/Legends|Turk Falso]], a [[Lieutenant/Legends|lieutenant]] of Hondo Ohnaka, wanted to steal the [[Spice/Legends|spice]] [[ransom]] [[Mission to Florrum/Legends|sent]] by the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Republic]] in exchange for the captive [[Count/Legends|Count]] [[Dooku/Legends|Dooku]]. His plans to steal the spice failed and to cover up his deceit he told Ohnaka that the Republic hadn't send the ransom, but an army instead. Falso convinced Ohnaka to send tanks to destroy the army.<ref name="TGG" /> |
+ | Around [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]],<ref name="Time">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]'' places events prior to the episode in [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]].</ref> amidst the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], [[Turk Falso/Legends|Turk Falso]], a [[Lieutenant/Legends|lieutenant]] of Hondo Ohnaka, wanted to steal the [[Spice/Legends|spice]] [[Ransom/Legends|ransom]] [[Mission to Florrum/Legends|sent]] by the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Republic]] in exchange for the captive [[Count/Legends|Count]] [[Dooku/Legends|Dooku]]. His plans to steal the spice failed and to cover up his deceit he told Ohnaka that the Republic hadn't send the ransom, but an army instead. Falso convinced Ohnaka to send tanks to destroy the army.<ref name="TGG" /> |
| − | These tanks were called "Bombad |
+ | These tanks were called "Bombad clankens" by Republic [[Associate Planetary Representative|Representative]] [[Jar Jar Binks/Legends|Jar Jar Binks]], upon seeing them. During the rescue of Ohnaka's captive [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] and [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] from Ohnaka's pirate gang, the [[Gungan/Legends|Gungan]] [[Associate Planetary Representative|Representative]] Binks was captured by pirates in the tanks. When he walked onto one of the tanks, Binks' clumsiness caused him to slip and cause the tank to hit the tank next to it. The tank then veered into the power line to Ohnaka's base, causing the electricity in the [[Hondo Ohnaka's pirate outpost|pirate base]] to go out. The Jedi were freed from their [[Torture/Legends|torture]] device, but Dooku escaped his cell and he left [[Florrum/Legends|Florrum]] in a stolen [[Flarestar-class attack shuttle/Legends|Flarestar attack shuttle]]. The [[Clone trooper/Legends|clone troopers]] and Binks then approached the pirate compound, hidden from view inside two stolen tanks and together with the Jedi, they left the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] in the [[Twilight/Legends|''Twilight'']].<ref name="TGG" /> |
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| − | Ohnaka would later use one of the tanks carried aboard a [[Corona-class armed frigate/Legends|''Corona''-class frigate]] to [[Skirmish on Felucia/Legends|raid]] a [[nysillin]] [[Akira|farm]] on [[Felucia/Legends|Felucia]]. The raid was not a success, as Jedi and a team of bounty hunters fought off the Ohnaka gang.<ref name="TCW:BH">{{TCW|Bounty Hunters (episode)}}</ref> |
+ | Ohnaka would later use one of the tanks carried aboard a [[Corona-class armed frigate/Legends|''Corona''-class frigate]] to [[Skirmish on Felucia/Legends|raid]] a [[Nysillin/Legends|nysillin]] [[Akira/Legends|farm]] on [[Felucia/Legends|Felucia]]. The raid was not a success, as Jedi and a team of bounty hunters fought off the Ohnaka gang.<ref name="TCW:BH">{{TCW|Bounty Hunters (episode)}}</ref> |
| − | Around [[20 BBY]],<ref name="Maul">''[[Star Wars: Darth Maul—Death Sentence]]'' places the [[Darth Maul/Legends|Darth Maul]] revival arc in [[20 BBY]].</ref> |
+ | Around [[20 BBY/Legends|20 BBY]],<ref name="Maul">''[[Star Wars: Darth Maul—Death Sentence]]'' places the [[Darth Maul/Legends|Darth Maul]] revival arc in [[20 BBY/Legends|20 BBY]].</ref> one of Ohnaka's speeder tanks was stolen by escaping Jedi [[Padawan/Legends|Padawans]].<ref name="TCW:BFR">{{TCW|Bound for Rescue}}</ref> Their craft was pursued by another of the tanks. The pursuing tank shot out one of the engines on the Jedis' tank, but the pirate craft was knocked aside by the [[Jedi training cruiser|cruiser]] [[Crucible/Legends|''Crucible'']], piloted by the [[Astromech droid/Legends|astromech droid]] [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]]. The pirates captured the Jedi, though, and returned to the outpost. The outpost had been captured by [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Separatist]] forces led by [[General/Legends|General]] [[Grievous/Legends|Grievous]], and Padawan [[Ahsoka Tano/Legends|Ahsoka Tano]] convinced her captors to help them. R2-D2 drove the tank past the droid forces, and the Jedi rescued Ohnaka. Together they boarded R2's tank, but were pursued by Grievous himself in a [[Combat speeder/Legends|combat speeder]]. The [[Cyborg/Legends|cyborg]] General boarded the top of the tank and [[Lightsaber combat/Legends|dueled]] Tano. R2-D2 tried to maneuver the tank to force Grievous off, but it was wrecked in the resulting crash. The Jedi were then rescued by Ohnaka in the [[Slave I/Legends|''Slave I'']] and returned to the Republic.<ref name="TCW:ANB">{{TCW|A Necessary Bond}}</ref> |
