Lucky Lekku

For other uses, see Lucky.

Lucky Lekku

Production information

Manufacturer

Rothana Heavy Engineering^[1]

Product line

LAAT series

Model

Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry repulsorlift gunship

Type

Gunship

Technical specifications

Length

17.4 meters^[2]

Width

17 meters (wingspan)^[2]

Height/depth

6.1 meters^[1]

Megalight per hour

50^[3]

Maximum speed (atmosphere)

620 km/h^[2]

Armament

Anti-personnel laser turrets (1 behind the doors and 2 at the front)^[2]
Composite-beam laser turrets (2)^[2]
Mass-driver missile launchers (2)(30 missiles each)^[2]
Light air-to-air rockets (4 under each wing)^[2]

Complement

Speeder bikes (4)^[2]
IM-6 battlefield medical droid (1)^[2]

Escape craft

1 (cockpit capsule)^[4]

Crew

Pilot (1)^[1]
Co-pilot/Gunner (1)^[1]

Passengers

30^[2]
12 (in Clone Wars)

Cargo capacity

17 m³^[1]

Consumables

Fuel for 8 hours^[1]

Usage

Role(s)

Troop Transport

Present for battles/events

Affiliation

Galactic Republic

The Lucky Lekku was a LAAT gunship used during the Clone Wars, notably during the Battle of Teth.

Characteristics

Noseart of the Lucky Lekku — Noseart of the *Lucky Lekku*

The gunship had nose art of a blue-skinned Twi'lek female in clone trooper armor on both its sides. It had the standard armament of a LAAT/i gunship, but it lacked the two composite-beam laser turrets that were otherwise located behind the cockpit.

History

Battle of Teth

This ship was first seen during the Battle of Teth where it launched an attack on a B'omarr Monastery, which was used by the Separatists as a hiding place for the kidnapped Rotta, the son of Jabba the Hutt. The gunship took heavy fire from several of the DSD1 dwarf spider droids stationed at the monastery, but it came out of the battle all in one piece.^[5]

Battle of Rishi moon

On the Rishi moon the ship was used to search for any surviving clones after the destruction of Rishi Station.^[6]

Battle of Ryloth

During the Battle of Ryloth the gunship was briefly seen in the hangar of the Resolute, the flagship of General Skywalker.^[7]

Second Battle of Geonosis

On Geonosis the ship was used as a troop transport to quickly deploy clone troopers to the surface of Geonosis. The gunship was one of the lucky ones, as many of the other gunships were shot down by the Geonosian proton cannons, LR1K sonic cannons and starfighters.^[8]

Defense of Cato Neimoidia

During the Defense of Cato Neimoidia, the gunship was deployed to the planet to deliver Captain Rex to the battlefield.^[9] By this time it had amassed at least 88 kills.

Behind the scenes

The Lucky Lekku (in LEGO version) is the design set for all gunships in LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars apart from multiplayer when playing Jedi Crash as it is symbolised with the Crumb Bomber.

The nose art appears to be inspired by A B-24 Liberator Bomber "Night Mission" from the 30th Bomb Group, 819th Bomb Squadron of the USAAF 7th Air Force.