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- "Stormtroopers on waveskimmers!"
- ―Leia Organa to her team
A waveskimmer was a type of aquatic surface ship used by the Maritime Division of the Galactic Empire's Army.
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Characteristics[edit | edit source]
The waveskimmer was a repulsorlift[3] surface ship[1] consisting of a windowed cockpit supported by two sturdy legs angling down from either side. Each of those legs terminated in a pontoon that allowed the vehicle to float on the water's surface, and thus glide over it when propelled. Armament-wise, the waveskimmer boasted two forward-facing blaster cannons.[2]
Role[edit | edit source]
Waveskimmer were used by the Maritime Division, a special unit of the Galactic Empire's Army tasked with maintaining order on planetary waterways.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
Leia Organa's team were chased by several waveskimmers during their mission on Sesid as part of Operation Yellow Moon.[4]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
- "Can't speak for Cecil, but I was thinking of the West End Games jet-ski things."
- ―Jason Fry
Author Jason Fry intended the waveskimmer to be a different vehicle.
Waveskimmers made their first canonical appearance in the 2015 novel Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure, which was written by Jason Fry and Cecil Castellucci.[4] They were first pictured in Leia and the Great Island Escape, a Disney–Lucasfilm Press adaptation of Moving Target aimed at young readers, which used the appearance[2] of the AQ-5 Waveskimmer[5] from the Legends comic series Dark Empire.[6]
However, this depiction does not fit the textual evidence: Leia mentions stormtroopers on waveskimmers rather than in them. Several paragraphs later, it is mentioned that "black shape of a riderless waveskimmer skittered over the waves."[4]
In fact, Jason Fry intended it as a reference to a single-person vehicle[7] that appeared in Battle for the Golden Sun, a Star Wars Legends adventure book for use with West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.[8]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (First appearance)
- Leia and the Great Island Escape (First pictured)
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Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Dawn of Rebellion
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Leia and the Great Island Escape
- ↑ Ghosts of Dathomir
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure
- ↑ Dark Empire Sourcebook
- ↑ Dark Empire 6: The Fate of a Galaxy
- ↑
Jason Fry (@jasoncfry) on Twitter: "Can't speak for Cecil, but I was thinking of the West End Games jet-ski things." (backup link)
- ↑ Battle for the Golden Sun
