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HWK-290 light freighter

Legends Canon version → Linked from 27 articles

Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.

The HWK-290 was a light freighter manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation in an effort to break into a new market for fast, small cargo ships. The production lasted from the decades leading up to the Battle of Naboo until being discontinued during the Clone Wars.

Text and facts from the “HWK-290 light freighter/Legends” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Manufacturer
Corellian Engineering Corporation
Line
Hawk series
Model
Light freighter
Cost
135,000 credits new, 55,000 credits used
Length
29 meters
Maneuverability
High
Hdsystem
Class 2.0
Shield gen
Equipped
Navigation
Equipped
Armament
None (Stock)
Crew
1 pilot & 1 copilot
Skeleton
1
Passengers
6
Capacity
75 metric tons
Consumables
6 months
Availability
Licensed
Role
Freighter
Firstuse
c, 9 BBY
Affiliations
Alliance to Restore the Republic
Smugglers

Appearances

12 works, in story order
  1. Adventures in Hyperspace: Shinbone Showdown
  2. Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire
  3. Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire audio drama
  4. Star Wars: Empire at War
  5. Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
  6. Star Wars: Dark Forces (first appearance)
  7. Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster
  8. Dark Forces: Rebel Agent
  9. Dark Forces: Rebel Agent audio drama
  10. Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
  11. Dark Forces: Jedi Knight
  12. Dark Forces: Jedi Knight audio drama

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