Dooku's solar sailer
Production information
Model	Punworcca 116-class interstellar sloop[1]
Class	Yacht
Technical specifications
Length	15.2 meters[1]
Width	4.6 meters[1]
Height/depth	4.8 meters[1]
Maximum acceleration	Sail: approx. 1,00G Thrusters: 30G[1]
Maximum speed (atmosphere)	1,600 kph[1]
Engine unit(s)	Solar sailer
Hyperdrive rating	Class 1.5[1]
Armament	84 narrow tractor/repulsor beams[1]
Other systems	Holoprojector
Usage
Role(s)	Transport
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era
Earliest sighting	32 BBY
Destroyed	19 BBY
Affiliation	Confederacy of Independent Systems
Known owner(s)	Dooku
Crewmembers	1 FA-4 pilot droid

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Dooku's solar sailer was a private Punworcca 116-class interstellar sloop belonging to Count Dooku, also known as Darth Tyranus. Dooku used this yacht to escape from First Battle of Geonosis in 22 BBY. Tyranus's vessel was a unique mix of Geonosian engineering and pre-Republic Gree technology. The vessel was piloted by a FA-4 pilot droid and could travel through realspace and hyperspace.

HistoryEdit

Dooku had this sloop presented to him as a gift from Poggle the Lesser. As of 32 BBY, shortly after joining the Sith Order,^[2] Count Dooku had procured a unique ancient "solar" sail from an antiques dealer in the Gree Enclave to add to his sloop. The sail collected an undetectable power source to achieve great speeds with ease unmatched by conventional sails. Archduke Poggle was pleased to have ancient technology augment the sloop, as Geonosis had a long sailing heritage dating back centuries.^[1] Fourteen standard days before the First Battle of Geonosis in 22 BBY, the Senate Bureau of Intelligence confirmed eyewitness reports that Dooku had been spotted earlier in the week visiting the Gree Enclave, purportedly in search of valuable antiques.^[3][4]

At the beginning of the Clone Wars on Geonosis, Dooku had his solar sailer docked in his hangar. He fled the Battle of Geonosis in it after being waylaid by Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Yoda. He then rendezvoused with his master, Darth Sidious, at The Works on Coruscant.

The solar sailer was used by Dooku throughout the Clone Wars as his regular means of travel to significant locations and escape from battles. It at one point sustained damage and crashed on Vanqor after a fiery battle in an attempt to escape from Kenobi and Skywalker as their army attacked his flagship. The pilot droid, along with all equipment on it, was taken apart among a band of Weequay pirates. The leader of the pirates, Hondo Ohnaka, commented on the ship's rarity and expensiveness and called it beautiful. To prevent any unnecessary antagonizing of the pirates, the count told Ohnaka to "feel free to help himself to it," unconcerned with his looting of the vessel at the moment. At some point after he escaped imprisonment in their base on Florrum, Dooku had his solar sailer recovered and repaired.^[5]

During the Battle of Coruscant, he met with General Grievous onboard the Invisible Hand after departing Tythe in the vessel.

AppearancesEdit

• The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
• LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
• Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones novel
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novel
• Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 6"
• Jedi: Mace Windu (Possible appearance)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Ambush"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Dooku Captured"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Monster"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Escape from Kadavo"
• LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Non-canonical appearance)

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Illustrated Companion
• Star Wars Trading Card Game – Attack of the Clones (Card: Tyranus's Solar Sailer)
• Star Wars Trading Card Game – Jedi Guardians (Card: Tyranus's Solar Sailer)
•  Geonosian solar sailer in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• Star Wars: Beware the Sith

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