Mobile loading gantry

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The mobile loading gantry,[1] also known as a scrap walker,[2] was a model of crane transport walker[1] that was used by the Ferrixians on the planet Ferrix,[3] as well as by the New Republic at the Karthon Chop Fields on Karthon, which was under the jurisdiction of the New Republic Correctional Corps. Mobile loading gantries could be fitted with two claws, one on each side, and could be used for scrapping.[1]

Description

Mobile loading gantries were large quadrupedal crane walkers deployed across various scrapping worlds,[1] also garnering the title "scrap walker."[2] They had four large legs, with two different cranes situated on the front and back of the main chassis. The front crane was tall, with a retractable hoist and claw-like attachment at the end, while the back crane was much smaller, but with a segmented grabber-like arm instead.[1]

History

A mobile loading gantry operating just outside of Ferrix City

A mobile loading gantry operating just outside of Ferrix City

Mobile loading gantries were utilized as early as the Imperial Era, where they were deployed by the Ferrixians alongside other crane transports such as the HI-CT and the OI-CT to assist in large-scale scrapping efforts on the planet Ferrix.[4] In 9 ABY,[5] a number of mobile loading gantries were in use by New Republic prisoners across the Karthon Chop Fields on the planet Karthon.[1] By around that same year,[6] pieces of at least one mobile loading gantry had ended up among the scrap heaps on the planet Lanupa, where they had been incorporated into the shell of the mother trash crab, Tet'niss.[7]

Behind the scenes

The mobile loading gantry first appeared in "Chapter 15: The Believer," where it was identified in the audio description.[1] The vehicle was created by artists at Tippett Studio, who later reused parts of its model for scrap adorning the trash crab Tet'niss for the 2024 series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.[8]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 15: The Believer"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 StarWars.com ILM Celebrates The Mandalorian Season 2's Groundbreaking Visual Effects on StarWars.com (backup link)
  3. ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations, New Edition
  4. ↑ Amazon-Favicon Star Wars Complete Locations New Edition on Amazon.com (backup link)
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" of The Mandalorian Season One to 9 ABY. In addition, SWInsider "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 228 also dates "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" to nine years after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 9 ABY per Timelines. "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" takes place after the conflict on Mandalore, which is the main event depicted in "Chapter 23: The Spies" and "Chapter 24: The Return," the final two episodes of The Mandalorian Season Three. Therefore, Seasons One through Three of Star Wars: The Mandalorian must all be set in 9 ABY as well.
  6. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" of The Mandalorian Season One to 9 ABY. In addition, SWInsider "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 228 also dates "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" to nine years after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 9 ABY per Timelines. "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" takes place after the conflict on Mandalore, which is the main event depicted in "Chapter 23: The Spies" and "Chapter 24: The Return," the final two episodes of The Mandalorian Season Three. Therefore, Seasons One through Three of Star Wars: The Mandalorian must all be set in 9 ABY as well. StarWars.com SWCA 2022: 20 Highlights from Lucasfilm's Studio Showcase on StarWars.com (backup link) states that Star Wars: Skeleton Crew takes place in the same timeframe as Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Star Wars: Ahsoka—the latter of which can also be dated to 9 ABY following the reasoning here. As such, Skeleton Crew must take place around 9 ABY as well.
  7. ↑ SkeletonCrew-FinalLogo Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "Zero Friends Again"
  8. ↑ StarWars.com Bringing the Towering "Tet'niss" from Star Wars: Skeleton Crew to Life on StarWars.com (backup link)