T-47 airspeeder
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[5]
Luke salvaging equipment from his crashed snowspeeder on Hoth.
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[8]
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. However, Reva Sevander threw an explosive using the Force at Resselian's airspeeder which caused it to explode, killing him.[8]
A trio of T-47s cripple an Imperial AT-AT on Sullust.
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]
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Behind the scenes[]
The T-47 airspeeder first appeared in the 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.[7]