==Behind the scenes== |
==Behind the scenes== |
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| − | The WLO-5 speeder tanks first appeared in |
+ | The WLO-5 speeder tanks first appeared in [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'']] episode ''[[The Gungan General]]'' and received their identification in the sourcebook ''[[Galaxy at War]].'' |
These tanks were similar in design to the [[AAC-1 speeder tank]] from ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront II]]''. The [[Laser cannon/Legends|laser cannon]] on the tank was based on that of the [[MS-1 fire-linked heavy laser cannon]] on [[All Terrain Armored Transport/Legends|AT-ATs]].<ref name="EG:TGG" /> [[LEGO]] has created a set of the tank featuring [[Hondo Ohnaka/Legends|Hondo Ohnaka]], [[Turk Falso/Legends|Turk Falso]] and [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]. The set was released August 1, 2009.<ref name="TnPTcbLEGO">{{SWArchive|url=vault/collecting/20090421.html|text=The new Pirate Tank created by LEGO}}</ref> |
These tanks were similar in design to the [[AAC-1 speeder tank]] from ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront II]]''. The [[Laser cannon/Legends|laser cannon]] on the tank was based on that of the [[MS-1 fire-linked heavy laser cannon]] on [[All Terrain Armored Transport/Legends|AT-ATs]].<ref name="EG:TGG" /> [[LEGO]] has created a set of the tank featuring [[Hondo Ohnaka/Legends|Hondo Ohnaka]], [[Turk Falso/Legends|Turk Falso]] and [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]. The set was released August 1, 2009.<ref name="TnPTcbLEGO">{{SWArchive|url=vault/collecting/20090421.html|text=The new Pirate Tank created by LEGO}}</ref> |
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==Sources== |
==Sources== |
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*''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Visual Guide Ultimate Battles]]'' {{C|Identified as Ubrikkian tank}} |
*''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Visual Guide Ultimate Battles]]'' {{C|Identified as Ubrikkian tank}} |
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| − | *{{SWArchive|url=theclonewars/guide/episode012.html|text=''The Clone Wars'' Episode Guide: The Gungan General}} {{C|Identified as Pirate tank}} |
+ | *{{SWArchive|url=theclonewars/guide/episode012.html|text=''The Clone Wars'' Episode Guide: The Gungan General|archivedate=20110815204606}} {{C|Identified as Pirate tank}} |
*{{SWArchive|url=vault/collecting/20090421.html|text=The new Pirate Tank created by LEGO}} |
*{{SWArchive|url=vault/collecting/20090421.html|text=The new Pirate Tank created by LEGO}} |
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*''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Official Episode Guide: Season 1]]'' |
*''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Official Episode Guide: Season 1]]'' |
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The WLO-5 speeder tank, also known as the Ubrikkian tank or Pirate tank, was a repulsortank with heavy armor and weaponry used by a Weequay pirate gang operating out of the backwater planet of Florrum.
Description
A WLO-5 tank being refueled.
The WLO-5 speeder tank was flanked on each side with one large turbine engine. It was armed with one heavy laser cannon turret, which could turn 360 degrees and was located on the top of the tank.[1] The tank was also armed with anti-personnel blasters located on the bow.[4] The turret gunner sat in the open, behind the laser cannon, protected only by the gun's side-armor.[2] Two additional crewmen piloted the craft from inside the vehicle, protected by its armor. The additional crew had access to sensors and computer-based targeting software.[1]
The craft could also function as a troop transport, with pirates capable of jumping out from the middle section of the tank.[5] It was favored by pirates because of its ease of use, repair, and modification. Hondo Ohnaka was known to operate several of these vehicles in his "empire."[1] They were considered to be an operational equivalent to the AAT used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems, with the tanks being more maneuverable but less powerful.[4]
History
- "Kill him! Kill him! He's no representative! He's a plague!"
