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The Starspeeder 1000,[7] Star Tours Speeder,[2] or StarSpeeder, was a space-capable commuter ship[1] used by the Star Tours travel agency. Measuring 9.36 meters in length, it was boxy with a downwardly angled front side, and featured at least five doors on starboard side.[2] It had four engines that emanated a blue glow.[3]
In the year 34 ABY,[8] a Star Tours Speeder was left parked at Niima Outpost, on the desert planet Jakku on the day the scavenger Rey fled the First Order.[9] The AC-series pilot droid AC-38 once piloted one such starship.[1] In 35 ABY,[10] after the Sith Eternal revealed itself to the galaxy, at least one Star Tours Speeder joined the fleet assembled in response to General Lando Calrissian's call to action and then partook in the Battle of Exegol.[3]
Behind the scenes
It was Jean-Denis Haas, Associate Animation Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic, who put the Star Tours Speeder into the final space battle of the 2019 film Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker. While visible in the film, the Star Tours Speeder was originally supposed to be framed a bit more prominently.[11] It originally appeared in 2011 in the non-canon Star Tours: The Adventures Continue attraction located at several Disney parks as the StarSpeeder 1000, itself based on the StarSpeeder 3000 from the original Star Tours that opened at Disneyland in 1987.[12]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset (Appeared on screen)
Star Wars: Andor — "I Have Friends Everywhere" (Model only)- Star Wars: Hunters (Pictured on poster)
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "Very Interesting, As an Astrogation Problem"
- Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: A Batuu Adventure!
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run
- Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
- Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (Non-canonical appearance)
Non-canon appearances
Sources
- Star Wars: Droidography (First identified as StarSpeeder)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Target exclusive home video set — "A Final Alliance" Featurette (First identified as Star Tours Speeder)
- Star Wars By the Numbers: Every Ship in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (original link is obsolete) (as StarSpeeder)
- "The Adventures Continue" — Star Wars Insider 225 (First identified as Starspeeder 1000)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Droidography
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Target exclusive home video set — "A Final Alliance" Featurette
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6
Starspeeder 1000 (Vehicle Playset) on Jedi Temple Archives (backup link archived on July 31, 2018)
- ↑ Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
- ↑ First Look: Star Tours 2 full video tour including queue and all ride destinations at Disney's Hollywood Studios by Brigante, Ricky on www.insidethemagic.net (May 19, 2011) (backup link archived on May 21, 2011)
- ↑
"The Adventures Continue" — Star Wars Insider 225
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary dates the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker as taking place one year after the Starkiller Incident, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 34 ABY. Therefore, the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker must take place in 35 ABY.
- ↑ Jean-Denis Haas (@jeandenishaas) on Twitter (post): "The Star Tours ship used to be framed a bit more prominently, but it's still in there." (backup link)
- ↑ Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
