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Air scoops were components that could be used in the construction of podracers.[1] The scoops acted as wind brakes and gave additional control when cornering in a vehicle. The slave Anakin Skywalker modified his custom podracer by adding triple yellow air scoops ranged around both the primary turbine intake on each of its 620C racing engines.[2]
Skywalker had to wait a long time before finding metal plates and a hydraulic system that would be strong enough to make the scoops work. He eventually acquired hydraulic struts of Tyrian make from a military surplus lot that his owner, the junk dealer Watto, purchased from an Outer Rim arms dealer. He then used the scoops in the Boonta Eve Classic podrace[2] that took place in 32 BBY.[3]
Behind the scenes
Air scoops first appeared in the 1999 prequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[4] In the new Star Wars canon they were first identified in the 2018 reference book Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles, which was written by Landry Q. Walker.[1] The name originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first used in the 1999 reference book Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary, which was written by David West Reynolds.[5]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
- The Phantom Menace Read-Along Storybook and CD
- Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings
- Darth Vader (2017) 25 (Vision to Darth Vader)
"Tales from Wild Space: Podracer's Rescue" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 6
Non-canon appearances
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales — "Exit from Endor" (In flashback(s))
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales Episodes I-III (In flashback(s))
Sources
- Anakin Skywalker's Podracer in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct) (Picture only)
- Boonta Eve Classic Podracer Pilots in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Star Pilot (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia (Picture only)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Complete Vehicles (2018)
- Anakin Skywalker in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Anakin Skywalker's Podracer in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- C-3PO (See-Threepio) in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
