Tatooine Transit StarSpeeder 1000

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The Tatooine Transit StarSpeeder 1000 was a modified StarSpeeder 1000 spacecraft used by interstellar travel agency Star Tours to operate flights bound for the Outer Rim[4] planet Tatooine[2] prior to 0 BBY.[3] This starship was painted blue and light grey with the Aurebesh letters Nern and Dorn.[1] It was named after the planet itself as well as Tatooine Transit, a separate spaceliner company from Star Tours, and a fellow member with Star Tours in the Galactic Tourist Bureau.

It was equipped with hyperdrive and shielding systems, two flash cannons and two laser cannons; it was crewed by a pilot, a green-colored astromech droid and a systems analyst.[2] It could support up to 40 passengers.[3]

Behind the scenes

The Tatooine Transit StarSpeeder 1000 was first introduced on The Walt Disney Company website in 2011 as a papercraft model.[1] The speeder was also released in the same year in a set of diecast toys, the StarSpeeder 1000 Spaceliner Collection.[2]

According to a Star Tours: The Adventures Continue poster sign, only Star Tours flew StarSpeeder 1000s, which confirms Star Tours ownership of this vessel.[5] The Japanese version, however, indicated that it was part of a separate company which was affiliated with Star Tours via the Galactic Tourist Bureau.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Premium-Era-real Star Tours StarSpeeder Fleet on Disney Family (backup link archived on May 18, 2011)
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 HasbroInverted Star Wars: Star Tours toy line (Pack: StarSpeeder 1000) (backup link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
  5. ↑ Globe IMG_0659 on EndorExpress (backup link)

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