Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike

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The Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike was a Separatist ground craft resembling a giant wheel, with four clawed legs hanging from the sides.

Contents 1 Characteristics 2 History 3 Behind the scenes 4 Appearances 5 Sources 6 Notes and references

[edit] Characteristics

It could roll on the ground at great speed, crushing enemy soldiers in its path. The legs were engaged whenever the craft needed to climb steep cliffs, especially useful on the sinkhole-filled planet of Utapau. Grievous kept several of these wheelbikes stationed at his command center there.

The driver was positioned in a seat on one side of the wheel, while an nd-53 double laser cannon occupied the other side. The bike originally had a passenger seat instead of a laser cannon, but Grievous modified the wheel bike to accommodate his needs.

[edit] History

General Grievous used a wheel bike while being pursued by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who had been sent on a specific mission—to either capture or kill the General—on a varactyl named Boga.

After a long chase through several tunnels, Obi-Wan got close and jumped onto Grievous's wheel bike. This made Grievous lose control and the wheel bike went into a spin. Both Kenobi and the General were thrown off, and the wheel bike rampaged over the edge of a platform, falling to its destruction.

The young miner Jann Tosh used a 48 Roller wheel bike, which was a later model of this vehicle that was created near the end of the Clone Wars.

[edit] Behind the scenes

The real-life counterpart to the wheel bike is the Monowheel.

[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith game
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith comic
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novel
• Star Wars: Grievous Getaway

[edit] Sources

• Revenge of the Sith: Incredible Cross-Sections
• Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
•  Wheel bike in the Databank
•  Starships and Vehicles of Revenge of the Sith' on Wizards.com (article)

[edit] Notes and references

Major vehicles of the Confederacy of Independent Systems
Repulsorcraft Armored Assault Tank - Ground Armored Tank - Heavy Missile Platform Multi-Troop Transport - Trade Federation troop carrier - Single Trooper Aerial Platform Heavy Artillery Gun - Multi-Utility Transport - Mechanized Assault Flyer - Droid transport carrier Walkers OG-9 homing spider droid - Octuptarra combat tri-droid - Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike Wheeled/tracked NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcer - IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tank - Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike
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