Bloodfin
Production information
Manufacturer	Razalon
Product line	Speeder bike
Model	Modified Razalon FC-20 speeder bike
Class	Repulsorcraft
Modified by	Darth Maul
Technical specifications
Length	1.65 meters[1]
Maximum speed	650 km/h[1]
Maximum altitude	15 meters[1]
Armament	None
Crew	Pilot (1)[1]
Passengers	None
Usage
Role(s)	Personal transport Reconnaissance
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era
Affiliation	Order of the Sith Lords Darth Maul

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The Bloodfin was the personal Sith speeder of Darth Maul and a modified Razalon FC-20 speeder bike. As his predecessors had done during the New Sith Wars, it was named after an animal that personified the Sith Lord. In Maul's case, his speeder was named after a fierce aquatic hunter he had once encountered and fought on an ocean world in the Outer Rim Territories.

CharacteristicsEdit

As with many other swoop bikes, the Bloodfin was a small repulsorlift vehicle with a powerful rear thrust engine. Its engine systems were designed to provide the rider with fast acceleration and allowed it to reach maximum open-ground speed within seconds. Its design gave it an extremely low center of gravity, improved its cornering ability greatly and presented enemies with a very small target.

The vehicle was unarmed since the Sith Lord preferred to use the Bloodfin to pursue enemies and deal with them once having caught up with them. The vehicle's curved seat allowed Darth Maul to leap from the vehicle by just rocking forward, allowing him to enter into combat immediately and take his enemy by surprise.

The Bloodfin was also equipped with an auto-brake feature which brought the vehicle to a safe stop whenever the handle bars were released, ensuring that it did not crash or collapse following one of Maul's sudden dismounts. The vehicle also had no shields or sensors since they were considered as a sign of weakness by the Sith Lord.

The Bloodfin was also equipped with an auto-piloting system which allowed Darth Maul to remotely pilot the vehicle through the use of his Force powers. He could also use a wrist-mounted comlink to control the vehicle from up to eight kilometers away.

HistoryEdit

Besides the Bloodfin, Darth Maul owned several speeders including a T-shaped speeder destroyed during a duel with Master Anoon Bondara shortly before the Invasion of Naboo and an assault speeder equipped with laser cannons and a personal deflector shield generator. In 32 BBY, while seeking out Padmé Amidala on Tatooine, Darth Maul used the Bloodfin to combat Master Qui-Gon Jinn. Having jumped from the speeder, it presumably halted due to the auto-brake feature and was used by Maul to return to his starship Scimitar. Following Maul's presumed death at the Second Battle of Theed at the hands of Qui-Gon's Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Bloodfin was confiscated by Galactic Republic authorities along with his starship though they both later mysteriously disappeared forever. During the Clone Wars, the Dark Jedi Garth Ezzar obtained a similar speeder bike.^[2] Then in 2 ABY, a cloned Darth Maul once again used such a speeder during Jabba Desilijic Tiure's Demolition games. It is unknown as to whether it was the Bloodfin or another of this make.

Behind the scenesEdit

Bloodfin was also the name of a server—or "Galaxy"—in Star Wars Galaxies.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: Darth Plagueis
• Star Wars: Darth Maul 1 (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: Darth Maul 3
• Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
• Episode I Adventures 3: The Fury of Darth Maul
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace novel (First appearance)
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace comic
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace junior novel
• Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul
• "End Game"

Non-canon appearancesEdit

• LEGO Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
• LEGO Star Wars: Darth Maul's Mission
• Star Wars: Demolition

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars: Episode I toy line
• Star Wars: Power of the Jedi
• Episode I: The Visual Dictionary
• Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
• The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 25 (SIT3-4, Darth Maul's Sith Speeder)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 21
•  Sith speeder in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• The Phantom Menace: The Expanded Visual Dictionary
• Star Wars: Darth Maul, Sith Apprentice
• Totally 20: The Phantom Menace
• Star Wars: Beware the Sith
• Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Knight (Picture only)

Notes and referencesEdit