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Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor
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| Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor | |
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| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | |
| Product line |
Delta-series |
| Model |
Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor[1] |
| Class | |
| Technical specifications | |
| Length |
8 meters |
| Width |
3.92 meters |
| Height/depth |
1.44 meters |
| Maximum acceleration |
5,500 G |
| Maximum speed (atmosphere) | |
| Hyperdrive rating |
Class 1.0 (with booster ring) |
| Hyperdrive range |
150,000 LY |
| Hyperdrive system | |
| Armament | |
| Crew |
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| Passengers |
None |
| Cargo capacity |
60 kg (0.03 m³) |
| Consumables |
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The Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor was a short-range light starfighter used by the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars.
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Characteristics
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The Delta-7B was manufactured by Kuat Systems Engineering, and initially saw use as Delta-7's were lost in battle. The main difference between the Delta-7B and its predecessor the Delta-7, was a relocation of the astromech socket from the port (left) side of the starfighter, to just in front of the cockpit. This, along with a slightly-enlarged center-hull, would allow for a full-size astromech droid to be used instead of the truncated units[4] such as the R4-P or the R3-D seen in the earlier-model Delta-7 model (this also solved a problem seen in the earlier Delta-7 model; because of the Delta-7's design and its hull's thinness, a full-size astromech socket would not fit on either side of the starfighter). Like the Delta-7, the Delta-7B also had two twin laser cannons, and typically depended on other spacecraft or an external hyperdrive ring for faster-than-light travel.
History
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Anakin Skywalker flew at least one yellow and gray Delta-7B that was damaged during the Battle of Bothawui and later recovered. The fighter was also present for the Battle of Ryloth, and Skywalker later piloted the vessel during the Battle of Malastare, where it was seemingly destroyed by a monstrous Zillo Beast. Usually flying alongside as his wingmate was Ahsoka Tano, who used a red, green, and white Delta-7B.
Obi-Wan Kenobi flew a Delta-7B with an almost identical color scheme to his previous Delta-7 and utilized the same astromech droid, R4-P17.
Plo Koon flew a Delta-7B named the Blade of Dorin, which had the same color scheme as his later Delta-7.
Kit Fisto flew a maroon starfighter with a light green emblem on the hull.
Luminara Unduli's Delta-7B had a green and gray color scheme.
Mace Windu flew his Delta-7B with his astromech R8-B7 to check on the wreckage of the Endurance. When the bounty hunters came looking for Windu's body, R2-D2 took Windu's fighter to Coruscant to replay a message.
Behind the scenes
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Hasbro originally identified this fighter as a "Delta-2,"[5] but The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide provided the Delta-7B designation.
The Hasbro toy version can split in two parts, with the pilot section heavily resembling the Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor.
Appearances
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- Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
- LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 (Non-canonical appearance)
- The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Way of the Jedi
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 1: Shipyards of Doom
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 3: The Wind Raiders of Taloraan
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars 10: Hero of the Confederacy, Part 1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shadow of Malevolence"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Clone Cadets" (Appears in Newsreel)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "ARC Troopers"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Downfall of a Droid"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Duel of the Droids"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Lair of Grievous"
- The Clone Wars: Bait
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Storm Over Ryloth"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Liberty on Ryloth"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Holocron Heist"
- Air Strike (Appears in cutscene(s))
- The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Children of the Force"
- The Clone Wars: The Valsedian Operation
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Mandalore Plot"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Voyage of Temptation" (Appears in flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars 11: Hero of the Confederacy, Part 2
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars 12: Hero of the Confederacy, Part 3
- Inside Job
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Zillo Beast"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Death Trap"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "R2 Come Home"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Lethal Trackdown" (Appears in flashback(s))
- Droids Over Iego (Appears in cutscene(s))
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Corruption" (Appears in flashback(s))
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Nightsisters"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Citadel"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Citadel Rescue"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Darkness on Umbara" (In Newsrell only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 6: The Starcrusher Trap
- LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Non-canonical appearance)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (Non-canonical appearance)
Sources
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- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide (First identified as Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia