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Anakin Skywalker's podracer

Production information
Manufacturer	Radon-Ulzer^[1]
Product line	Podracer
Class	Repulsorcraft
Modified by	Anakin Skywalker
Technical specifications
Length	3.15 meters (cockpit)^[2] 7 meters (engine)^[3]
Maximum speed	947 km/h^[3]
Maximum altitude	105 meters^[1]
Engine unit(s)	Radon-Ulzer 620C racing engines (2)^[3]
Complement	Boost meter^[4]
Crew	Pilot (1)
Passengers	None
Usage
Role(s)	Racing craft
Year introduced	32 BBY
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era
Affiliation	Anakin Skywalker Sebulba Hekula

[Source]

"Not yet, but it's certain to be a piece of junk!"

―Sebulba to Ark Roose^[src]

Anakin Skywalker's podracer was a custom-built podracer built by Anakin Skywalker as a slave on Tatooine, and used to secure his freedom during the Boonta Eve Classic.

1 Characteristics
2 History
3 Appearances
- 3.1 Non-canon appearances
4 Sources
5 Notes and references
- 5.1 In other languages

CharacteristicsEdit

Anakin Skywalker's podracer was constructed from a pair of Radon-Ulzer 620c turbines. One engine was put together from spare parts in Watto's junkyard. These parts included the burned-out turbines from Watto's own podracer,^[1] which Anakin had eventually crashed. The other engine was acquired when Anakin bartered with Jawas. He modified the engines heavily, notably by improving the fuel injection system in order to increase thrust.^[1] Anakin attached triple yellow air scoops to these engines to give the vehicle optimal maneuverability, especially while turning.^[1] The cockpit was attached to the massive motors by Steelton control cables. The racer could reach breakneck speeds in the area of 947 kilometers an hour (588 mph). It could only fit one person; the pilot.

HistoryEdit

As a nine year-old slave, Anakin Skywalker regularly raced a podracer that belonged to his owner, Watto. In secret, Anakin was building his own.

In the Boonta Eve Classic race in 32 BBY, Anakin used his podracer to defeat his archrival, Sebulba the Dug and win his freedom from slavery.

After the race, Qui-Gon Jinn sold the pod to Sebulba, who repainted the vehicle orange and used it himself to qualify for the Vinta Harvest Classic, lifting the suspension he received following the Boonta. Eventually the Dug passed it on to his son Hekula. Hekula crashed the racer in a race on the planet Euceron, nearly destroying it. The podracer was duly abandoned. Anakin later reacquired the vehicle and again pitted it against Sebulba in one last rematch.

During 1 ABY, when the Galactic Civil War was intensifying, a spacer acquired a podracer that looked very similar to Anakin's. This podracer was believed to be a mere replica, and not the same vehicle piloted by Anakin.