Hanno speeder

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Hanno speeders were a type of speeder that was a precursor to the landspeeder. For a long time prior to the construction of Mos Espa Grand Arena on the desert planet Tatooine, thrill-seekers held free-for-all, no-holds-barred races in the natural canyon amphitheater at the edge of the Northern Dune Sea where the arena would eventually stand.[1]

These races initially used animal-drawn carts before Hanno Speeders took their place,[1] and according to legend, it was from these races that podracing first developed.[2] Podracers would eventually replace Hanno Speeders in the races by the start of the modern era of podracing[1] around a century before the Galactic Civil War.[3]

Behind the scenes

In the current Star Wars canon, hanno speeders were first mentioned in "Podracing on Tatooine," an article[2] written by Tim Veekhoven[4] in the "Guide to the Galaxy" department of the fifty-first issue of De Agostini's Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine series,[2] which was published around December 23, 2015.[5] Hanno speeders originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where they were first mentioned in the 2000 reference book Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I, which was written by Kristin Lund.[6]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Complete Locations
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 51 Guide to the Galaxy: Podracing on Tatooine
  3. ↑ Endless Vigil
  4. ↑ Direct message from Tim Veekhoven — Used with permission
  5. ↑ The second issue of the De Agostini weekly magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon was set to be published on January 14, 2015, according to Premium-Era-real De Agostini Publishing: Build the Millennium Falcon Magazine & Model by Chris Wyman on TheForce.net (January 8, 2015) (backup link archived on November 6, 2016). Therefore, Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 51 was published around December 23, 2015.
  6. ↑ Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I
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