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Our work continues unabated. Thousands more pagesneed to be created,lack citations,await expansion, and could usemore images. All the while, the franchise continues to grow andrequire updates. As we enter our third decade, we would love for more readers tojoin our ranks! May the Force be with us in the next twenty years… ✨
The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi
The final confrontation between the Jedi and the Nihil…
TheXJ-6 airspeeder was a custom-builtairspeeder fashioned toSenatorSimon Greyshade's elitist and performance-driven tastes. Using aprefabricated kit produced byNarglatch AirTech, the senator's personalmechanics designed and built the custom airspeeder. The XJ-6 was constructed withexotic materials and incorporated advanced systems into its design, including aninertial compensator—typically only used inspace-boundcraft. Two prominent, oversizedturbofanengines at the fore of the craft provided immense power to the XJ-6, and anelectrogravitic gyro flywheel allowed the craft to make abrupt turns without requiring traction. The souped-up speeder also sported a customyellow paint job. Greyshade used the speeder both as a luxurytransport as well as a racing vehicle inCoruscant's airspeeder races.
The airspeeder gained attention in22 BBY after its apparenttheft outside of theSenate Apartment Complex.JediPadawanAnakin Skywalker appropriated the speeder to rescue hisMaster,Obi-Wan Kenobi, as the latter plummeted through the Coruscantskylanes. Once Kenobi was saved, the two Jedi took turnspiloting the XJ-6 airspeeder as they pursued thebounty hunterZam Wesell through thecityscape following her failedassassinationattempt on SenatorPadmé Amidala. After the chase had ended, Coruscant authorities tracked the XJ-6 toVos Gesal Street, over a hundredkilometers from its original parking spot in theSenate District.Reymet Autem, son of aSenate Guard who worked with Greyshade, was initially charged with the theft, but the airspeeder was clandestinely returned to its spot in the lot of500 Republica before charges could be filed. The authorities never discovered the true thief, much to Greyshade's disdain, and he vowed to find the party responsible.(Read more…)
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