A groundcar was a wheeled vehicle. The TIE fighter pilot Amara Kel compared the shriek of a TIE fighter's engines to a cross between an angry beast and a groundcar skidding on wet asphalt.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The groundcar was mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in the 2020 short story "Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)" from the collection From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back, authored by Django Wexler.[1] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the groundcar first appeared in the 1995 short story "Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters"" — Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina from the collection Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina, authored by Timothy Zahn.[2]
Appearances[]
- "Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (First mentioned)
- "Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back audiobook (Mentioned only)
Non-canon appearances[]
- Star Wars: Visions — "The Spy Dancer" (First appearance)