Can anyone shed some light on why KotOR calls things with an actual sit-down seat swoop bikes? There are swoop bikes in the game, but the one aboard the Hawk has more in common with a podracer or landspeeder, and yet it participates in swoop bike races. Ideas? --Fade 12:11, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Dunno, that game seems to be a plethora of crazy crap. --SparqMan 12:40, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• What sort of crazy crap? This is the only thing that I can think of. Well, the cortosis bit I always thought was iffy, but I don't know much about it. *shrug* --Fade 12:43, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Shouldn't the KotOR-era swoops and swoop bikes have separate articles, since they seem to be two different vehicles - with the former having more in common with Podracers than swoop bikes. Perhaps at swoop racer? - Kwenn
  • Funny, that's how it eventually turned out. Mauser 02:55, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Contents 1 Swoop bike in Episode IV? WTF?! 2 Galactic Empire outlawed Podracing? 3 Altitude 4 Swoop race suit 5 First Appearance 6 Starhawk Speeder Bike 7 Force Commander

Swoop bike in Episode IV? WTF?! Edit

I don't remember seeing any swoop in Ep IV, only in VI, when the Scout Troops used Swoops on Endor...

IV had a landspeeder. VI had speeder bikes. 62.74.5.144 22:47, 4 Jul 2005 (UTC)

The Special Edition of Episode IV had a swoop bike added to it; it's what startles the ronto in Mos Eisley. 204.212.38.12 09:18, 5 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Galactic Empire outlawed Podracing? Edit

I thought pod-racing was already illegal at the time of The Phantom Menace...

• The Empire didn't outlaw until after Revenge of the Sith. -- Riffsyphon1024 02:28, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)
• Related question: Would it be fair to describe Swoop as the decendant/replacement for pod racers? - Finlayson 23:58, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Well, there was swoop racing in the KOTOR era, so I don't think it's really a descendant of podracing. RMF 00:07, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
    • OK, but Swoop racing did fill the void when Pod racing was banned. -Finlayson 00:15, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
      • Yeah, as podracing got less popular, swoop racing got more popular, according to HoloNet News [1] -LtNOWIS 00:48, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

AltitudeEdit

"Several hundred kilometres above a planet's surface?" This would put the swoop bike in a low orbit. Is there a source for this? Lonnyd 12:36, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

• The Essential Guide says several kilometers, not several hundred kilometers. -LtNOWIS 00:40, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Swoop race suit Edit

In Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic you can see the main character wearing a full body suit in a swoop bike on the Taris circuit. You can see the same suit on an Iridorian mercenary on Manaan, another major swoop racing track in the game. --Jinger 22:51, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

First Appearance Edit

Swoops were first featured, and named, in one of the three Brian Daley Han Solo novels from 1979-1980. I encourage someone to read up and find the exact reference! They're actually good, as Star Wars novels go.

Starhawk Speeder Bike Edit

According to Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Visual Guide Ultimate Battles, those speeder bikes Hondo Ohnaka's pirate gang uses are Starhawk Speeder Bikes. 65.34.3.78 19:17, September 7, 2009 (UTC)

Force Commander Edit

The Rebels can purchase and use swoops in Force Commander, and they can be stolen by stormtroopers. I don't remember the reason for Rebels having swoops.75.37.239.18 07:28, June 12, 2010 (UTC)