Mk IV Flat Twin Turbojet

The Mk IV Flat Twin Turbojet was a model of podracer engine produced by Manta RamAir.^[1] The engines consisted of a flat body with a tapered front leading to an opening, and two tubular openings at the rear. Glymphid podracer Aldar Beedo used a podracer with a pair of Mk IV Flat Twin Turbojet engines during the Boonta Eve Classic podrace^[2] in 32 BBY.^[3]

Beedo's engines were painted blue with green patterning and the rear tubes painted red.^[2] Beedo finished the race with a time of 15.52:108 and averaged 845 kilometers per hour (528 miles per hour).^[4]

Behind the scenes

Mk IV Flat Twin Turbojets were created for the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace,^[5] which released on May 19, 1999.^[6] In the new Star Wars canon, the engines were identified in Endless Vigil, a 2016 supplement for the Star Wars: Force and Destiny roleplaying game written by Tim Huckelberry and James M. Spahn and released by Fantasy Flight Games.^[1] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the engines were first identified as MARK IV Flat-Twin Turbojets in the video game Star Wars: Episode I Racer,^[7] which was released on the same day as The Phantom Menace.^[8]

Appearances

• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)

Sources

• Endless Vigil (First identified as Mk IV Flat Twin Turbojet)
• Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: Complete Vehicles (2018)
• Star Wars Complete Vehicles, New Edition
• "The Crisis on Naboo" — Star Wars Encyclopedia

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