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The Taylander shuttle was a model of civilian transport shuttle manufactured by Gallofree Yards, Inc. and found throughout the galaxy. It was used as a transport ship for undercover operations by the early rebellion and the Alliance to Restore the Republic.
Description
An innocuous civilian craft, the Taylander shuttle was utilized as a transport starship and cargo vessel.[2]
History
A Taylander shuttle over Garel
During the Clone Wars, one of the shuttles were used to send the infiltrator demolition droids to Coruscant.[6]
Taylander shuttles were used throughout the galaxy, and were common and innocuous sights everywhere from Coruscant's bustling cargo lanes to Tatooine's docking bays.[2]
Three Taylander shuttles were used by Phoenix Cell during the Battle of Garel between Phoenix Squadron and the Galactic Empire on Garel.[3] One Taylander shuttle called the Chandrila Mistress transported the fugitive senator Mon Mothma to a rendezvous to meet with the Spectres. They were ambushed by Imperial forces and the Chandrila Mistress was destroyed.[4]
After the Rebel Alliance captured the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Harbinger, Admiral Verette and a contingent of Rebel troopers fled in a Taylander shuttle. They were pursued by SCAR Squadron, who shot down the shuttle over the Ghost Moon.[5] After capturing Verette, SCAR Squadron strapped him to the front of the shuttle and sent him to the Rebel rendezvous point as a gruesome distraction. Sana Starros then blew the shuttle up.[7]
Following the mission to Ktath'atn, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa took a shuttle on a mission during which Skywalker flew it into a nebula to avoid Imperial forces, but the nebula disabled the ship, causing it to crash on a planet for three weeks. They were able to repair it and return to the Alliance Fleet after destroying an AT-AT using traps they had constructed.[8]
Years later, a gutted Taylander shuttle could be found on Jakku's Niima Outpost.[9]
Appearances
Sources
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
Star Wars By the Numbers: Every Type of Ship in Rebels on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (original link is obsolete)- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- Star Wars Starships & Vehicles: The Ghost Starships and Vehicles: Rebel Light Cruisers
- Taylander shuttle in the Databank (backup link) (First identified as Taylander shuttle)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6
Taylander shuttle in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Star Wars Rebels — "Legacy"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Rebels — "Secret Cargo"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars (2015) 21
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Heroes on Both Sides"
- ↑ Star Wars (2015) 23
- ↑ Star Wars (2015) 33
- ↑ Force Collector