Plo's Bros
Production information
Manufacturer	Rothana Heavy Engineering[1]
Product line	LAAT series
Model	Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry repulsorlift gunship
Class	Gunship
Length	17.4 meters[2]
Width	17 meters (wingspan)[2]
Height/depth	6.1 meters[1]
MGLT	50[3]
Maximum speed (atmosphere)	620 km/h[2]
Armament	Anti-personnel laser turrets (1 behind the doors and 2 at the front)[2] Composite-beam laser turrets (2)[2] Mass-driver missile launchers (2)(30 missiles each)[2] Light air-to-air rockets (4 under each wing)[2]
Complement	Speeder bikes (4)[2] IM-6 medical droid (1)[2]
Escape craft	1 (cockpit capsule)[4]
Crew	Pilot (1)[1] Co-pilot/Gunner (1)[1]
Passengers	30[2]
Cargo capacity	17 m³[1]
Consumables	Fuel for 8 hours[1]
Usage
Role(s)	Troop transport
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era
Earliest sighting	c. 21 BBY[5]
Present for battles/events	First Battle of Felucia[6] Mission to Vanqor[7] Battle of Lola Sayu[8]
Affiliation	Galactic Republic Grand Army of the Republic 104th Battalion

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Plo's Bros was the designation given to the Republic LAAT/i gunships used by the 104th Battalion during the Clone Wars.

CharacteristicsEdit

The gunships were decorated with customized nose art depicting the face of Jedi Master Plo Koon between two clone troopers underneath the words "Plo's Bros" written in Aurebesh. The ships were also painted blue in areas that stock LAAT/i gunships were maroon in color.^[7]

HistoryEdit

During the First Battle of Felucia, Republic forces under the command of High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano were engaged in battle with the forces of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. They were being overwhelmed by the droid army and without support due to a Separatist blockade around the planet. Jedi Master Plo Koon was dispatched to bring break the blockade and evacuate the surviving Republic forces.^[6]

As Koon's ships engaged the Separatist blockade force in orbit, several starfighters and gunships managed to reach the surface. They first evacuated Kenobi and Skywalker team, the two generals boarding Plo's Bros. They then proceeded to where Commander Tano's team appeared to be driving the droid army back, though they were actually drawing Tano's troops into a trap. It was a ruse that fooled the young commander, who even refused to obey a direct order from General Kenobi to withdraw. Skywalker commanded the pilot to land Plo's Bros and the other gunships between Tano's A6 Juggernaut and the battle droids forcing the Togruta Padawan to cease firing and evacuate her troops. As Plo's Bros and the other gunships lifted into the sky, Tano watched the Juggernaut she had just vacated destroyed by overwhelming enemy fire.^[6]

Some time later, a trio of Plo's Bros gunships assisted in the rescue of Jedi Master Mace Windu and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker who had become trapped on the bridge of the wreckage of Endurance, a Venator-class Star Destroyer that had crashed on Vanqor's surface.^[7]

One was used in a rescue from the Citadel, passing through the blockade over the planet with the help of three Delta 7B starfighters.^[8] This gunship had its bubble turrets replaced with two large external floodlights, and had a sealed cabin.^[9]

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Holocron Heist" (First appearance)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "R2 Come Home"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Citadel Rescue"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Padawan Lost"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Mercy Mission"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Escape from Kadavo"

SourcesEdit

•  The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Holocron Heist on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org) (First identified as Plo's Bros)
•  The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Citadel Rescue on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Three
•  Citadel Rescue Concept Art Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org) (Slide 10)
•  Warthog in the Encyclopedia

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