614-AvA speeder bike
614-AvA speeder bike
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A Nautolan riding a customized 614-AvA speeder bike
Aratech's 614-AvA was a small, fast, lightweightspeeder bike used by theImperial Military. Designed initially as a portable, modular scout vehicle typically packed into a larger vehicle like awalker or alandspeeder, the 614-AvA was more akin to aswoop than to a full-fledged speeder bike. It consisted of little more than a combination repulsor drive-thruster pack, a control pod, and a set of variable-geometry control surfaces mounted to a pair of stout frame rails. The rails were telescopic, allowing the speeder bike to collapse to roughly a third of its full size with no need for tools. With the push of a button, the 614-AvA collapsed into a cube about a meter square; this feature allowed the 614-AvA to be easily shipped in bulk.[3][2]
TheImperial Army ordered tens of thousands of 614-AvAs to be used by reconnaissance and military police units. For military use, the speeder bikes had some improvements, such as frame reinforcements, more powerful drive-thrusters, and a pair of lightblaster cannons.[2]
Overall, the 614 had proven quite successful inImperial service and had gained a reputation among itspilots as reliable, easy to work on, and easy to live with.[2]
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An Imperial scout trooper piloting a 614-AvA speeder bike
This militarizedImperialspeeder bike model was used byImperial combat drivers for rapid transit[3] and byscout troopers.[9]
A614-AvA speeder bike owned by theJediPadawanEzra Bridger after he stole it from theGalactic Empire. Bridger acquired thespeeder when it became surplus to the Empire, herepainted the speeder to match his own tastes. It had standard steering.[10] He rode the speeder bike during aRaid near Jalath.[11] Following theLiberation of Lothal, Ezra’s speeder bike was owned bySabine Wren,[12] who modified the speeder.[13] During theNew Republic Era, Wren used her new bike to avoid a patrol ofE-wing escort fighters, sent byGovernorRyder Azadi, to get her back to theSpectres mural ceremony.[8] The bike was later seen outside the Lothal tower whenAhsoka Tano visited the tower, searching for clues.[14]
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The design of this speeder bike model was developed from an early illustration by concept artistJoe Johnston in1979.[3] The length of this vehicle is listed as 3.98 meters in the young reader's bookStar Wars Rebels: Head to Head,[5] while the officialStarWars.comDatabank lists the length as 4.4 meters.[4]
In theStar Wars Rebels episode "An Inside Man,"Grand AdmiralThrawn refers to the bike model as a "624 AvA speeder bike."[15]
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"Rebel Ruse!" —LEGO Club Magazine September/October 2015- Star Wars: Visions — "Journey to the Dark Head"
- Star Wars: Visions — "The Bandits of Golak"
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- ↑1.01.11.21.3Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
- ↑2.02.12.22.32.4Starships and Speeders
- ↑3.03.13.23.33.43.53.6
Pablo Hidalgo hosting theStar Wars Rebels Panel at NYCC 2013, part 2. Speeder bike presentation at 14:20. on the[1]YouTube channel(content obsolete and backup link not available) - ↑4.04.1
Lothal Speeder Bike in theDatabank(backup link) - ↑5.05.1Star Wars Rebels: Head to Head
- ↑
"Reigniting the Rebellion!" —Star Wars Insider 146 - ↑7.07.1Star Wars Rebels — "Kindred"
- ↑8.08.1Star Wars: Ahsoka — "Part One: Master and Apprentice"
- ↑Star Wars Rebels — "Hera's Heroes"
- ↑ Ezra's Speeder Bike in theDatabank(backup link)
- ↑Star Wars Rebels — "Call to Action"
- ↑Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide
- ↑ Sabine's speeder bike in theDatabank(backup link)
- ↑Star Wars: Ahsoka — "Part Two: Toil and Trouble"
- ↑Star Wars Rebels — "An Inside Man"
External links[]
- Pablo Hidalgo hosting theStar Wars Rebels Panel at NYCC 2013, part 2. Speeder bike presentation at 14:20. on the[2]YouTube channel(content obsolete and backup link not available)