Transport

A transport usually referred to a starship that carried cargo or passengers,^[2] but the term could also refer to other vehicles that performed the same function.

Characteristics

Transports came in a wide variety of sizes, from small light freighters like the Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300 to massive transports that could contain thousands of tons of cargo^[3] and bays where smaller transports could dock in.^[4]

Transports such as freighters and passenger liners were not designed for military encounters and were normally unarmed and slow-moving. However, transports were easy to modify and convert into effective combat vessels, which was done by pirates and smugglers.^[2] Military organizations also adapted the transport to ferry troops and provide combat support. The Imperial Navy used the Sentinel-class landing craft by Cygnus Spaceworks to swiftly deploy its personnel to planets below. The Death Watch Mandalorians used Gauntlet fighters to transport Death Watch troopers and provide combat support.^[5]

A non-spacefaring vehicle that was used as a transport was the Gungan bongo submarine, an underwater transport used by the Gungans of Naboo.^[6]

Appearances

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Non-canon appearances

• Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope 1
• Tag & Bink Are Dead 1
• Tag & Bink Are Dead 2
• "A Wookiee Scorned!" — Star Wars Tales 10
• "Free Memory" — Star Wars Tales 10
• "In the Beginning" — Star Wars Tales 11
• "Tall Tales" — Star Wars Tales 11
• "Ghosts of Hoth" — Star Wars Tales 17
• "Into the Great Unknown" — Star Wars Tales 19
• "The Rebel Club" — Star Wars Tales 19
• "Only the Force" (Unlicensed)
• LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

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