Power chair
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Power chair |
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- "If you won't use a mechno-limb, this powerchair will have to do."
"You'll not be making me into a half-droid, that's for sure. This little buggy will do fine." - ―Owen and Cliegg Lars[src]
A power chair was a one-being, repulsorlift-powered floating chair also known as a hover chair or repulsor chair.
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[edit] Characteristics
Power chairs used basic antigravity technology to lift the chair above the ground, and were controlled via a panel on the armrest. These chairs were commonly used by disabled, wounded or elderly beings.
[edit] History
Aarrba the Hutt used a hover chair around 5,000 BBY as did most Hutts throughout galactic history, due to their enormous weight on most humanoid-compatible planets.
Jedi Masters Yoda and Vandar Tokare were known to use hoverchairs during their later years, to keep pace with their humanoid companions.
Cliegg Lars was forced to use a power chair after losing his leg during an encounter with Tusken Raiders, and both Maximilian Veers and Leia Organa Solo used power chairs after sustaining injuries to their lower bodies—the former after Derek Klivian crashed his snowspeeder into Veers's AT-AT walker, the latter after an encounter with Tsavong Lah on Duro.
Bertroff Hissa used a hoverchair after losing his arms and legs, though at this point he had been given prosthetic replacements.
[edit] Notable users
- Yoda
- Vandar Tokare
- Cliegg Lars
- Maximilian Veers
- Leia Organa Solo
- Bertroff Hissa
- Aarrba the Hutt
- Jacen Solo
- Rorax Falken
- Weston Warsheld
- Booster Terrik
- Threkin Horm
- Mara Jade Skywalker
[edit] Appearances
- Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith (First appearance)
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 0: Crossroads
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement
- Labor Pains
- Cloak of Deception
- Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice
- Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown
- 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 comic
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
- The Last of the Jedi: Master of Deception
- The Truce at Bakura
- X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair
- Queen of the Empire
- Prophets of the Dark Side
- X-wing: Rogue Squadron
- The Courtship of Princess Leia
- Tatooine Ghost
- Darksaber
- Recovery
- Force Heretic II: Refugee
- Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
- Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
[edit] Sources
- Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
- The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Lords of the Expanse
