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- "Are the speeders ready?"
"Not yet. We're having some trouble adapting them to the cold." - ―Han Solo and the Deck officer
The T-47 airspeeder, also known as the T-47 light airspeeder, was a craft manufactured by Incom Corporation. They were modified by the Rebel Alliance into snowspeeders.
Characteristics
The T-47 airpseeder, also known as the T-47 light airspeeder,[7] was a model of low-altitude vehicle manufactured by Incom Corporation.[1] When the Alliance to Restore the Republic was stationed on the icy planet of Hoth, a contingent of T-47 airspeeders were modified to become ground attack, low-altitude fighters called snowspeeders. Hoth's extreme cold temperatures were too severe for these craft; the power generators would lock up since they ran hot, requiring a large bank of heat radiator fins for essential cooling. Rebel technicians modified the T-47 airspeeder by insulating each radiator fin with side panels to decrease the heat exchange in order to better suit the new environment.
History
A small, wedge-shaped vehicle, the Alliance snowspeeder was a two-person craft, with a pilot and a rear-facing tailgunner with a speed of 1,100 kph. It had two heavy, forward-facing laser cannons and a harpoon cannon placed ahead of the tailgunner. During the Battle of Hoth, these snowspeeders used tow cables to easily disable All Terrain Armored Transport walkers by firing the tow cable and chasing it out around the walker's legs, stopping its locomotion and immobilizing the walker.[2]
Shortly after the commencement of the Galactic Civil War, the Partisans had access to T-47s during their insurgency on Jedha.[5]
Behind the scenes
The T-47s first appeared in the Star Wars saga film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Galactic Defense
- Star Wars Battlefront II
- Forces of Destiny: Daring Adventures: Volume 2
- Lost Stars
- Lost Stars webcomic
- The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
- Star Wars: Battle Pod
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Darth Vader 13: Vader Down, Part II
- Star Wars 38: The Ashes of Jedha, Part I
- Star Wars 41: The Ashes of Jedha, Part IV
- Star Wars: Commander (Appears in artwork)
- Battlefront: Twilight Company
- Star Wars: Forces of Destiny—Leia
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
- The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
- AT-AT Attack!
- Star Wars: Uprising (Wreckage only)
- Poe Dameron 23: Legend Found, Part IV
- Poe Dameron: Flight Log
Non-canon appearances
- Disney Infinity 3.0
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Showdown on Hoth"- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales — "Flight of the Falcon" (In flashback(s))
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
Sources
- Rebel Pilots in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Snowspeeder in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: Galactic Defense on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- LEGO Classic Star Wars (Set: 75074 Snowspeeder)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: On the Front Lines (First identified as T-47 light airspeeder)
- Forces of Destiny: Tales of Hope & Courage
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- AT-AT Walker (All Terrain Armored Transport) in the Databank (backup link)
- Dak Ralter in the Databank (backup link)
- Derek "Hobbie" Klivian in the Databank (backup link)
- Echo Base in the Databank (backup link)
- Hoth in the Databank (backup link)
- Snowspeeder in the Databank (backup link)
- Wedge Antilles in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9
Snowspeeder in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Battlefront II
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars 38: The Ashes of Jedha, Part I
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars Battlefront
- ↑ Star Wars: On the Front Lines
