1980 Star Wars Rebel Armored Snowspeeder Kenner Vintage (Incomplete)

1980 Star Wars Rebel Armored Snowspeeder Kenner Vintage (Incomplete)

Star Wars "Snowspeeder", c.1980, made by Kenner Products, no. 39610, excellent condition ,  © Lucas Film LTD (LFL) 1980 , Kenner Products , Toronto , Canada  - 10.0 long x 10 1/2 w - Missing front right laser generator and 2 front laser cannons.  empty cock pit .Missing parts are accessible on Ebay.ca for between- $5 - $10

A snowspeeder is a Rebel Alliance vehicle featured in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and several books, comics, and video games in the Star Wars Expanded Universe and also in Atari game cartridges in the 80's. Snowspeeder models and replicas have been merchandised by several companies.

Origin and design

During production of The Empire Strikes Back, designer Joe Johnston conceived a ship that combined the body of an X-wing and the cockpit of the Y-wing.^[2] However, this design was scrapped for the T-47, which featured no elements from previous craft.^[2] Johnston's designs for the Snowspeeders have influenced later Star Warsdesigners, such as Tommy Lee Edwards.

The models were built in three different scales by Steve Gawley, Charlie Bailey, and Mike Fulmer of ILM, with the smallest (20 inches) used for motion control photography, and the largest (2½ feet) for hero and pyrotechnic shots.^[4] All models included motor-controlled flaps to imply maneuverability, and the largest version also possessed motor-articulated crew.^[4] Several full-scale props were built in London for the hangar, cockpit, and speeder crash scenes.^[4]

Depiction

In The Empire Strikes Back, Rogue Group, led by Commander Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), pilots snowspeeders against Imperial AT-AT walkers during theBattle of Hoth.^[5] When their blasters prove ineffective the Rebel pilots turn to tripping the walkers with the snowspeeders' harpoons and tow cables.^[5]

The snowspeeders used on Hoth are modified Incom T-47 airspeeders initially used for civilians;^[5] they are modified to survive the "hostile environment of the ice planet Hoth".^[6] Expanded Universe material states that the Y-wing cockpit and other features were donated to the airspeeders.^[5] The two-man craft has an advanced power system and repulsorlift to compensate for additional armaments and armor, affording them a top speed of 1,000 km/h and combat speed of 600 km/h.^[7] 

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