- ―A Weequay tank gunner after Jar Jar drove his tank against another tank
Around 22 BBY,[6] amidst the Clone Wars, Turk Falso, a lieutenant of Hondo Ohnaka, wanted to steal the spice ransom sent by the Republic in exchange for the captive Count Dooku. His plans to steal the spice failed and to cover up his deceit he told Ohnaka that the Republic hadn't send the ransom, but an army instead. Falso convinced Ohnaka to send tanks to destroy the army.[2]
These tanks were called "Bombad clankens" by Republic Representative Jar Jar Binks, upon seeing them. During the rescue of Ohnaka's captive Jedi Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi from Ohnaka's pirate gang, the Gungan Representative Binks was captured by pirates in the tanks. When he walked onto one of the tanks, Binks' clumsiness caused him to slip and cause the tank to hit the tank next to it. The tank then veered into the power line to Ohnaka's base, causing the electricity in the pirate base to go out. The Jedi were freed from their torture device, but Dooku escaped his cell and he left Florrum in a stolen Flarestar attack shuttle. The clone troopers and Binks then approached the pirate compound, hidden from view inside two stolen tanks and together with the Jedi, they left the planet in the Twilight.[2]
Two of Hondo Ohnaka's speeder tanks
Ohnaka would later use one of the tanks carried aboard a Corona-class frigate to raid a nysillin farm on Felucia. The raid was not a success, as Jedi and a team of bounty hunters fought off the Ohnaka gang.[7]
Around 20 BBY,[8] one of Ohnaka's speeder tanks was stolen by escaping Jedi Padawans.[9] Their craft was pursued by another of the tanks. The pursuing tank shot out one of the engines on the Jedis' tank, but the pirate craft was knocked aside by the cruiser Crucible, piloted by the astromech droid R2-D2. The pirates captured the Jedi, though, and returned to the outpost. The outpost had been captured by Separatist forces led by General Grievous, and Padawan Ahsoka Tano convinced her captors to help them. R2-D2 drove the tank past the droid forces, and the Jedi rescued Ohnaka. Together they boarded R2's tank, but were pursued by Grievous himself in a combat speeder. The cyborg General boarded the top of the tank and dueled Tano. R2-D2 tried to maneuver the tank to force Grievous off, but it was wrecked in the resulting crash. The Jedi were then rescued by Ohnaka in the Slave I and returned to the Republic.[10]
Behind the scenes
The WLO-5 speeder tanks first appeared in Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode The Gungan General and received their identification in the sourcebook Galaxy at War.
These tanks were similar in design to the AAC-1 speeder tank from Star Wars: Battlefront II. The laser cannon on the tank was based on that of the MS-1 fire-linked heavy laser cannon on AT-ATs.[5] LEGO has created a set of the tank featuring Hondo Ohnaka, Turk Falso and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The set was released August 1, 2009.[11]
Appearances
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Gungan General" (First appearance)- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bounty Hunters"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Friends and Enemies"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bound for Rescue"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Necessary Bond"
- LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Non-canonical appearance)
Sources
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Visual Guide Ultimate Battles (Identified as Ubrikkian tank)
- The Clone Wars Episode Guide: The Gungan General on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (Identified as Pirate tank)
- The new Pirate Tank created by LEGO on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Official Episode Guide: Season 1
- Galaxy at War (First identified as WLO-5 speeder tank)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Incredible Vehicles
- "A Necessary Bond" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link (explore/the-clone-wars/ep509/#!/about) not verified!)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Episode Guide
- Pirate Speeder Tank in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Weequay pirates in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Galaxy at War
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Gungan General"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Incredible Vehicles
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2
Pirate Speeder Tank in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Clone Wars Episode Guide: The Gungan General on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link (/theclonewars/guide/episode012.html) not verified!)
- ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion places events prior to the episode in 22 BBY.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bounty Hunters"
- ↑ Star Wars: Darth Maul—Death Sentence places the Darth Maul revival arc in 20 BBY.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bound for Rescue"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Necessary Bond"
- ↑ The new Pirate Tank created by LEGO on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
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