E3-standard lifeboat
Production information
Manufacturer	His Grace the Duke Gadal-Herm's Safety Inspectorate[1]
Model	E3-standard starship lifeboat
Class	Escape pod
Technical specifications
Length	4 meters (legs retracted)[1]
Width	3.5 meters (diameter)[1]
Maximum acceleration	300 G[1]
Maximum speed (atmosphere)	Over 40,000 km/h (during descent)[1]
Hyperdrive system	None[1]
Armament	None
Complement	None
Passengers	3[1]
Consumables	4 weeks[1]
Usage
Role(s)	Escape pod
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era
Affiliation	Galactic Republic Yoda

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The E3-standard starship lifeboat was an escape pod designed by His Grace the Duke Gadal-Herm's Safety Inspectorate. Jedi Master Yoda used one such lifeboat to reach the world of Dagobah to begin his self-imposed exile after the Clone Wars.

CharacteristicsEdit

The E3-standard was a durable, sophisticated lifeboat capable of seating three passengers for four weeks of travel. The hull was flanked by four reinforced legs, that deployed fully-extended upon landing. Advanced landing and telemetry processors ensured the lifeboat remained upright during takeoff, descent and even through the turbulence of re-entry. The pod carried no onboard hyperdrive, meaning the E3-standard was useful for one-way trips only.

HistoryEdit

Following the funeral of Padmé Amidala, Yoda returned to the Subterrel Sector, where he stowed away aboard a Polis Massa-registered super freighter carrying grain to Sluis Van. The vessel briefly dropped out of hyperspace in the remote Dagobah system, where Yoda launched his lifeboat. Undetected and unrecorded, the E3 lifeboat landed near the Dragonsnake Bog.

Within a year, the lifeboat's sensitive electronic systems were ruined by the natural elements of the swamp world, grounding Yoda on Dagobah forever. Yoda salvaged what he could from the pod, using parts to fashion a simple hut in the swamps.

Behind the scenesEdit

This pod is one of two used by Yoda in Revenge of the Sith, and the art department ensured the two were visually different from one another. One concept for the 'Dagobah pod' was a rounded pod dragged, Podracer-style, by a rocket. Ultimately, the shots of Yoda's landing on Dagobah were cut from the movie, but were completed for inclusion in the Deleted Scenes section of the DVD release.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (deleted scene)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (First appearance) (Non-canonical appearance)

SourcesEdit

• Revenge of the Sith: Incredible Cross-Sections
• Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
•  Yoda's escape pod in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

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